... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Appendix D: Techniques for Dithering, Background Measurement andMapping > D.1 Introduction . ... Multiple exposures with small offsets in the pointing of the telescope between exposures are recommended for NICMOS observations. ... It is strongly advised that provision for direct measurement of the background be included in proposals whenever observations at wavelengths greater than 1.7?m are performed. ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... Omdetect classifies a source as being extended if its computed semi-major axis is greater than that of the point-spread function's semi-major axis (computed by using moments), by at least twice the error computed for the former. ... 1) The quantities the total raw pixel counts, total corrected raw pixel counts and the total raw background counts are initialised to zero. ... d) The total raw background counts is incremented by the value of the corresponding background-image pixel. ...

The National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) is seeking an exceptionally well-qualified applicant for a position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in radio astronomy at the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Applicants whose research interests include any field of radio astronomy that can be effectively pursued with the Arecibo telescope will be considered. ... For further information about the NAIC Arecibo Observatory see http://www.naic.edu . ...

... N.A.Bobylev, Yu.M.Burman, Morse lemmas for functionals of the variational calculus, Func.Anal.Appl., ... N.A.Bobylev, Yu.M.Burman. ... N.A.Bobylev, Yu.M.Burman, A.B.Shubin, Algorithms for control with a minimal number of switchings, Automation and remote control , V.53, 5:619, 1992. ... TeX file ) . ... Quadratic Poisson brackets compatible with an algebra structure . ... Yu.M.Burman. ... Yu.M.Burman, Whitney's index formula in higher dimensions and Laplace integrals , Preprint math.DG/9801044 . ...

Solar Large-Scale Chains: Some Events . ... The chains appear to light up separators or quasi-separatrix layers between different interacting large-scale magnetic flux systems in the global solar magnetosphere and, in particular, to outline large-scale coronal structures involved in the CME process. ... Some features of the chains and their relations to CMEs are illustrated for a number of halo CME-associated events. 23 events of 1997-2000 . ... Halo-CME-associated events of November 1997 . ...

... Files . ... images . Regions . ... 00001 //# WCExtension.h: Make the extension an image region 00002 //# Copyright (C) 1998,2001 00003 //# Associated Universities, Inc. ... 00090 // The axes in region and box have to be disjoint. 00091 WCExtension ( const ImageRegion & region, const WCBox & extendBox); 00092 00093 // Copy constructor (copy semantics). ... 00136 WCExtension ( Bool takeOver, const PtrBlock<const WCRegion*> & regions ); 00137 00138 // Find the axes to be extended and stretched. ...

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 . ...

... The second step is to inspect the data, to define a set of criteria to select the science frames and their associated calibration frames, and to use the MIDAS Data Organizer to do the selection and to create the Association Table. ... Table: Example of an Association Table . ... For example, one can require that in the calibration process of frame susi0099.bdf the master bias susi_124_125.bdf is to be used, i.e. the bias frames associated with the science frames susi0097.bdf and susi0098.bdf . ...

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Solar Physics A fixed-term postdoctoral research position tenable at the Armagh Observatory is available from 2013 January 1 or as soon as possible thereafter for an initial period of 3 months to work with Professor J. Gerry Doyle. ... The Observatory has full access to a wide range of international facilities, and is eligible for research grants from the Science and Technology Facilities Council and other funding organizations. ...

... Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 2.9 . ... X-ray: X-ray pulsar, and extended emission from remnant. Point sources: X-ray pulsar associated with soft gamma repeater. ... Molonglo at 408 MHz (3') and Parkes 64-m at 5 GHz (4'). ... Effelsberg 100-m at 4.9 GHz (2'.6). ADS . Kulkarni & Frail 1993, Natur, 365, 33. ... 1994, ApJ, 436, L23. X-ray observations. ... VLA at 1.4 GHz (31") and 8.4 GHz (5".5) ADS . ... X-ray pulsar detection. ... 2001, ApJS, 134, 77. ... 2001, ApJ, 559, 963. ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay . ... A roll cloud . These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. ... When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form. ... Pictured above , a roll cloud extends far into the distance in 2009 January above Las Olas Beach in Maldonado , Uruguay . ... January . ... Publications with keywords: Roll cloud - weather . Publications with words: Roll cloud - weather . ... Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin . ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

НАУЧНО-ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННОЕ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЕ им. С.А. ЛАВОЧКИНА . ... ЭкзоМарс 2016 . ... Социальные проекты . ... Проекты . ... ФГУП 'НПО им. С.А. Лавочкина' - крупное конструкторское и научно-производственное предприятие, проводящее работы по проектированию, изготовлению, испытанию и комплексной отработке ключевых автоматических космических аппаратов для фундаментальных научных исследований. ... Новости Проекты . ... 2016, ФГУП "НПО им. С.А. Лавочкина" - все права защищены ? ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...

... The <HR> element is used for horizontal rules that act as dividers between sections. The SRC attribute can be used to designate a custom graphic, otherwise subclass HR with the CLASS attribute and specify the appropriate rendering with an associated style sheet. ... An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. ... CLASS . ... CLEAR . ... The CLEAR attribute allows you to move down unconditionally: . clear=left . ...

Getting To Know Layers . ... Layers in an image can be any size. ... You have the ability to toggle the visibility of a layer, so that it does not contribute to the final image. ... The layers dialog, with the Ops menu expanded . The primary tool for working with layers in GIMP is the Layers dialog. This gives you an overview of all the layers in an image, and provides the toggled areas for linking and visibility. ... You can also toggle a layer's Preserve Transparency option. ... Step 1 | ...

Astrophysical implications of external triggers, GRB030329 in particular External Triggers subgroup · · GRB astrophysics is still very uncertain Associated GW emission: even more uncertain Interpret our observations in the simplest terms Easy to re-cast in terms of specific models Provides some astrophysical context which is readily interpretable Probable: The GRB field will need GW observations to fully understand GRB progenitor astrophysics Nov 10, 2003 Frey 1 Short and Long GRBs.. ...

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