... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... DFS projects To-do lists rules and recommendations . Each DFS project has to manage action items, i.e. create and update his own To-Do list. These lists are all accessible from the specific DFS Department Home Pages (select one project). ... Each To-Do list has to be described via 2 files: . ... The 2 To-Do list files must be regularly updated by each DFS project manager, in order to be reviewed during every corresponding DFS bi-monthly project meeting held with the DFS Department Head . ...

OptInt PmWiki . MROI Delay Line SW / . VME . Edit Page | Page History | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Design Documentation . Interface Control . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... Software Design Documentation . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... MROI . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... Want capability to run software in an emulator mode, on VME platform under Xenomai, but without any interface boards. ...

... 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...

... Closes SPR. ... New version of documentation to account for these changes : 2.2 Version 2.8 (1999-09-06) ------------------------ - Fixed a syntax error for \warn in the documentation: SPR 1232 Version 2.7 (1999-08-31) ------------------------ - Fixed a bug that made it crash in the Linux build: EXTERNALS= ftools - Closed SSC-SPR-0854: FITS output Version 2.6 (1999-08-6) --------------------------- - Modified to take into account changes in Region 4.0 ...

Archived 2.5-meter Procedures . ... Site/Enclosure . Telescope . ... OP-99001 Open enclosure . OP-99001 Close enclosure . ... OP-99008 Windbaffle altitude brake manual release procedure . OP-99009 Windbaffle altitude drive chain installation and adjustment . ... OP-99003 Moving the mirrors on the 2.5-m telescope . OP-99010 Preliminary procedure for removal/installation of the SDSS 2.5m primary mirror . Support and adjustment of the SDSS 2.5-m telescope conical baffle . ...

Next: Software Modifications Up: Release Notes Previous: Current Status . The 95NOV release of ESO--MIDAS can run on most UNIX systems, and is most likely to run under DEC/VMS 4.7 and DEC/OPEN-VMS 6.0 (or higher). ... The monitor and low level interfaces are coded in C which means the portable MIDAS requires a C compiler for installation. ... Basic knowledge of your local operating system (e.g. VMS or UNIX) is assumed and required. ... For a few commands the NAG mathematical library is required. ...

... Function pageSplit is reccurrent and could split page by more than 2 pages, which could be necessary if keys have different lengths or more than one key are inserted (in such situation, user defined function pickSplit cannot guarantee free space on page ). findLeaf(new-key) push( stack , [root, 0]) // page , LSN while(true) top = top of stack latch( top - page , S-mode ) top - lsn = top - page - ... 0 Comments on GiST Algo This page is read-only View other revisions Administration ...

... On 4 April 2005, INTAS, the International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States(NIS) of the former Soviet Union, launched the first stage of its Open Call for Research Projects Proposals 2005-2006. With an indicative budget of ?12 million, the INTAS Open Call 2005-2006 encompasses basic and applied research with no thematic orgeographical restrictions, but excluding market-oriented technology development. ...

... 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. ...

... Before mounting FIRPO it is necessary to check the chopper throw. ... It is possible to make these measurements using a diaphragm and a battery light. The diaphragm is one of the small barrels (choose the one with the smallest hole for this purpose), and must be inserted, with the wide opening on top, into a special place close to the telescope focus (push well). ... Maximize it, then use the paddle to maximize it again. ... When you arrive on CA, make sure the dewar has a good vacuum ( . ...

XEphem Discussion Forum . ... Discussion Forums | ... ADV: XEphem 3.7 released - ecdowney - August 5, 2005 - 21:56 UTC . ... Annoucning new XEphem discussion group - ecdowney - January 31, 2001 - 22:04 UTC . ... Catalogs - george - December 31, 2000 - 22:29 UTC . ... Re: Motif - ecdowney - December 29, 2000 - 13:19 UTC . ... Re: Re: Re: Xephem catalogs - ecdowney - December 21, 2000 - 18:37 UTC . ... announcing XEphem 3.4 - ecdowney - December 5, 2000 - 08:18 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... Submitted by Al Takeda on 10/19/2013 04:25:44 . Lunar Penumbral and Aircraft Eclipse . I was setting up to take the first image when I viewed the aircraft crossing the moon. ... Canon 400mm f/5.6L + 1.4X (560mm), Unmodified Canon T1i DSLR, 1/4000-second, f/8, ISO 800, Processing with Photoshop, ATMoB Clubhouse, Westford, MA, 18 October 2013 . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Summary page . ... Printable page . ... This article is part of the LWN Porting Drivers to 2.6 series . ... If you have a char driver which needs direct user-space access (a high-performance streaming tape driver, say), then you'll want to map user-space pages yourself. ... int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *task, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, int len, int write, int force, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas); . ... Driver porting: Zero-copy user-space access . ...

... user-defined data file formats . ... better integration with a user's analysis routines To add such functionality to SAOimage, we developed the XPA Messaging System that allows X programs to define points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with external programs. ... We have utilized XPA to develop "SAOimage: The Next Generation" (SAOtng), an extensible image display service that can cooperate with other processes and programs. ... SAOtng help pages . ...

... March 25, 2006: Version 3.0.0 New control panel with an observing queue and a log Pointing to apparent position including proper motion precession and nutation to epoch of ... declination axis to polar axis non-orthogonality optical axis skew altitude- and azimuth-dependent mechanical effects encoder reference Control of telescope hardware August 20, 2006 Version 3.0.4 Modifications from Dan Azari adding features suported by the RC Optical Systems ...

... The Australian National University, Private Bag, . ... 1968 BA Honours in Natural Science, Wadham College, Oxford University. ... 1974 October Selected by the Royal Astronomical Society as UK Young Astronomer . ... 1975 August Research Fellow at the Australian National University. ... 1979 November Fellow at the Australian National University. 1982 March Australian Project Scientist to the STARLAB project. ... 1983 December Senior Fellow at the Australian National University. ...

A tree for site navigation will open here if you enable JavaScript in your browser. ... ABOUT ST-ECF . ... Hubble with ACS/G800L spectra released by the ST-ECF as part of the Hubble Legacy Archive project. ... Established as a joint venture between these two organisations in 1984, the ST-ECF has worked in close collaboration with the STScI in Baltimore to support European users of Hubble and to provide significant contributions to the operation of the observatory and its instruments. ...

... On 27jan16 Felix and i found strong rfi coming from the turret control cabinet (huffman box in the gregorian receiver room). Checking the rfi gasket on the inside of the huffman box door, we found high impedance along the gasket (this was the old gasket with rubber impregnated with silver.. we've had problems before with this gasket material oxidizing.. ... start taking data with the huffman box closed, the turret powered on . ... Turn off all power to the turret control box. ...

... Up: Software Development Methodologies & Technologies . ... A decisive factor in achieving this was the use of software engineering practices, and this paper reports on the experiences of applying these practices to the VLT Control Software and building the group culture as a simple but effective set of standards and tools. ... The European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) project consist of four 8-meter telescopes, fifteen instruments, and the VLT Interferometry (VLTI). ...