The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... Initially SAI Supernova Catalogue was presented in the form of filebased system. ... The current version of SAI Supernova Catalogue presents data on supernovae together with data on their parent galaxies. ... The main source of data for the galaxies was LEDA database. ... In some cases our data were compared with the ones from the Asiago Supernova Catalogue and from List of Supernovae at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, but the compilation of our Catalogue is carried out independently. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... FLAMES . ... 100 Hours of Astronomy . ... IMAX€о 3D Film Hidden Universe . ... This image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the worldтАЩs largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. ...

... The peak in the differential number counts corresponds to a population of faint sources that is not expected from predictions based on 15 ЮМm counts from the Infrared Space Observatory. ... This work is based on observations made with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under NASA contract 1407. ... ADS Citation Query . citations = 284 . citations vs. year [year,citations] . ...

... These data were originally part of a PhD-thesis at Leiden Observatory by M.H. Wieringa (1991). 1 name Name of source (char8, example : '76W0771*') 2 freq MHz Frequency of source detection in MHz (int, example : 327 or 608 ) 3 ra_1950 radians B1950 Right Ascension (in radians) ( real , example : 2.328327) 4 ra_1950_deg degrees B1950 Right Ascension (in degrees) ( real , example : 133.403290) 5 ra_err seconds Error in RA ( ... 70W : Umi, 327 MHz only, one field. ... Columns 21 Rows 5850...

lsst.tcc љ 1.2.2-3-g89ecb63 . ... Files . ... python . tcc . base . wrapperTestCase.py . ... 7 љ from tcc.base import AxisStateValDict, RotTypeNameDict . ... 13 љ def setUp (self): . ... 55 љ def checkCmdFail (self, cmdVar, shouldFail=False): . ... 64 љ def checkTrackResult (self, cmdVar, axisCmdState, . ... tcc.base.wrapperTestCase.WrapperTestCase.checkTrackResult . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:70 . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:113 . ... Definition: wrapperTestCase.py:100 . ...

... The tension in members of the telescope changes as we move the dome, ch, azimuth, and tiedown tensions. The lifetime of a beam is counted in the number of times the change in tension goes through a cycle. ... Examples of telescope motion with corresponding unbalanced moment. ... The number of cycles were computed for : 5000, 10000, 15000, 20000 kipFeet momemnt change. ... The number of cycles on the telescope was computed using the change in the unbalanced moment (at a corner). ... cycles . ...

... A technique allowing automatic representation by a relatively small number of independent parameters based on the principal component analysis of data sequences is presented. ... In recent years the spectrum of observed astronomical data can be characterized as greatly varied. ... In this instance, the problem of initial description and classification of newly-observed data becomes most urgent, especially if there is a lack of preliminary observational material and theoretical expectations. ...

... Archives . ... One of the speakers from the google talk series exemplified model based clustering and mentioned the likelihood ratio test (LRT) for defining the number of clusters. ... The LRT is worthless for testing a mixture when the set of parameters is large . ... We prove in this paper that the LRT is worthless from testing a distribution against a two components mixture when the set of parameters is large. ... Category: arXiv , Bad AstroStat , CHASC , Frequentist , Stat | Comment ( RSS ) | ...

Next: The exercise level Up: Using Ceilidh as a Student Previous: Using Ceilidh as a Student . ... This menu is identical whether it is obtained from the system level of Ceilidh using the sc command, or by entering Ceilidh with a -c argument. ... Course Summary button) If the teacher remembers to keep the information up-to-date, this command gives you a summary of the timetable for your course, with . ... ceilidh -c pr1 . ... If you entered the course level from the system level using first ceilidh . ...

FIFTEENTH CREW REQUIRED RESOURCES TWELFTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW IMAGE . ... EXPEDITION FIFTEEN (ISS-15) . ... During ISS-15, it is planned to implement 272 sessions of 47 experiments. ... Breakdown of Experiments and Number of Sessions by Research Areas. Research Area . Experiment Name . Totally . ... Research of space rays . ... Ascent to ISS RS: by Soyuz TMA-10 . ... ISS-15 Crew Commander F. Urchikhin (Russia) . ... RECORDING AND TRANSFER OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS . ...

. XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . srcdisplay (srcdisplay-1.18.1) [xmmsas_20080701_1801-8.0.0] . Meta Index / Home Page . The ID labeling is currently based on the ROW number. A source list could have its own identification scheme, eg a SRC_NUM or SRCNUM column that contains an ID number for each source, which may cause slight confusion. Support is planned for that in the near future. XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2008-07-02

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.4 > Virtual Hosts . ... IP-based virtual hosting is a method to apply different directives based on the IP address and port a request is received on. ... As the term IP-based indicates, the server must have a different IP address/port combination for each IP-based virtual host . ... In the terminology of Apache HTTP Server, using a single IP address but multiple TCP ports, is also IP-based virtual hosting. ...

... VLBI Schedule . ... Two different antenna are used for observing at ASKAP - AK07 has an L-band feed permanently installed while AK32 has an X-band feed installed. ... There are 3 main processes run for ASKAP observing. askap_drv is the main telescope control. It itself consists of a terminal based control process and a GUI. askap_drv must be running. VLBI scheduling is run from a process called "vlbi_drv", while the actual recording is via a command line process called px14_record. ...

... Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich . ... Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. ... L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. ... Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia, . ... V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

... The Australian National University] [Department of Physics] [Paul Francis] [Main Roleplay Page] . These exercises are my attempt to adapt the technique of Problem Based Learning to the context of introductory astronomy and astrophysics classes. ... As students grapple with the puzzle, they are forced to learn the subject matter of the course. ... This exercise is designed for 1st year University students with a reasonable high-school background in Maths and Physics. ...

... Planets . ... The planets were found using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6m telescope at ESOтАЩs La Silla Observatory. ... A planet in orbit around a star causes the star to regularly move towards and away from observers on Earth. ... One newly discovered planet, HD 85512 b, is best hope found so far for a habitable exoplanet. ... The HARPS team so far have found that about 40% of stars similar to own Sun have at least one planet smaller than Saturn (which is 95 times more massive than Earth). ...

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