... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

The APO 3.5-meter Remote Observing 2002 and Beyond . A Stray Light Analysis of the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-meter Telescope System . ... Telescope Control Computer (TCC) papers . MILT , the NSF proposal for the 3.5m telescope (no figures yet) . ... Collimation of the 3.5m telescope . ... Gives details of the coordinate conversions used to control the telescope, including the focal-plane conversions needed for positioning the rotator and guide camera and performing drift scans. ...

... B=Command, 12AB=Azm, comma, 4000=Alt. ... Example: if the desired position is 220°, then POSITION_24BIT = (220/360)*224 = 10,252,743 Separate POSITION_24BIT into three bytes such that (POSITION_24BIT = PosHigh*65536 + PosMed*256 + PosLow). Exampe: PosHigh = 156, PosMed = 113, PosLow = 199 Send the following 8 bytes: a. Azm Slow Goto: 80, 4, 16, 23, PosHigh, PosMed, PosLow, 0 b. Alt Slow Goto: 80, 4, 17, 23, PosHigh, PosMed, PosLow, 0 The number 35 is returned from the handcontrol 4. ...

... After a brief leave in Bangalore to work on astronomy (and holiday in Nepal), Dave will be continuing in management positions within the ATNF. ... We have also hosted an observing project visit from a contingent of ATNF and CTIP vacation scholars, who observed h Carina with the new 12-mm system (see article elsewhere in this issue), observed new HIPASS galaxies, and studied interference from microwave ovens. ... Currently we are testing this system with a single antenna. ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Lunar equatorial positions. Explanations. Each row contains at 0 h and 12 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial: month, day, apparent right ascension (hours, minutes, seconds), apparent declination (degrees, minutes, seconds of arc) and geocentric distance (in Earth's radii).

... Computer Communications [Setup VLBA Hardware] . MCB Protocol [MCB Protocol] . check - modules to be checked by chekr [SNAP Commands] . ... mcb - MCB Communications [SNAP Commands] . ... form - formatter setup (VLBA rack) [SNAP Commands] . ... peak - peak up tape reproduce power [SNAP Commands] . ... bit density - recording bit density (VLBA drive) [SNAP Commands] . ... rec - tape recorder control (VLBA drive) [SNAP Commands] . ... tape - tape recorder parameters (VLBA drive) [SNAP Commands] . ...

Top] [Prev] [Next] [Bottom] . Two different kinds of computers can control the three FGSs. ... The other is the Fine Guidance Electronics (FGE) microprocessor associated with each FGS. Both the FGEs and the DF 224 control the FGSs while they are guiding HST. ... Independent of instrument mode or activity, the DF 224 gathers all FGS data at 25 millisecond intervals, assigns them specific locations in the engineering telemetry stream, and downlinks them to the ground. ...

... srcinfov strra=<ra> strdec=<dec> apos=<apos> withsrccoord=true|false . ... srcinfov computes for each instrument the position of a given celestial source in the field of view (in TELCOORD coordinates). Input is the satellite attitude in terms of Right Ascension/Declination of the star tracker viewing direction and astronomical position angle [deg]. ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Posts tagged ?computer science? ... A postdoc job announcement from Prof. Joshua Bloom of UC Berkeley: . ... Jobs] postdoc position at UC Berkeley? Tags: AstroStat , computer science , job announcement , job market , time series , UC Berkeley . ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

... Siding Spring Observatory by night - Bob ShobтАж . Bob Shobbrook dressed for a winters night atтАж . ... Title: Bob Shobbrook dressed for a winters night at the control computer for the photometer on the ANU 24-inch telescope. ... No use may be made of any of the images without Dr Shobbrook's written permission. ... Bob Shobbrook dressed for a winters night at the control computer for the photometer on the ANU 24-inch telescope. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

. This is BTA "indome" main server computer tb.sao.ru . It is local address in SAO's Intranet. But it is visible from Internet through our Web-site proxy as: http://www.sao.ru/tb/ . BTA TSC online Web-pages located here: http://www.sao.ru/tb/tcs/ . BTA WebCameras: . "In-Dome" TV-camera . and it's last images . "Outdor" TV-camera . and it's last images . Also, one can find here some documents: .

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . Lots of details to find here about motorizing your dobsonian telescope. ... Listed Since July 15, 1998 . ... Web Site . ... Web . www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

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. ...

Policy on Provisioning & Bad Debt Write-Offs This policy was adopted by the Board of Directors of Armagh Credit Union. ... To achieve this, we use a combination of our computer system's arrears reports and our own knowledge of our borrowers' financial circumstances. ... General Provision - In addition to the above, we maintain a general provision for bad and doubtful debts of at least 2% of the borrower's net liability to the credit union for loans that are not covered by our specific provisions. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... 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. ...

The technical memorandum: Time and Time Interval Measurement with Application to Computer and Network Performance Evaluation (PostScript) describes a number of techniques for conducting experiments typical of computer network and transmission systems engineering. ... The usual data collected during a performance run of some experiment might include time offsets, time delays, frequency offsets and various error statistics. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... James H. Newman (Ph.D.) . NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... Recipient of the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award (1994, 1999) for his work as a member of the STS-51 and STS-88 crews. ... That same year he came to work at NASA s Johnson Space Center, where his duties included responsibility for conducting flight crew and flight control team training for all mission phases in the areas of Orbiter propulsion, guidance, and control. ...

... The tracking system works in micro-step regime with a computer step of correction = 0.003 arcsec per second of time and a maximum speed of correction up to 4.6 arcsec per second of time. ... The APD module was constructed for performing experiments of receiving of 2 Mbps signals from “ARTEMIS” using the Cassegrain focus of 0.7m telescope. ... GaAs PIN photo diode. ... Laser module with thermoelectric stabilisation of laser diode. ... Electronic module for turbulence compensation system . ...