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Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Winer . Papers . ... Mutel, R.L. and Fix, J.D., 2000, An Optical Search for Small Comets , Journal Geophys. ... Mutel, R.L., Gayley, K.G., and Fix, J.D., 2001, Reply to Frank Sigwarth , Journal Geophys. ... Mutel, R.L. and Fix, J.D., 2003, Comment on 'Detection of Small Comets with a Ground Based Telescope' by Frank and Sigwarth , Journal Geophys. ... Arizona 85637-0797 . ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

ASC-FITS-2.0.1: ASC FITS File Designers' Guide (Rots and McDowell) (1999 Jun) . ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0: FITS region document (McDowell and Rots) (1998 Mar) . ... CXC-DM-001 Introduction: Data Analysis with the Chandra Data Model (2001 Oct) . ... 1998 Feb 26: SDS-1.0: Data Product List: obsolete . ... 1998 Mar 09: SDS-10.0: (ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0) FITS region document: see ASC-FITS-REGION-1.0 . 1998 Feb 09: SDS-11.0: FITS function document (superseded by ASC-FITS-FUNCTION-1.2) . ...

... Tools . ... In order to generate random numbers that follow a normal distribution, one first needs to create two uniform random numbers $u_{1}$ and $u_{2}$, in the range of 0 to 1. ... begin{equation*} g_{1} = \sqrt{-2 \ln(u_{1})} \cos(2 \pi u_{2}) \end{equation*} . ... Random numbers following a power law, $P(x) \propto x^{n}$, can be generated from a single uniform random number, $u$, in the range of 0 to 1 through the following transform : . ...

... HST . Proposal Table by Number . ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . ... Phase I Proposing . ... FUV HV History . ... COS Data Handbook . ... 10/11/2010 - Phase IIs for calibration proposals with observations before January 1, 2011. 10/25/2010 - Phase IIs for calibration proposals with observations after January 1, 2011 . ... PhaseI . PhaseII . ... COS FUV Detector Gain Sag vs. ... COS/FUV Recovery after Anomalous Shutdown . ... COS/FUV Characterization of Detector Effects . ...

... Previous: Astronomical Information Discovery and Access: Design and Implementation of the ADS Bibliographic Services . ... We use the NASA Astrophysics Data System database of astronomical abstracts in seven major astronomy journals to study trends in astronomical publication over the last twenty years. ... The sociology of astronomical publication has traditionally been performed by looking for publication trends using every paper published in a few selected journals within a few selected years. ...

The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey (normally known as AGES) is using the Arecibo Telescope to search for galaxies in a number of quite different areas of the local universe. ... NGC 628 group (precursor) - published (Auld et al., ... NGC 1156 (isolated galaxy) - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . NGC 7332/9 galaxy pair - published (Minchin et al, 2010, AJ, 140, 1093) . ... NGC 5523 (isolated galaxy) - completed (contact: Robert Minchin) . ... AGES team page - password protected . ...

... They were determined as a result of orbit improving on the base of all kinds of optical observations available in the catalog of observations of the Minor Planet Center on March 16, 2014 (radar observations have not been used at this stage). ... As the MPC orbits do not all were improved simultaneously with EMP orbits, only 383866 sets of elements were used for data comparison (for selected sets of elements process of improvement had started with the use of the same observations). ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...

... The numbers of three types of compact binaries containing accreting NSs and BHs, which are most interesting from the point of view of their observational appearances, have been calculated as a function of time: i) X-ray transient source containing a NS in an eccentric orbit around a main sequence Be-star (the observed prototype: A0535+26), ii) BH The evolution of the selected types of X-ray binaries during the first 10 million years after the starburst onset is presented in Fig. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . ... A Number Is A Very Specific Thing . ... Post Message | ... Posted by Harvey on October 9, 2002 16:41:15 UTC . ... When you use the word 'number', you are introducing a specific kind of symbol that is known within the context of mathematics. ... You know what - harvey1 - October 9, 2002 - 20:53 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

... Organisers: Michel Balazard (CNRS, Laboratoire Poncelet) , Xavier Caruso (CNRS, Laboratoire Poncelet) , Michael Tsfasman (CNRS, Laboratoire Poncelet, Institute for Information Transmission Problems) , Alexey Zykin (Laboratoire Poncelet, State University Higher School of Economics) . ... Number theory seminar . ... One of the goals of the semester is to convey the essential unity of the subject, especially to young mathematicians who use number theory in their research. ...

CONTENTS Volume 24 Number 1 (January 1997) . ... CHROMOSPHERIC LINE BLANKETING AND THE Ca I 4227 LINE IN M DWARFS . ... RADIO AND OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF INTERMEDIATE VELOCITY GAS TOWARDS THE M15 REGION . ... ROSAT PSPC OBSERVATIONS OF THREE SCULPTOR GROUP GALAXIES: NGC 55, NGC 247 AND NGC 300 . ... 1995-1999 Irish Astronomical Journal, Downshay, 12 Heather Lea Avenue, Dore, Sheffield S17 3DJ, S. Yorkshire, United Kingdom WWW Contact: Alastair G Gunn Back to IAJ Home Page ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... Contributions as well as suggestions and comments are invited and can be sent to the editor: Rein H. Warmels, ESO - Data Management Division Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, D 85748 Garching bei Muenchen Email: rwarmels@eso.org In particular, authors of ESO-MIDAS application software that would be of general interest for the ESO-MIDAS community, are invited to make this software available and to announce it to the community in the Courier or elsewhere. ... ESO-MIDAS Courier, Number 1 June 1991 . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . rgssources (rgssources-5.31.1) [xmmsas_20060628_1801-7.0.0] . ... Upgrading the format. rgssources can also deduce the exposure number from the standard file name formats described above. ... If the file name is not in a standard format, and the exposure number is not otherwise known, its use can be turned off by setting writeexpkwds to `no' or `false'. ... XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2006-06-28 ...

... Number nine will put you on the spot. ... Naughty number nine. ... Is that it's one less than ten. You see, nine is the same as ten minus one. ... I mean, eight times nine is 80 minus eight, . And seven times nine is 70 minus seven, . And six times nine is 60 minus six. ... With naughty number nine. ... One times nine is nine, and two times nine is 18. Mean ol' number nine. ... Eight times nine is 72, and nine times nine is 81, . ... With naughty, nasty, mean ol' number nine. ...

... adass@eso.org . ... c/o Britt Sj?berg . ST-ECF/ESO . ... European Southern Observatory . ... The ADASS '97 Program Organizing Committee is comprised of the following members: Rudi Albrecht (ST-ECF/ESO), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), R. Crutcher (Uni. of Illinois), F. Rick Harnden - Chair (SAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Jonathan McDowell (SAO), Jan Noordam (NFRA), Dick Shaw (STScI), Richard Simon (NRAO), Britt Sj?berg (ST-ECF), Doug Tody (NOAO), and Dave Van Buren (IPAC). ...

Numbering Procedures for APO 2.5m and 3.5m Drawings and Engineering/Drafting Documents . ... Document part numbers are to consist of a 7 character long "base numbe,r" which is coded to provide information about the part's intended first use. The part number becomes complete and unique only with the addition of a revision number. ... Example of a "base number": 25CSA01 . ... PART NUMBER CONVENTION . ... For Example: . ... R = "Revision" . ... Questions contact Larry Carey/University of Washington ...