... Among the objectives of Principal Components Analysis are the following. dimensionality reduction; љ . the determining of linear combinations of variables; љ . ... identification of groups of objects or of outliers. ... Finding a set of principal axes allows the objects to be adequately characterised on a smaller number of (artificial) variables. ... Reduction of dimensionality is practicable if the first new axes account for approximately 75 % or more of the variance. ...

... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

... Galaxies 99 Cosmic background with model of cloudy interstellar medium Yu. ... Figure 1: Averaged spectrum of the cosmic background I f in frequency range 0.25 200 MHz for the Galactic poles. ... First interpretation of the cosmic noise background spectrum at broad band frequency range 0.25 200 MHz with a model of the cloudy interstellar medium ISM is presented here. ... Synthesized background spectra I f for regions of the Galactic poles at the frequency range 0.25 200 MHz is presented in Fig. ...

Next: Results Up: High Resolution Measurements from Previous: Introduction . The first step in PSA is to Fourier transform the image and calculate the square modulus of the FT to generate the power spectrum, . ... Specifically, one excludes the very lowest frequencies where the large scale nonuniformities in the image have the greatest effect, and one limits the fit to a frequency range where the SNR is sufficiently high. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 orbit June 28, 2006 Abstract Create a FITS timeseries \HK-like" le from the ODF Spacecraft Reconstructed Orbit File. ... Both sets of values will be written into a standard OGIP-compliant FITS binary extension table with a TIME column value, derived from a start, stop and sampling interval time, each speci ed by the user. ... StartANDEndNotInODFRange (error) Start AND End times selected not congruent with input ODF obs times. ... SAS ODF must be properly set. ...

... Archives . ... The PCA and ICA is used for separating mixed components with some assumptions. ... The need of source separation methods in astronomy has led various adaptations of decomposition methods available. ... I rarely come up with a paper which gathered and summarized component separation methods applicable to astronomical data. In that regards, the following paper seems useful to overview methods of reducing dimensionality for astronomers. [arxiv:0805.0269] . ... Chandra Blog . ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 33 , No. ... We present our discovery a new variable star USNO-A2.0 1350-17086180 from observations at the Astrotel-Caucasus Observatory. ... The numbers of observations on each of the observing nights are presented in Table 1; the observations are attached to the html version of this paper. ... Numbers of observations . ... No. observations . ... 0.001 . ... 0.000 . ... 0.003 . ... 0.004 . ... 0.002 . ... 0.005 . ...

Next: stecf.cplucy - Enhanced Two-channel Up: The ``stecf" IRAF Layered Previous: The ``stecf" IRAF Layered . For many years the ST-ECF has developed IRAF tasks and packages for HST and related data analysis. ... To allow wider and more efficient distribution and to bring all components to a uniform level of quality and documentation we have decided to combine these components into a standard-format IRAF package to be called ``stecf''. ...

... To avoid extensive numerical calculations in the statistical simulations, we treat the continuous evolution of each binary component as a sequence of a finite number of basic evolutionary states (for example, main sequence, red (super)giant, helium (Wolf-Rayet) star,     hot WD), in which stellar parameters significantly differ from each other. ... Figure 2: Schematic representation of the typical evolutionary track of a massive binary system with normal and compact star stages indicated. ...

... CentralProcessor 0.11 documentation . Welcome to the user documentation for the ASKAP Central Processor. These pages contain documentation for the commissioning scientists and early-science users interested in carrying out calibration, imaging, and analysis of ASKAP data products. ... Rather than read the documentation set from start to finish, it is suggested users first read the Platform Documentation to setup their environment and gain an understanding of platform and execution environment. ...

Next: Stellar models Up: Introduction Previous: Photometry Contents . In a hierarchical stellar system, the separation between two neighboring stars is always much smaller than the separation of this pair from the next companion in the system, be it another pair or a single star. ... They are also numerically easier to handle than non-hierarchical systems, since each pair can be described with the standard orbital parameters, and each star with a small number of physical parameters. ... System . ...

... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...

... 2006: . ... Components of the systems are low mass stars and white dwarfs. For 14 pairs orbit parameters were calculated and masses and luminosities of components were determined for the first time. ... As a result of a multifrequency monitoring of the variability of a micro quasar Cyg X-3 (X-ray binary system which probably consists of a black hole and a high mass Wolf-Rayet star) a high activity period was registered for the first time in the last 4 years. ... Archive . ...

Chapter I Introduction 1.1 The Interstellar medium of our Galaxy The space between the stars in our Galaxy is not devoid of matter but is filled with gas and dust, the interstellar medium (ISM). ... Various dispersive and scattering effects affect the amplitude and phase of the signals from compact Galactic and extragalatic radio sources and these demonstrate that the diffuse ionized component of the ISM is very irregular in nature. ... The discovery of pulsars opened new ways of probing the ISM. ...

... OOF software . ... Memos . ... Raw data . ... We present a Bayesian approach to calculating the coefficients that convert the outputs of ALMA 183 GHz water-vapour radiometers into estimates of path fluctuations that can be used to correct the observed interferometric visibilities. ... Please note that the files"COPYING" in each of the distribution packages have GPL listed but it is in fact LGPL which applies. ... This is the raw data from the SMA used in the analysis shown in Section 4 of the memo. ...

... The file names' construction . The flight (m) stage's file set . ... the orbital data used for the flight operation monthly (m) long-term planning, . ... The orbital calculations are based on the initial orbital data determined by KIAM RAN using the orbital radio- measurement treatment. The determined initial orbital data are presented as a state vector (satellite position and velocity) in the J2000 reference. ... Accept the file with extension '.bgr', where the Moscow time (MT=UT+3h) is used. ...

... A homogeneous chemical analysis of the inner Galactic disk from the first data release of Gaia-ESO . ... Gaia-ESO is a public spectroscopic survey designed with this goal in mind. ... These first results highlight the potential of the Gaia-ESO survey to explore areas of the Milky Way still poorly studied, such as the inner disk, and to give new constraints on Galactic chemical evolution models. ... Map of observed targets of the first data release of the Gaia-ESO Survey. ...

Geomagnetic disturbances can be monitored by ground-based magnetic observatories recording the three magnetic field components. The global Kp index is obtained as the mean value of the disturbance levels in the two horizontal field components, observed at 13 selected, subauroral stations . ... Geomagnetic activity is the occurrence of K variations. ... But K still remains a local index, describing disturbances in the vicinity of each observatory. ...

... Subject and Problems of Stellar Astronomy. ... Plane of Galaxy, Methods of Its Location Determination. ... Stars Distances. ... Other Methods of Stars Distances Determination. ... Tangential Velocities, Their Determination by Self-Motions. ... Determination of Solar Apex and Spatial Velocity by Radial and Spatial Velocities of Stars. ... Features of Orientation and Parameters of Peculiar Stellar Velocities Ellipsoid. ... General and Selective Light Absorption in Galaxy. ... Darc Clouds in Galaxy. ...