The position of the objects on the sky were generally measured to a precision between 1 and 4 arcsec. ... For the stars, the position is always at epoch 2000, whatever J2000 or B1950 coordinates are printed. ... The celestial position is given as coordinates in 4 different systems: . ... B1950 . ... Galactic coordinates in the reference frame called "new" system, adopted by IAU in 1958. Galactic pole at B124900.0+272400, node at ra=282.25,l=33 deg (inclination 62.6 deg). ... 1 arcsec . ...

... Guider functions . ... Guide Sensor Performance . ... Guide Sensor Sky Coverage/ Star Availability . Guide Star Selection Criteria . ... Guide fiber organization and reach at plug plate . ... Plug plate holes for guide stars are identical to those for science FO . ... FOV for each of 9 guide stars is 7.4 arcsec dia. (0.45 mm FO, Sumitomo IGN-05/10) . ... Selected guide stars must have no neighbor stars within TBD (5 arcsec) radius that have a brightness within TBD (5 mag.) of guide stars . ...

... ACQ-DIST Optional Parameter for FGS 1 , 2 . ACQTYPE Optional Parameter for STIS . Acquisition modes . ... Aperture Coordinate System . ... AFTER date Special Requirement . ... BINAXIS1, BINAXIS2 Optional Parameters for STIS 1 , 2 . ... BUFFER-TIME Optional Parameter for STIS . ... CHECKBOX Optional Parameter for STIS . ... Calibration Targets . ... CR-SPLIT Optional Parameter for STIS . ... DIFFUSE-CENTER Optional Parameter for STIS . ... GAIN Optional Parameter for STIS . ... Position . ...

. XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . omdetect (omdetect-5.14.2) [???] . Meta Index / Home Page These parameters are computed using second-order moments, again following the method that sextractor uses. XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2008-10-22

... Basic Observables: Zero-differenced phase and code ionosphere-free combinations of global GNSS network stations, corrected by P1-C1 satellite code biases (cc2noncc), daily observations with 30 seconds sampling rate Sites coordinates : IGb08 reference frame coordinates and velocities Displacements: solid tides, ocean loading, pole tide loading (IERS 2010) Geometric model : Receivers antennas eccentricities, absolute receiver and ...

Next: Program use Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Description of program searchdup . Parameter input is done with a graphic user interface. ... Input file: Name of the input catalog file. It has to be formatted, one record per source/observation, according to the format used in the Arcetri observations and source archives. ... Minimum number of observations per source Source with less than this number of independent observations are not included in the output file . ...

... All the parameters provided in this database have been obtained using the the MIRIAD ( Sault et al. 1995 ) task MBSPECT . MBSPECT makes a spectrum of the velocity (or frequency) axis of a cube. The spectrum is beam-weighted, over the width specified, for the other image axes. ... Robust parameters are calculated by using an algorithm which minimises the mean absolute deviation of the flux-weighted velocities. mask= This specifies the x-axis ranges to be excluded from any continuum fit. ...

... It takes a set of grid positions and a set of sky coordinates to fit the parameters. ... Category: MATH File: skyfit.c Author: K.G. Begeman Use: INTEGER SKYFIT( X , Input DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY Y , Input DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY A , Input DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY D , Input DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY N , Input INTEGER XF , Output DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY YF , Output DOUBLE PRECISION ARRAY FPAR , In/Output DOUBLE PRECISION ... X Contains x grid coordinates. ...

The following parameters as a function of the universal time are enclosed in this file. 1. no . ... Universal time date (YYYYMMDD) . ... Universal time (.hhmmss) . ... Geomagnetic local time in the satellite position . ... geomagnetic latitude . ... co-ordinate - . ... system . ... co-ordinate system . ... Solar-ecliptic co-ordinate - . ... Satellite velocity . ...

polimodel -- Produce model linear polarization and position angle images . ... Whether to apply random errors to output polarization and position angle values. seed = "" [integer] . ... This task produces a model linear polarization image and corresponding position angle image from an input image assumed to represent intensity (Stokes I parameter). ... A threshold for the input image can be defined such that polarization and position angle are not computed for input values less than this threshold. ...

polimodel -- Produce model linear polarization and position angle images . ... Whether to apply random errors to output polarization and position angle values. seed = "" [integer] . ... This task produces a model linear polarization image and corresponding position angle image from an input image assumed to represent intensity (Stokes I parameter). ... A threshold for the input image can be defined such that polarization and position angle are not computed for input values less than this threshold. ...

... Posts tagged ?parameter estimation? ... Leccardi & Molendi (2007) have a paper in A&A ( astro-ph/0705.4199 ) discussing the biases in parameter estimation when spectral fitting is confronted with low counts data. Not surprisingly, they find that the bias is higher for lower counts, for standard chisq compared to C-stat, for grouped data compared to ungrouped. ... Tags: bias , C-stat , chi-square , chisq , Cstat , Fitting , parameter estimation , Peter Freeman , spectra . ... 1 Comment . ...

... AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is integrated software package to deal with a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... compiling a list of all numbered minor planets which can be seen at certain moment within specified sky region and visualization of their mutual positions; . ... As AMPLE is able to reproduce virtually any table of "the Ephemerides of Minor Planets" , it may be considered as computer version of the EMP. ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... TextParams Struct Reference . Parameters specifying how to draw text. ... TextParams (const float x, const float y, const QString &string) . Construct TextParams with default parameters. ... TextParams ( Vector3 < F > &position3D, StelProjectorP projector , const QString &string) . Construct TextParams to draw text at a 3D position, using specified projector. ... string љ . ... Text string to draw. ... The required string parameter is also set, as is the projector. ...

... Luminosity (L) · · · · A source's luminosity is the power that it emits in radiation. ... NB Astronomers often say `flux' when they mean `flux density' · SI units are Wm-2Hz -1 -26 filter · Also used are Jy 10 Wm-2Hz -1 E= РРРF d dA dt Specific Intensity, Surface Brightness (I) · Specific intensity (or surface brightness) is the power received (or emitted) per unit area per unit frequency per unit solid angle. ч F at surface of a spherical source = I · · Specific intensity is independent of distance...

THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL FOR ESTIMATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE EJECTA LUNAR TERRAINS. ... In the previous papers we were estimated the surface roughness of the ejecta lunar terrains by means comparison of the local phase function and the average integrated lunar indicatrix. ... The Hapke's theoretical model of the lunar surface reflection. ... For THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL: S.G. Pugacheva, V.V. Shevchenko a low-albedo lunar surface parameter Bo = 1. ...

... Parameters of the Moon-perturbed orbit . ... From orbits consistent with this limitation and with the date of the launch October 1, 2000 as an example, an orbit was selected with apogee directed to the North Galactic pole at the begining and rotation of orbit plane was maximized. The initial state vector is given in the inertial coordinate system in epoch J2000.0. ... The orbit has initial perigee radius Rp=7000.0 km, initial apogee radius Ra=343000.0 km and initial period T=8.453 days. ...

... We demonstrate through numerical simulations that model parameters estimated with our technique are essentially bias-free, even when the average number of counts per bin is 1. ... The IW technique avoids such biases by estimating through successive iterations, where for each iteration, j, , and the best-fit parameters are determined by minimization of . ... In our sample, we find that the minimum values and best-fit parameters converge after about 6 iterations. ...

... The operators will be explained as they are used. The general notion to keep in mind is that any combination of these operators results in a 2- D affine coordinate transformation in the TF plane, which may be represented using the homogeneous coordinates often used in computer graphicsfoley. ... S _t_c,f_c = g_t_c,f_c,(_t) | ... We denote a time shift to the position , with an operator that has a multiplicative law of composition : (Table 1). ... Note that these two operators do not commute. ...

... The overall globular cluster population is divided by gap in the metallicity function at [Fe/H]=-1.0 into two discrete groups with well-defined maxima at [Fe/H]=-1.60?0.03 dex, and -0.60?0.04 dex. ... Clusters with extremely blue horizontal branches occupy a spherical volume of radius ~ 9 kpc, have high rotational velocities ( V rot =77?33 km/s), have substantial and equal negative radial and vertical metallicity gradients, and are, on average, the oldest group (the old-halo subsystem). ...