... The path of the dome will now follow a different track in focus. ... The dome was set to 19.6 degrees. ... Focus curves taken with sbn (.ps) ( more info ) show the offset (in inches) from the the platform reference position (1256.22 feet). ... Moving the ref ch position from 8.84 to 18 degrees will raise the platform corner by .7 inches.7 platform inches is 1.7*.7 is 1.2 tie down inches of stroke .7 platform inches is 3.5 degrees F. The path length will increase by .1 in (za=2) to .8 inches (za=20)....

... Positions in 2000 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2001 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2002 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2003 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2004 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . ...

Name: PGBAND Purpose: read cursor position, with anchor Category: GRAPHICS File: pgplot.src Author: T.J. Pearson Use: see description below. Description: INTEGER FUNCTION PGBAND (MODE, POSN, XREF, YREF, X, Y, CH) INTEGER MODE, POSN REAL XREF, YREF, X, Y CHARACTER*(*) CH Read the cursor position and a character typed by the user. ... If MODE=3, two horizontal lines are extended across the width of the display, one drawn through the anchor point and the other through the moving cursor position. ...

... Mirror hard points, Galil channels A-D, are at nominal positions for observations . Lateral link drives, Galil channels E & F, are at nominal positions for observations . Install telescope-wind baffle turnbuckles . ... Remove wind baffle (see wind baffle rem. proc.) . ... Remove remaining 2 pair of wind baffle counterweights . ... Move wind baffle + telescope to zenith "bird bath", install pin, apply telescope altitude brake, depress emergency stop button and disable wind baffle drive . ...

... Once "point" is read, assumes all the following x,y coordinates are points. ... Program asc2dxf c reads set of x,y coordinates and writes a .dxf file for aperture plate. character*4 xop1,xop2 character*12 outfile 1 format ( 1h0 /7hSECTION/1h2/8hENTITIES/ 1h0 ) 2 format (6hCIRCLE/1h8/1h1/2h62/1h3) 3 format (4hLINE/1h8/1h1/2h62/1h3) 4 format (5hPOINT/1h8/1h1/2h62/1h3) 5 format (2h10/5h43.00/2h20/5h43.00/2h30/5h0.000/2h40/5h43.00/ 1h0 ) 6 format (2h10,/,f6.3,/,2h20,/,f6.3,/,2h30/5h0.000) 7 ...

Kermit output files are named ker number_object_filter_time .fits. number is a four-digit integer that increments for each subsequent exposure. object is the object name (with spaced removed) as entered by the observer. filter is the name of the currently selected filter wheel position. time is the current UTC time as a six-digit integer, HHMMSS. ... Kermit has three selectable pixel timing modes: fast readout, slow readout, and slow readout with reset. ... Kermit has three readout modes: . ...

... int feof(FlLE *file_pointer) - Check if end of file occurred on a stream. int ferror(FlLE *file_pointer) - Check if any error occurred during file I/0. int fflush(FlLE *file_pointer) - Write out (flush) buffer to file. int fgetc(FlLE *file_pointer) - Get a character from a stream. int fgetpos(FlLE *file_pointer, fpos_t current_pos) - Get the current position in a stream. char *fgets(char *string, int maxchar, FILE *file_pointer) - Read a string from a file. ...

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 . ...

fitcircle - find mean position and pole of best-fit great [or small] circle to points on a sphere. fitcircle [ xyfile ] -L norm [ -H [ nrec ] ] [ -S ] [ -V ] [ -: ] [ -bi [ s ][ n ] ] fitcircle reads lon,lat [or lat,lon] values from the first two columns on standard input [or xyfile ]. ... Then two locations are found: the mean of the input positions, and the pole to the great circle which best fits the input positions. ... If no file is specified, fitcircle will read from standard input. ...

... March 25, 2006: Version 3.0.0 New control panel with an observing queue and a log Pointing to apparent position including proper motion precession and nutation to epoch of ... declination axis to polar axis non-orthogonality optical axis skew altitude- and azimuth-dependent mechanical effects encoder reference Control of telescope hardware August 20, 2006 Version 3.0.4 Modifications from Dan Azari adding features suported by the RC Optical Systems ...

Next: Time coordinate system (TIMCOORD) Up: Coordinate Definitions used by Previous: Coordinate Definitions used by Contents . The CAL makes use of the following spatial coordinate systems . PIXCOORD0: Telemetry-related CCD pixel coordinate system . ... PIXCOORD1: Node-oriented CCD pixel coordinate system . ... The pixel coordinate system is, thus, node-oriented . ... CAMCOORD1/CAMCOORD2: Camera reference systems . ... Camera unit(s) . alignment of CAMCOORD1/2 axes in PIXCOORD1 frame . ...

Next: A box, to include Up: To produce a region Previous: To produce a region . select cursor and circle . When in the image window, the mouse now has a box shape with an arrow at the upper left corner. The mouse buttons act as follows: . LEFT - to move the center of the circle at the position of the arrow point. ... RIGHT - idle. center the circle at the point source by positioning the arrow point and clicking on the LEFT mouse button. A circle will appear at the arrow position. ...

Main Page Data Structures File List Data Fields Globals . ... int . read_oi_array (fitsfile *fptr, char *arrname, oi_array *array, int *status) . Read OI_ARRAY fits binary table. More... int . read_oi_target (fitsfile *fptr, oi_target *targets, int *status) . ... read_oi_wavelength (fitsfile *fptr, char *insname, oi_wavelength *wave, int *status) . ... read_next_oi_vis (fitsfile *fptr, oi_vis *vis, int *status) . ... read_next_oi_vis2 (fitsfile *fptr, oi_vis2 *vis2, int *status) . ...

Next: Writing FITS Up: Conversion between FITS Previous: File naming . The INTAPE -command is used to convert FITS (or IHAP) files to the internal MIDAS format: INTAPE file_list id device [flag] . where file_list is a list of absolute position numbers of files (if input is from tape) to be read with 1 being the first file ( e.g. 1, 3, 5, 50-60 would read from the 1st, 3rd, 5th file plus files 50 through 60 included), and id is an identification prefix of the names of the files created. ...

Next: PointData manipulation Up: Accessing data files Previous: Loading tables Contents . Note that there are some procedures which package several tasks, e.g., get_pointdata includes loading of the configuration, scantable, etc., and the loading of point data for all scans. get_records Read raw data from HDS file. ... Note that configuration and table data must have been read prior to this call! get_rawdata ,[ file _char ] Compound procedure. ... Read scan data and auxilliary data from .cha file. ...

... Activity 3: Measuring the Position of the Sun in the Sky . Purpose: To give students the opportunity to measure the position of the Sun in the sky using simple tools and methods. ... Alternatively, you may have students devise their own methods of relative measurement and apply them to measuring the position of the Sun in the sky. ... Rangi is the sky, and when the Sun is near Rangi's head it is summer in New Zealand. ... Read the Maori story to students. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

... DevHlp_Security This devhlp allows to open a file for read access in the Init routine of a BASEDEV . ... returned: size of file SYIOpenFile ends Valid at INIT time only. ... This routine uses the corresponding function of the miniFSD , not normal file I/O, thus access is restricted. ... Although the size argument of the data structure implies, I'd recommend to better not read more than 32K at a time. ... DL = 044h This function will return the table of security helper functions for file access. ...

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GiST home | ... GiST interface ( Russian ) | Readings . Search PostgreSQL resources | ... Concurrency and Recovery in Generalized Search Trees by M. Kornacker, C.Mohan, J. Hellerstein . Access Methods for Next-Generation Database Systems by M. Kornacker (thesis) . Efficient Concurrency Control in Multidimensional Access Methods by Kaushik Chakrabarti and Sharad Mehrotra . ... Supporting Spatial Index Structures as access methods in database system by Kaushik Chakrabarti (thesis) . ...

... This appartus will drop a mass from different heights. When the mass strikes the ground, some percentage of its original energy will be absorbed by the ground. ... The percentage of the energy which is absorbed by the surface on each "bounce" (EAS) . ... The impact velocity of the object will also be given at each bounce. ... Start= Drop the ball after Energy, Mass and EAS have been set; resume after step or pause has been selected . ... Reset = Reset experiment to intial values . ...