... In spite of the good potential possibilities, some of the station "Dnepr" design characteristics did not allow us to apply the usual special IS radar measurement methods. ... Thus for IS signal measurements at the "Dnepr" station, we have developed special methods for recording and processing IS signals in order to determine plasma ionospheric parameters. ... Equations (4-5) from the basis for data post processing to obtain ionosphere parameters. ...

... Routine uvprobvr checks for the existence of a variable, and returns information about it. ... The following section of FORTRAN lists the variables present in a uv data set. character var*12,name*(?) integer iostat,tno,item call uvopen(tno,name,'old') call haccess(tno,item,'vartable','read',iostat) call hreada(item,var,iostat) dowhile(iostat.eq.0) call output(var(3:10)) call hreada(item,var,iostat) enddo call hdaccess(item,iostat) call uvclose(tno) . ...

... 2) Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E.Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy We present some results about the use of an engineering grade NICMOS3 array for medium resolution spectroscopy. ... The characterization of the array consisted of evaluating the bad pixels percentage, the read out noise and the dark current rate. We acquired dark and flatfield frames, the former without any illumination of the detector and the latter with the uniform illumination of a led diode inside the dewar. ...

Next: Filtering ROSAT HRI data Up: ROSAT HRI Recipes Previous: Correlating Spectral Data with . Although the spatial variation of the quantum efficiency across the HRI is nominally within 10% for most of the detector, occasionally it may be desirable to flat-field a map with preflight calibration measurements. ... Store the new gain map image using ``blink" in SaoImage. ... The quantum efficiency correction (QEC) is the inverse of the intensity determined from the QE map at the source position. ...

Collection of the orbital elements | ... The errors of the spacecraft motion extrapolation outside the measuring time interval were estimated by using the comparison of SC positions calclulated by the forward integration ( extrapolation method) and backward integration ( interpolation methods). ... The character of these time shift of the ascending nodes ( D Tn) corresponds to the orbiting period errors, which arise during SC motion extrapolation outside the measuring intervals. ... INTERBALL mission ...

... Light weight and low power consumption combined with nearly quantum limited sensitivity and a wide tuning range of the superconducting local oscillator make SIR a perfect candidate for many practical applications. Superconducting Integrated Receiver (SIR) [1] comprises on one chip a low-noise SIS mixer with quasioptical antenna, an Flux-Flow Oscillator (FFO) acting as a Local Oscillator (LO) and a second SIS harmonic mixer (HM) for the FFO phase locking. ...

... On-line calibration consists of calibration operations performed to maintain the ALMA observing system properly tuned to successfully execute the planned observations. ... Among processing operations are the calibration of the atmospheric absorption, of phase radiometric correction, of pointing scans, of phase and amplitude reference measurements, .. ... In the mean time tests of the calibration software will proceed using both simulated data and data from the antenna prototypes...?re 1 . ...

... NEWS . WHEN : typically 3 weeks before the official deadline , i.e. date by which the new DFS release has to be operational on the mountain. ... complete list of performed tests. ... description of the new bugs raised during this Integration phase. ... HOW: Integration Acceptance meeting at DFS level with: . ... If needed, specific Integration acceptance meetings at DFS project level and SCCB meetings may be organized to prepare this Integration acceptance meeting. Before this meeting, . ...

... The main field of our team interests is the researching of galaxy clusters as well as single nearby galaxies. The galaxies and galaxy clusters, being gravitationaly bound and reliably distinguishable systems, allow us to determine their global physical characteristics. At the same time they are integrated as elements into higher level spatial structures or systems. ... Вack to main homepage . ...

... Ham packet radio system including: . ... control computer RSC 2. dedicated software monitoring generation of probing pulses in onboard transceiver in radio beacon mode; . ground receiving network of ham radio packet communication to record probing pulses of onboard radio beacon; . ... Generation of onboard radio beacon probing pulses as time marks to ground receiving network (including ham radio receivers of USW) and transmission of the measurement results throughout Internet network. ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... include <string.h> . char *stpcpy ( char *dest, char *src) - Copy one string into another. int strcmp( char * string1 , char * string2 ) - Compare string1 and string2 to determine alphabetic order. char *strcpy( char * string1 , char * string2 ) - Copy string2 to stringl. char *strerror( int errnum) - Get error message corresponding to specified error number. int strlen( ...

... a set of permissions associated with every file and directory that determine who can read it, write to it, or execute it. Only the owner of the file (or the super-user) can change these permissions. a mathematical term that refers to a number, character or word which changes the action of the command it is applied to. a standard code used for representing information on computer systems and networks. It uses the printing and non-printing characters that can be generated by the keyboard. ...

The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series 2 . The Distance to Messier 100 as Determined by Cepheid Variable Stars . ... The small variations in distance to the individual Cepheid variable stars in the Cloud are negligible compared with the much larger distance to the SMC. ... In this way Cepheid variable stars can be used as one of the 'standard candles' in the Universe that act either as distance indicators themselves or can be used to calibrate (or set the zero point for) other distance indicators. ...

... FIELD | ... static int . ... Field Detail static final int AREA . ... Constant Field Values . static final int MEAN . ... static final int STD_DEV . ... static final int MODE . ... static final int MIN_MAX . ... static final int CENTROID . ... static final int CENTER_OF_MASS . ... static final int PERIMETER . ... static final int LIMIT . ... static final int RECT . ... static final int LABELS . ... static final int ELLIPSE . ... static final int INVERT_Y . ... static final int CIRCULARITY . ...

Among the fundamental characteristics of a material/medium such as chemical composition, density, conductivity, viscosity, one should probably give the first place to the optical constants - the refractive index and the extinction coefficient . ... The parameter i in Eq.(1) describes the optical properties of the medium where radiation propagates. ... The optical constants and allow one to estimate not only transmittance and absorption of radiation, but also its reflection at the border of two media. ...

... Status of the ELECTRON experiment . ... The objective of the ELECTRON experiment is to perform 3-D measurements of the plasma electrons in the energy range from 10 eV to 26000 eV, with good angular resolution, sensitivity and large dynamical range. ... Figure 1 presents the ELECTRON sensor. ... Click on the picture to view large one) . ... Figure 3 shows dynamical spectra with counting rate measurements performed by ELECTRON experiment during very multiple magnetopause crossings on February, 4, 1996...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

The first character in each record (line) of formatted output defines a carriage control character to the lineprinter, often called ASA-character, for a previous name of the US Standardization Organization ANSI. ... When using VAX/VMS for output first on a file, which is to be printed later on paper, it is advisable to use the extension .DAT . ... You use the compiler switch -vms f77 -vms prog.f and get the control characters removed from the screen output. ...