... Also the help file was renamed the manual, formated for LaTeX and html, and to a large degree, rewritten. ... Increase maximum number of setup files to 50. ... 1995 July) . ... Also, only put pointing request in VLBA control files if this is not a DAR-only station (1995 October 4) . ... Allow in-line setup files much like the source and station catalogs. ... Allow specification of schedule input file name from main input. ... Adding SUMITEM input to allow specification of what is in the summary file...

... Display of FITS image extensions and binary tables . SAOtng now can display FITS image extensions, FITS binary tables and raw event files. See Loading an Image for more information. ... Display of compressed FITS and WWW FITS files . SAOtng now can display compressed FITS files by automatically decompressing them on the fly. ... SAOtng now will search for image files in directories specified by the IMAGE_PATH environment variable. ... See the SAOtng XPA List for more information. ...

... News and . ... Press Releases . ... Description . Release Notes . ... PyRAF . ... Packages or tasks that have had minor enhancements of bug fixes include: analysis.isophote graphics.stplot.igi .skymap hst_calib.ghrs Parameter files that have changed ( new parameters or new default values, excluding prameters indicating version number changes): analysis/dither/acsdq.par (the following should all be considered new even though some have correspondences in the previous version of ...

... Version 2.25 - 2001-11-16 -------------- +(src/) Removed code that adds an exposure image map to the product file (fixes SPR 2639). ... Version 2.4: 26 March 1999 removed accuracyLevel=LOW Version 2.3: 10 December 1998 updated dependancy file RE:mssllib Version 2.2: 7th Oct 98 message call changed to warning (line 725) Version 2.1: 17 Sept 1998 intParameter( tol ) changed to realParameter( tol ) appended || exit 1 after omatt command (test/testomatt) ...

... JavaScript version 1.3 provides the following new features and enhancements: . ... See the Client-Side JavaScript Guide for details. ... Changes to the Array object. ... The push method returns the new length of the array rather than the last element added to the array. ... Changes to the Date object. ... Added a day parameter to the setMonth method. ... Added the apply method, which allows you to apply a method of another object in the context of a different object (the calling object). ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Edit Page | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Changes From Pm Wiki 1 . This page is intended to describe features of PmWiki 1.0 that have been changed or eliminated in PmWiki 2.0. ... action=post no longer exists -- posting a new page is now performed by using ?action=edit with the post control set to a true value. ... PmWiki's ReadPage() function no longer supplies default text for non-existent pages -- this is now decided by whatever functions need the page. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

ESO Phase 3 Data Release Description Please start from this template when preparing the documentation for your ESO Phase 3 data release. ... Finally, the release description will be published as submitted - without further editing by ESO - to support the user community in utilizing the data. ... Please indicate if this is a catalogue data release. ... Data Reduction and Calibration Please address the following questions for scientific catalogue data, particularly in case of source catalogues: . ...

Next: Mass change Up: Evolutionary Scenarios of Binary Previous: Stellar Winds From Normal . As mentioned earlier, the duration of the binary evolutionary stage (say, I+I) is determined by the faster evolving component , where is the time each component spends at the corresponding evolutionary stage. ... Next, we should calculate the mass change for the slower evolving companion, the orbital semi-major axis and the eccentricity. Mass change . Semi-major axis change . ...

... 2MASS Overview . The 2MASS Sky . Executive Summary of 2MASS Second Incremental Data Products . Point Source Catalog . Extended Source Catalog . ... Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products . Data Release Plan . ... Point Source Catalog (PSC) . Extended Source Catalog (XSC) . ... 2MASS Source Naming Convention . ... General Properties of the Data Release . ... Comparison of Achieved Performance of Second Incremental Release Catalogs with Level 1 Science Specification . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

... Please note the scripts for configuring radio clock drivers do not work. ... Machine OS Comp Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ VAX-11/785 4.3 tahoe cc none Sun3 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc all REFCLOCK drivers (dm 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.3 gcc all REFLCOCK drivers Sun4 SunOS 5.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 5.2 gcc no REFCLOCK (dm 93/11/20) Sun4 ...

... This project was my personal idea quite some time ago: to port XFree86 , the free and optimized X11R6 implementation to OS/2. ... XFree86/OS2 is now available as a public version 3.3.6, which does not expire and for which full source code is available. ... x.physics.usyd.edu.au Please send a mail to me with a complete URL if you have set up a ftp server or a mirror for XFree86/OS2. ... Available ported software . ... I'll still be available as the mediator between XFree86/OS2 and general XFree86. ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

This is a primer on how to use the new AO observing system called CIMA, Control Interface Module for Arecibo. ... Spectral line observers will choose the correlator configuration to setup the correlator. ... The CIMA gui has the observing executive which receives the start and apply commands and makes them happen. ... Remember as to the control of the IF/LO system, the telescope pointing system and the interim correlator, this GUI is a house of cards on top of the old vxworks command line interface. ...

... Assignments 4, 5 and 6 all involve the imaginary world of Ziggy. ... Each week, you should write a short executive briefing to Captain Howard, explaining to her what you have learned from that week's data. ... A 500 word limit applies to each briefing you submit. You will submit three briefing papers (due dates below): one for each data release. ... First briefing due (Assignment 4). 2nd data set released. ... Second briefing due (Assignment 5). 3rd and final data set released. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Space Flight . ... 6 Comments For those of you that are still bearing the psychological scars from PlutoтАЩs demotion from planet to dwarf planet a decade ago, here is news that may add salt to [ ] . Continue Reading.. ... No Comments New HorizonтАЩs arrival at Pluto this year, after a nine year-long traverse through the Solar System has revealed many new things about this little icy planet. ... Posted on September 12, 2014 | ...

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