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The Arecibo telescope is a versatile instrument with multiple receivers, backend processors, and telescope scanning modes. ... Observing modes are implemented at Arecibo through the Control Interface Module for Arecibo (CIMA). ... In this case, the observer is encouraged to submit a proposal for a new observing mode. ... Proposals for new observing modes will be evaluated by a technical review panel consisting of Arecibo technical and scientific staff. ... Flow chart. ...

Next: Summary List of SCHED Up: THE SCHED INPUT FILES Previous: THE SCHED INPUT FILES Contents . The schedule file is the main, and perhaps only, input file that the user prepares. ... A large number of input parameters are available for the schedule file. ... Default: The value assigned by SCHED if the parameter is not given in the schedule file. ... SCHedule . ... Next: Summary List of SCHED Up: THE SCHED INPUT FILES Previous: THE SCHED INPUT FILES Contents Craig Walker 2014-04-14 ...

Next: Running CONSTRICTOR Up: How to use CONSTRICTOR Previous: Parameters Contents . ... OutputBeam.BiasMod(07:12) = 1, 7, 10, 8, 3, 5 OutputBeam.StationID(01:04) = 1, 3, 4, 6 OutputBeam.StationID(05:08) = 1, 2, 4, 5 OutputBeam.Wavelength (01:04) = 849.4e-9, 820.9e-9, 793.9e-9, 768.3e-9 OutputBeam.Wavelength (05:08) = 744.2e-9, 722.9e-9, 701.5e-9, 683.1e-9 OutputBeam.Wavelength (09:12) = 664.6e-9, 648.9e-9, 617.7e-9, 603.5e-9 OutputBeam.Wavelength (13:16) = 590.7e-9, 577.9e-9, 566.5e-9, 556.6e-9 ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

... HST . ... Data . ... HST Overview . ... Phase I Proposing . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... LINE or BOX . ... General information about designing ACS pointing patterns, and the "convenience" patterns available for Phase II proposers is provided in ACS dither and mosaic pointing patterns (Mutchler Cox, ACS Instrument Science Report 2001-07). ... Also, generic LINE, BOX, and SPIRAL pattern forms can be used to define pointing patterns which exceed the logical limits imposed on the "named" ACS patterns. ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

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. ...

... Several of the tasks in the spectral package share a common set of parameters. ... Each task in the spectral package has a hidden parameter which points to the pkgpars parameter file. The parameters stored here include the observed data sets and the model descriptor, and instrument-specific parameters. ... The observed counts and error data set contained in the table file ( *_obs.tab ) produced by qpspec will be the input data for subsequent spectral tasks. ...

Next: The Reduction Session Up: Echelle Reduction Previous: Standard orientation . ... The command SHOW/ECHELLE displays only those parameters which must be set according to the options and methods chosen for the reduction. ... Current parameters are saved with the command SAVE/ECHELLE name , where name is the session name. ... Current parameter values are set to the default value with the command INIT/ECHELLE , or set to the values of a previously saved session with INIT/ECHELLE name . ...

... Meta Index / Home Page This section documents the parameters recognized by this task (if any). ... boolean . ... should be set to true if a table containing events to correct has been specified and to false otherwise. table . ... a specifier which must point to a table in a data set. ... If withsrccoordinates is set to true, the user has to provide the coordinates through the parameters srcra / srcdec . ... The parameter has no effect if the set does not contain any GTI tables. processexposutables ....

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

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... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...

Main Page Data Structures File List Data Fields Globals . ... Go to the source code of this file. struct . ... Data for OI_ARRAY FITS table. ... write_oi_array (fitsfile *fptr, oi_array array, int extver, int *status) . ... Data for OI_ARRAY FITS table. typedef struct _target target . ... Data for OI_TARGET FITS table. typedef struct _oi_wavelength oi_wavelength . Data for OI_WAVELENGTH FITS table. typedef struct _oi_vis_record oi_vis_record . ... fptr , . ... array data struct, see exchange.h . ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... spectrum . ... sfit . ... define >macro_name< : define a macro . ... meth_range <w1> <w2>: Set wavelength range for fit . data_spectrum <name> : data in "spectrum" format . ... data_sigma <sigma> : define mean standard error in data . ... data_line_set | ... NB: synth uses multiple calls to spectrum , so various Spectrum commands may also be required. synth : find optimum fit by adjusting abundances, v turb , v sin i , and v rad . ... save <fit> : Save the spectrum and best fit from synth . ...

... In recent years, substantial information concerning the Io torus has been published. ... Explaining the observed steady state rotation of the torus seems to be difficult. The angular velocity of the torus must be in accordance with the celestial mechanics laws, of the same orders as Io's one. ... We wish to straighten out the situation describing the main geometric and kinematic features of the Io torus using a steady state model based on some of Alfven's ideas [Alfven, 1981]. ...

polimplot -- Plot a polarization vector map . ... inpol = "" [name] . Input linear polarization image (in %) to plot. inpopa = "" [name] . Input image for position angle of linear polarization vectors (degrees). poi_err = "" [boolean] . ... Name of corresponding polarization position angle error image (degrees). ... This task is a flexible tool for plotting a polarization vector map from two images of the polarization and the position angle of the polarization vector. ...