Next: Program use Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Description of program searchdup . Parameter input is done with a graphic user interface. ... Input file: Name of the input catalog file. It has to be formatted, one record per source/observation, according to the format used in the Arcetri observations and source archives. ... Minimum number of observations per source Source with less than this number of independent observations are not included in the output file . ...

... The FOS employed one of six basic data taking modes to acquire science data: . Spectrophotometry (ACCUM). ... Image. ... ACCUM was by far the most commonly used observing mode. ... In IMAGE mode observations both the number and length of rasters and the y- position of each raster could be specified, so that: 1) a white-light image of all or a portion of the aperture was possible with the MIRROR, and 2) spectra from different portions of the aperture were sampled with a disperser. ...

Next: Reducing the observations Up: PEPSYS general photometry Previous: Influencing the plan . ... If the telescope and instrumentation are unfamiliar to you, you may have trouble keeping to the schedule for the first night or two, so try to work with a previous observer on the equipment for a night or two of training before your observing run. If you fall behind, try to keep as many low-altitude observations of extinction stars as you can, and drop some circumzenithal ones if necessary. ...

ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Staff list | ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Parkes | ... VLBI . ... CSIRO ATNF Data Archives . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... This message : [ Message body ] [ More options ( top , bottom ) ] . ... Field System Log File sent to: ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/vlbi/incoming . ...

Ground Support of RadioAstron . Control and Tracking Stations . RadioAstron satellite control (command transmission, telemetry, orbit measurements) will be conducted from Evpatoria and Bear Lake control stations. ... Coarse orbit measurements will be carried out from control stations. Each measurement takes ten minutes. ... Orbit measurements at tracking stations give only radial component of spacecraft velocity but the measurements are going continuously during observing sessions. ...

On dep endence of EOP precision and accuracy on VLBI network Z. Malkin Central (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory RAS, St. Petersburg 196140, Russia Abstract. ... VLBI, Earth Rotation Parameters, EOP precision, EOP accuracy, network geometry Table 1. ... 018 019 036 013 013 10 1 V V V V V V V V V < < < < < < < < < 0.1 0.3 1 3 10 30 100 300 1000 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 Volume of network, Mm^3 Yp uncertainty, mas Table 3. ... Dependence of the EOP precision on the network volume V . ...

... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope South, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ... The Faulkes Telescope Project and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network had kindly given us the opportunity to use these telescopes and the observatory had booked us four sessions of controlling the telescope in order for us to make some observations on NEOs. ... Just before our first observing session on Friday, we were given a tour of the observatory building and its telescopes, by John McFarland...

Plans are under way to create a new way of performing non-interactive observations which will be called auto-observing . ... Non-interactive observing with CIMA has for a long time been available with the use of CIMA command files. Contrary to normal command file observing which requires a command file with a set of commands to be executed sequentially, auto-observing will use a list of sources and a list of instructions on how to observe each of the sources. ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Support of activities at the Radio telescope General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope 's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication of ... 9.4 GHz band. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Using positional observations of minor planets for improving the orientation of star catalogue Yu. ... But expe­ rience shows that this kind of observations can be used succesfully for improving orientation parameters of star catalogues with respect to dynamical reference system. ... Observations of 90 selected minor planets were used in general solution for their orbital elements, orientation parameters and some parameters of phase re­ duction. ...

... 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. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Since version 0.12, libAIR comes with a simple command line interface to the routines which retrieve the water vapour and the phase correction coefficient. Currently only the very simplest model is supported, in which the all of pressure, temperature and water vapour column are free parameters, and they are inferred from the four observed water vapour radiometer readings. ... Command line interface to libAIR and water vapour column retrieval . ...

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: NOVIDAS and UVPROC II-Data Archive and Reduction System for Nobeyama Millimeter Array . ... The RATAN-600 radio telescope allows us to carry out simultaneous multi-frequency observations using wide-band radiometers. ... Using these features a flexible astronomical data processing system (FADPS), operating on different UNIX platforms, was created. ... FADPS commands may be executed directly in UNIX, in scripts, or using a special shell for our data processing system in the X-Window system. ...

This astrostatistics session will honor the memory of Alanna Connors. Alanna was a pioneer in the investigation and development of statistical methods required for the analysis of high energy data. The session will provide a historical perspective on Bayesian methods, highlight the topics where the contribution made by Alanna were particularly important, summarize current analysis challenges and discuss future perspectives. ... 131.02 Promoting widespread use of Bayesian analysis . ...

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? ...

... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2009 > Special Session 1 IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3rd-6th, 2009 . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... will take place as a Special Session of the IAU General Assembly 2009 . ... Registration for the meeting is through the IAU General Assembly and their registration server . ...