... Name of input EPIC pn or EPIC MOS events file (e.g., of a source or selected region) . ... whether to use background event set for background subtraction . ... Name of background EPIC pn or MOS event file . ... whether to use plotfile as output file name, otherwise construct name from input data set + `_pat.ps' . ... whether to create also QDP output file, construct name from input data set + `_pat.qdp' . ... whether to use the user-defined mode usermode instead of the SUBMODE model for comparison ....

... Algorithm for selection of defining sources 1. ... Take the common part of the "minimum" sets Make 1. and 2. for both global solution and time series and obtain common set 319 common sources for "global solution sigmas" case Comparison of IAA list, and 380 sources OPA list, set of defining sources ICRF1 and combined set Solution · Given catalogue RA, DE, arbitrary catalogue ra, de. dRAi RAi ra i Algorithm can be improved with additional condition Sum over all deltas less than 1 degree. ...

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 . ...

New reduction of minor planets photographic plates obtained with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph A.A. Berezhnoy Pulkovo Observatory of RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Minor Planet observations at Pulkovo Periodical observations of 14 bright asteroids named Selected Minor Planets (SMP) were performed at Pulkovo since 1948 within the international framework started by works of B.V. Numerov and D. Brouwer. ... 108 133 113 74 124 67 97 88 14 84 64 5 20 19 Epochs (YYYY.MM) 1200 Mean values of total obs. ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

Next: Registration of the Up: The Automatic Path Previous: FIT/ROMAFOT . EXAMINE/ROMAFOT int_tab [hmin,hmax] . This command uses the quality parameters calculated by FIT/ROMAFOT for each object and allows the user to select a threshold to accept or refuse the fit. ... Using the cursor the user can select objects whose exceeds the value given by the vertical cursor position (x--axis) or objects whose SIQ exceeds the quantity corresponding to the horizontal cursor position (y--axis), or both. ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

... Guider functions . ... Guide Sensor Performance . ... Guide Sensor Sky Coverage/ Star Availability . Guide Star Selection Criteria . ... Guide fiber organization and reach at plug plate . ... Plug plate holes for guide stars are identical to those for science FO . ... FOV for each of 9 guide stars is 7.4 arcsec dia. (0.45 mm FO, Sumitomo IGN-05/10) . ... Selected guide stars must have no neighbor stars within TBD (5 arcsec) radius that have a brightness within TBD (5 mag.) of guide stars . ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... Finding the Bivariate Brightness Distribution of galaxies from an H I selected sample . ... A method is presented that will enable the bivariate luminosity/surface brightness distribution of galaxies to be determined from a relatively small H I selected sample. ... PICASSO - an automated galaxy finder . ...

Next: DETAILED LIST OF ROSAT Up: PROS USERS GUIDE Previous: List of Related Documents . This section lists all PROS tasks (some of which are not described in this guide) and some useful IRAF tasks which are included. ... converts FITS to images and/or tables . ... delete a list of images . ... convert an Einstein FITS file into an IRAF/PROS QPOE file . ... convert a list of IRAF/PROS IMAGE files into RDF compatible format . ... convert a list of IRAF/PROS QPOE files into RDF compatible format . ...

We present ultraviolet, optical, near-infrared, Spitzer mid-infrared, and radio images of 14 radio-selected objects in M33. ... We have detected the majority of cluster candidates in M33 at all wavelengths. ... These results suggest that 11 of the 14 radio-selected objects are optically visible young star clusters with a surrounding H II region, that 2 are background objects, possibly active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and that 1 is a Wolf-Rayet star with a surrounding H II region. ...

slitless -- Extract a spectrum from a direct/GRISM image pair slitless image grism output PARAMETERS . ... A two dimensional direct image to be used to select an object. grism . A two dimensional GRISM image containing slitless spectra of objects present in the direct image. output . ... Toggle whether or not a background estimate is subtracted from the extracted object spectrum. mingood = INDEF . Pixels of the grism image with values smaller than this are ignored. maxgood = INDEF . ...

... The predicted MIR's ground tracks, which pass near INSPIRE net, are available in this home page. The track consists from magnetic footprints calculated by magnetic mapping from MIR positions with 30 s step. ... For each time some of the INSPIRE net place are selected as soon as its coordinates are close to the MIR magnetic footprint (the geocentric angular distance between SP and footprint is less then 2.1 deg) . Back to the Top . ... Back to the IKI Satellite Situation Center (SSC) . ...

Scale-heights of the Galactic disk subsytems with different ages and metallicities . V.Marsakov & Yu. ... It is based on the fact, that all stars cross the disk plane several times during their Galactic orbital period. ... We have used our representative sample of nearby disk F2-G2 stars Marsakov & Shevelev (1995) in which fundamental stellar parameters was determined on the basis of published date on uvby-photometry, proper motion and radial velocities. ... Marsakov V.A., Shevelev Yu.G. Bull. ...

... Parameters of the Moon-perturbed orbit . ... From orbits consistent with this limitation and with the date of the launch October 1, 2000 as an example, an orbit was selected with apogee directed to the North Galactic pole at the begining and rotation of orbit plane was maximized. The initial state vector is given in the inertial coordinate system in epoch J2000.0. ... The orbit has initial perigee radius Rp=7000.0 km, initial apogee radius Ra=343000.0 km and initial period T=8.453 days. ...

First, we compute the model (Model|Calc), then we plot the visibilities (Plot|INTERFEROMETRY). You could also use Calibrate|Scans|PLOT for plotting, but the other choice is more tailored to AMOEBA. Study the selections made in the two widget, the plot widget and data selection widget. Note that slice 'ch' is selected, which produces a more readable set of plots with the data plotted versus channel, one scan at a time. ... Note by how much we reduced the ChiSq. ... Back to tour page . ...

AGES observations of Abell1367 and its outskirts Cortese L.1, Minchin R.F.2, Auld R.R.1, Davies J.I.1, Catinella B.2, Momjian E.2, Rosenberg J.L.3, Taylor R.1, Gavazzi G.4, O'Neil K.5 & The AGES Team 1. ... AGES-A1367 Observations Area covered: 5x1 sq. deg. ... Properties of the AGES-A1367 Sample More massive galaxies appear to be redder, have higher surface brightness and lower gas content than dwarf systems, as found in optically selected samples. ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

... A file upload element on an HTML form. ... JavaScript 1.1: added type property . ... The HTML INPUT tag, with "file" as the value of the TYPE attribute. For a given form, the JavaScript runtime engine creates appropriate FileUpload objects and puts these objects in the elements array of the corresponding Form object. ... form . ... For all FileUpload objects, the value of the type property is "file" . ... Use the value property to obtain the file name that the user typed into a FileUpload object. ...

... Field size . Object name . ... Map size . ... Field size: the approximate size of the map in the Y direction. ... Galaxies: . ... Galaxies, which size exceeds some value depending on the field and map sizes, are displayed with their real positional angles and sizes by 25m isophote. ... In the "tools" fields there are links to the several famous AVO (Astrophysical Virtual Observatory) resources: NED and Simbad databases and DSS2 (Palomar Digitized Sky Survey) images of the corresponding sky area. ...