Mariner 5 . ... The Mariner 5 spacecraft was the fifth in a series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in the flyby mode. Mariner 5 was a refurbished backup spacecraft for the Mariner 4 mission and was converted from a Mars mission to a Venus mission. ... The closest flyby distance was 3,990 kilometers (2,480 miles) and, with more sensitive instruments than its predecessor, Mariner 5 was able to shed new light on the hot, cloud-covered planet and on conditions in interplanetary space. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... Press Room . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope . ... The VLT telescopes and instruments are controlled through a gigantic series of computers, which fill a full room underneath the control room. ... cb_computer_room_dec2004 . ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . Out-Of-Focus (OOF) Holography . Below are some fully worked out solutions for building the OOF package on computer installations. ... Script to build the OOF software on ALMA "red" computers, i.e., the # reduction machines osf-red and sco-red # This is the installation directory export INSTALLDIR = /users/bnikolic/p/bnoof # Pre-requisites. ... Building the OOF package: worked solutions . ... Copyright 2005 -- 2016, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

Armagh Observatory, 21 December 2001: . ... The Armagh Observatory's contribution, led by astronomers Simon Jeffery and Gerry Doyle , is to develop new computational tools to study the atmosphere of the Sun and other stars. ... Computers will communicate with one another using the grid, and computing power will become a commodity just like electricity. ... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simon Jeffery or Mark Bailey at the Armagh Observatory (Tel.: ... WWW contact: webmaster@star.arm.ac.uk . ...

... New ac units were installed in buildings I and II sometime in 2011 (need exact dates). ... Tests showed that most of the rfi comes from the "cpu" inside the roof enclosure. 28jan13: rfi coming from building 2 A/C unit using a spectrum analyzer at the unit. 24jan13: building 2 power shutdown shows rfi coming from A/C unit atop building 2. 29sep11: looking at the 1408 MHz birdie while the cabinet doors were opened,closed. 18-26 sep11: 1408 MHz rfi reported by a2010 (alfalfa). ...

Open Systems Handbook: A Guide to Building Open Systems . ... This book is designed to provide interested individuals and organizations with an overview of open systems and the work being done to achieve them. ... This section is organized using a descriptive model of an open systems environment developed by the IEEE PI 003.0 Working Group, which is developing the Guide to POSIX-based Open System Architecture. ... Standards for open systems 13 . Chapter 3: The open systems environment (OSE) 15 . ...

... From 05 Jun 1989, when I became an employee of CSC, until August 1995, I worked on the Payload Operations Control Center (POCC) Applications Software Support ( PASS ) system, a major component of the original HST ground system . ... My office was on the fifth floor of the CSC office building in Laurel, MD. ... From August 1995 through February 1997, I worked on the Vision 2000 Control Center System (CCS), a modernized, re-engineered ground system for HST . ... Last updated: 13 April 2000. ...

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

It has been a busy time farewelling old and welcoming new staff members. ... Debbie has joined us as a cleaner and Lodge assistant, while Eric will work on the antenna drives and other power control systems. ... Millimetre observing during January (summer!) term was restricted to four 12-mm proposals (one of which experienced rain) and various tests. ... During the May term, millimetre observations at Mopra will be jointly run by the ATNF and UNSW, with each allocated six weeks of observing time. ...

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... Building Galaxies in the Early Universe . ... Explanation: What was the very early universe like? To help find out, astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope between bright nearby objects to create one of the deepest images ever -- the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF). ... A recent analysis of the HUDF focused on the smallest, faintest and most compact galaxies imaged. ... Publications with keywords: galaxies - early universe . Publications with words: galaxies - early universe . ...

... Garage/Shop Building . ... APO Site Safety Plan . ... When in doubt, contact the Site Manager . ... In the event of an emergency , it is best to contact the Site Manager, Safety Officer , or other APO personnel listed on the APO emergency phone lists located in all control rooms and the Supply area. ... Do not enter this area without a safety briefing ; contact the Site Manager . ... Special training and safety equipment is required before handling cryogenics; contact Site Manager . ...

... This is a personal project collecting and documenting early images of Harvard College Observatory, focusing on the site at Observatory Hill (previously Summer House Hill). ... Earliest source: "[Observatory women computers], 1891." ... A group photo of computers at Harvard together with Mary Anna Palmer Draper, aka Mrs. Henry Draper. ... 1891 . General: The women depicted in this photograph analyized stellar photographs and computed data at the Harvard College Observatory. [link] 1891 . ...

Computer Ephemeris. Precession/nutation matrix. Explanations. Each row contains for the date specified at 0 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial nine elements of equatorial precession/nutation matrix minus unity matrix multiplied on 10 8 . This matrix is to be used for coordinate transformation of equatorial coordinates between mean equatror and equinox J2000.0 and real equator and equinox of date. ... This is the matrix for transformation from J2000.0 to date. ...

Measurement of Sky Brightness at the Iranian National Observatory Davoud Afshari1 and Sadollah Nasiri1,2 1Physics Department, Zanjan University, Zanjan 45195-313, Iran; Institute for Advanced studies in Basic Science (IASBS), Zanjan 45195-1159, Iran; Measurement of light pollution 2 Introduction Among 34 candidate sites at the central part of the country, 5 sites namely Garkesh (in Kashan ), Kolahbarfi(in Kashan ), Deynava (in ... One of these is light pollution. ...

A vertical solar telescope feeds a white-light image of the Sun into the undergraduate astronomy laboratory. The coelestat mirror system shown here tracks the daily motion of the Sun and directs light downward into the telescope supported from the ceiling of the astronomy lab. ... Conditions in the ionosphere responsible for the strength of the signal are very sensitive to X-ray flux from solar flares and sudden x-ray emitting events outside the solar system, and rapidly alter the received signal. ...

APPLE COMPUTER (Stan Kelly-Bootes) I gave my love an Apple that had no core I gave my love a building that had no floor I wrote my love a program that had no end I gave my love an upgrade with no cry-en. ... An Apple MOS memory don't use no core A building that's perfect, it has no flaw A program with GOTOs, it has no end I lied about the upgrade with no cry-en. @computer @parody see also RIDDLE filename[ APPLCOMP play.exe RIDDLSNG SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY=== ...

At Baikonur, preparations are continuing for the launch of a transportation logistics spacecraft Progress M-01M within the framework of activities under the International Space Station (ISS) program. ... spacecraft acceptance review after its transportation from the Experimental Machine-building Plant of the S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, . ... test activations of on-board systems, . ... checkouts of the rendezvous RF-system, . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...