The steps in making a pointing model are listed below. ... While tracking the source rise to set, the tiedowns are pulled through a range of about 14 inches (taking 14 minutes) . ... We need a strong point source as sband because we want to measure the peak even when we are out of focus (so we can determine the best za location). ... Time: this takes about 80 hours (averaging 2 hours/source with wait time.. ... so 4 days 12 hours a day will probably work when you include the time for the source. ...

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IBIS Data Analysis . ... IBIS . ... Flat Fielding - Introduction . The images obtained by IBIS will have intensity variations across the field of view that are not due to the solar image, but rather caused by instrumental effects that alter the observed intensity in each point of the field of view. ... IBIS Flat Fielding Techniques . ... Therefore, it is desirable to obtain the flat field measurements center on a point along the equator near the heliographic center of the solar disk. ...

... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... Each such choice is known as a frame of reference . Some possible frames are -- the interior of the airliner, . ...

... 22.Reference Frames . ... To derive the motion of a penny dropped inside an airliner moving at 600 miles/hr (about 1000 km/hr)--should we calculate it with respect to the interior of the airliner, or with respect to the ground? ... And if a similar penny is let go inside an orbiting spaceship--should its motion be calculated relative to the interior of the spaceship, or relative to the Earth outside? ... How do observations differ in the two frames--the airliner cabin and the Earth? ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Distribution of the speed w of ejecta (bold curve) relative to a platform moving with a horizontal speed of 1650 m/s and at an altitude h=30 km above the lunar surface. The assumed distribution of the ejection speeds at the surface is a power law with a low cutoff value of 100 m/s and an exponent of 1.2. ... The same conclusion holds for the speed distribution of particles near the surface. ...

... In this section, we develop a physical model of the secondary as a disk that is centrifugally supported in the radial direction and hydrostatically supported in the vertical direction. We assume that the disk is vertically isothermal and well mixed. ... where is the mean molecular mass of the gas, is the orbital period at the outer edge of the disk in years, and all of the mass of the secondary has been assumed to be concentrated near its center, so the Keplerian approximation is valid. ...

... Can do almost everything that Miriad, AIPS and Difmap can plus more. ... Component Fluxes cont. ... Model fit to VSOP and ground- only VLBI data in Difmap ) Tasks, commands Miriad task Visibility plane model fitting Image plane model fitting Image plane integrated flux Uvfit, uvmodel Difmap command Modelfit AIPS task Uvfit, (slime) Aips ++ function image .fitsky, imagefitter (spatial), image .maxfit, image .fitprofile, imageprofiler image .statistics image .getchunk, ...

... You can also send a pdf version by email to carollo@mso.anu.edu.au The structures and star populations in the Milky Way [12 points ] Daniela Carollo ­ 09/09/08 ­ 12/09/08 ASSIGNMENTS Problem N. 1 a. (1 point) Using the formula of the propagation errors demonstrate the following relation (Lecture N. 1): d/d = /. b. (2 points ) Also, given the following spectral type: Main Sequence: Giants: F5 G0 M0 K5 M0 for a given limit magnitude of the telescope mV = 20, ...

... Wind, Air Temperature, Dew Point and Relative Humidity Statistics, yearly, 2000 to 2005 (pdf) and seasonal, 1999 to 2007 (pdf) . Wind and Wind gust . Temperature . Relative Humidity . Dew-point Temperature . ... Real Time Astroclimate . ... Astroclimatology of ESO Sites , ESO Wide Review, April 2000 . Paranal Long Term Astroclimate Analysis . ... Send comments to <Marc.Sarazin@eso.org> . Last update: September 8, 1999 . ...

THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON MAY 2015 HAS MADE Wmay = 58.8, THAT GIVES FOR 69 MONTHS (2014, OCTOBER) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 CYCLES OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER W*sep. ... ESTIMATED, WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WAS MADE W=021+19/-07. ... NEXT WEEK THE AVERAGE AND LOW LEVELS OF SUNSPOT-FORMING OF ACTIVITY, IS EXPECTED. ... FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE LOW LEVEL ONLY MAY, 27 AND THE VERY LOW IN OTHER DAYS. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... The third-order space-by-time relation . ... Тема: The third-order space-by-time relation . ... The mass m experiences a gravity force toward the sun and . ... will experience the Coriolis force or Coriolis acceleration. ... differentiated space-by-time twice and discovered equation2. ... time differentiation of space-by-time. ... to be described by differentiated forces. ... third-order space-by-time relation. ... understand the third-order space-by-time relation....

... Equations are obtained for the plane relative motion of the system on the taut thread (on the assumption that the centre of mass of the system moves along the Keplerian elliptic orbit). ... The torques of gravitational forces, aerodynamic pressure, aerodynamic friction and the aerogradient effect are taken into account. ... First, the problem is investigated in case of taut thread and Keplerian elliptic motion of the centre of mass. ... In a general case the free motion is bound to become connected....

Geometric Algebra 2 Quantum Theory Chris Doran Astrophysics Group Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge, UK Spin · Stern-Gerlach tells us that electron wavefunction contains two terms · Describe state in terms of a spinor S N · A 2-state system or qubit MIT2 2003 2 Pauli Matrices · Operators acting on a spinor must obey angular momentum relations · Get spin operators · These form a Clifford algebra · A matrix representation of the geometric algebra of 3D space ...

Subject of Celestial Mechanics. ... Differential Absolute Coordinates Equations of the Problem. ... General Integral of Non-Perturbed Motion. ... General Equation of Non-Perturbed Orbit. ... Other Integration Methods of Non-Perturbed Motion Differential Equations; Bine Equation for Case of Non-Perturbed Motion. ... Ellipsical Motion, Kepler Equation. ... Motion Differential Equations in Absolute Coordinates. ... Equation of System of Bodies Motion in Barycentric Coordinates, in Relative Coordinates. ...

... This paper describes various methods for the analysis of spectroscopic data, particularly as they relate to wavelength calibration of echelle-format spectra. ... Keywords: spectroscopy, Hough transform, wavelet transform, robust regression, echelle, wavelength calibration . ... Wavelet transform can be useful in complementing robust techniques for multiresolution analysis, and Section 4 presents an application of the Mexican hat transform to the detection of spectral features. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... In the following article, I used the wrong number to get the circumference of the Earth at the latitude of Cape Canaveral, which ironically is what I accuse Ms. vos Savant of as well! ... At the Equator, the Earth spins at 1000 miles per hour (the Earth is 24,000 miles around, and spins once every 24 hours). ... The math is a wee bit hairy, but not too bad, to calculate the circumference of the Earth at Cape Canaveral assuming the Earth is an ellipse with these numbers...

Term mixture regarding solar chemical composition refers to relative abundances of heavy elements. Abundances of hydrogen and helium cannot be determined reliably from observations, therefore concentration of these elements are not taken from observational data. ... Table contains only elements which are abundant enough to be included into opacity and equation of state computations. ... First "low-Z abundances" to be published were AGS05. ... 5.5 . ... 6.22 AG89 : Anders E., Grevesse N. 1989. ...

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Super Moon vs Micro Moon . ... That was actually a Micro Moon! On that night, the smallest Full Moon of 2012 reached its full phase only about 4 hours before apogee , the most distant point from Earth in the Moon's elliptical orbit. ... The difference in apparent size represents a difference in distance of just under 50,000 kilometers between apogee and perigee, given the Moon's average distance of about 385,000 kilometers. How long do you have to wait to see another Full Micro Moon? ...