... The first of the equations defines the position of the spectral orders, m , in the raw image, while the second equation gives, for each order, the dispersion relation in one dimension. ... where the coefficients are computed using least squares techniques on a grid , i.e. sample number and line number of points located within the spectral orders of the image. These points in the grid are found automatically by an order--following algorithm, normally using the FLAT or STD image. ...

SAS home . SAS Watchout items . ... This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract a light curve of a point-like source for all the X-ray cameras, subtracting the background and correcting for exposure loses. ... The SAS task barycen performs this correction. ... If the following files are available: a) RGS event list; b) RGS source list, a call to the task performing light curve extraction, correction and background subtraction rgslccorr allows a user to create the light curve. ...

... NICMOS Data Handbook > Chapter 3: Calibration > 3.2 NICMOS Calibration Software . 3.2 NICMOS Calibration Software . 3.2.1 The Calibration Pipeline . 3.2.2 Software for Grism Data Reduction . ... Because NICMOS grism data processing and extraction are not really "pipeline" procedures, this handbook will defer an overview of grism reduction methodology and the software tools calnicc and NICMOSlook until Chapter 5 , where the discussion of NICMOS Data Analysis is presented. ...

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ERS -1,2 SAR . ... SIR-C/X SAR . ... European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) was launched on 17 July 1991, and the follow mission ERS-2 (with the same sensors and an Ozone monitoring instrument added) was launched on 21 April 1995. ... The Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR), carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April and October of 1994, simultaneously recorded SAR data at three wavelengths (L-, C-, and X-bands; 23.5, 5.8, and 3.1 cm, respectively). ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. ... Contact NASA . ... The following are astronauts who are employed at NASA. Astronaut assignments and category definitions (e.g., "active" astronauts, "management" astronauts) are contained in a separate Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) policy letter. Astronaut . ... Acaba, Joseph M. 2004 . ... Aunon, Serena M. 2009 . ... Barratt, Michael R. 2000 . ... Burbank, Daniel C. 1996 . ... Cassada, Josh A. 2013 . ... 1998 . ...

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... Classes . ... casa . casa::UnitName . ... handles physical units More... #include < UnitName.h > . ... UnitName (const UnitName &other) . ... UnitName (const String &tag, const UnitVal &kind, const String &name= EmptyString ) . ... UnitName (const Unit &tag, const String &name= EmptyString ) . ... Get definition value of the unit. const String & . ... String . ... String getName() const will return the unit name . ... Get the name tag of the defined unit. const UnitVal & casa::UnitName::getVal . ...

... Information about a variety of different calendars for different cultures (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu etc.) ... In addition, the Chinese had two different ways of interpreting and observing celestial events. One way the Chinese used astronomy was known as lifa; it was a discipline that aimed to understand the regularities and the predictable events in the celestial system through careful, observations, measurements and records. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

At Arcetri a Radio Astronomy observative and instrumental group is active. ... A catalog of all known maser sources north of -30 degrees is kept updated and is made available to anyone interested. ... The group is involved in the design phase for the Atacama Large Miillimeter Array , a (sub)millimeter interferometer with a large collecting area (about 10000 m2). ... H2O Maser Catalog . ... ADLB Autocorrelation spectrometer . ... Our involvement in the Atacama Large Millimiter Array ( ALMA ) project . ...

... champ name : Source ID in the format explained in the Definitions section. ra : RA in decimal degrees. ... pos_error : Source count extraction radius in arcseconds. netB : net counts in B-band. See Definitions section. error_netB : error of net counts in B-band. see Definitions section. netS : S-band net counts, defined analogously to netB . ... See Definitions section. C21 : X-ray color. ... C32 : X-ray color. See Definitions section. rateB : B-band count rate in ksec. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Wiki Style Examples . Wiki styles | ... PmWiki uses WikiStyles for styling text with color and other attributes. PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks. ... In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the define= property. For example, to define a style of %red% , one can use: . define=mystyle color=red% Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Phase 2 Preparation > Observing conditions . ... Service Mode Philosophy . ... The following definitions of the observing conditions are common between Phase 1 preparation and Phase 2 preparation, as well as between Service Mode and Visitor Mode observations. ... Seeing (Phase 1) and Image quality (Phase2) constraints . ... Please note that observing conditions requested at Phase 2 should match those at Phase 1 (see Service Mode Policies). ...

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 . ...

... Judged by their instrumental profiles, spectrometers fall into two basic classes---Lorentzian and Gaussian---with many other line profile functions (sinc functions, Voigt functions, Airy functions, etc.) falling into one of these two categories in some limit. We demonstrate that the Rayleigh, Sparrow, and Houston resolution criteria are of limited use compared to the ``equivalent width'' of the line profile. ... Rayleigh criterion. ... All of these functions have continuous higher derivatives. ...

What follows is a list of resources that excel in astronomy education. ... We believe the list is topologically complete in that there are no publicly advertised astronomy resources on the WWW that cannot be found by following the internal links of these resources. ... How Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is being used as a learning tool by teachers and students. ... Bad Astronomy Blog . ... Dr. Jeff's Blog on the Universe . ... Detailed pictures and explanations of Hubble Space Telescope results. ...

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NEUTRON MONITOR DATA FOR JUNGFRAUJOCH AND BERN DURING THE GROUND-LEVEL SOLAR COSMIC -RAY EVENT ON 29 October 2003 R. Buetikofer and E.O. Flueckiger Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Bern Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern , Switzerland This report includes information on the processing and use of the data for the ground-level solar cosmic ray event on 29 October 2003 obtained by the following three ... Section 3 of the IGY neutron monitor at Jungfraujoch is the central section. ...

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