Next: Preliminaries Up: PEPSYS general photometry Previous: Getting the observations . Preliminaries . ... Subtraction of dark and sky measurements . Sky models . Using the sky model . ... Extinction and transformation models . The bias problem . ... Individual data . Logfile output . Table file output . Interpreting the output . Special problems . ... Special systems . ... Sky problems . CCD data . Problems with star names . ... Tue Mar 28 16:52:29 MET DST 1995 ...

... CentralProcessor 0.11 documentation . ... These parameters govern all processing used for the calibrator observation. ... The dynamic flagging step can also optionally include antenna or baseline flagging. Then the bandpass table is calculated with cbpcalibrator , which requires MSs for all beams to be given. ... Second amplitude threshold applied when flagging 1934 data [hardware units - before calibration] . ... Name of the CASA table used for the bandpass calibration parameters. ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

To query the STIS PSF library you must supply one or more input parameters. ... As most of these files are in the form of multiextension fits files, many imaging viewing tools will be unable to open them. ... For most images we supply STIS colors in STMAG units. ... A given PSF will have at most one of these color values defined. ... Specify an upper and a lower limit to select images in a particular B-V color range. Enter an upper and a lower value for the peak fitted DN value. ...

... 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 . ...

Next: System configuration Up: How to use CONSTRICTOR Previous: Preparation of parameter file Contents . ... DayNumber: Even though this number is in the data, some packet headers have the wrong number and it makes it a whole lot easier to have the user check and enter this number correctly. ... CONSTRICTOR will add a multiple of 24 hours to the time tag when the day number changes. Remember to set the StopTime to, say, 48 hours if you use a DayNumber of one less than the actual day number. ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... Here we present the ionospheric parameters variations for quiet conditions. ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

... Second, the observatory can control the configuration, test data analysis procedures, and provide calibration solutions with the help of instrument models. This paper presents the VLT object-oriented framework for the development of ETCs (Exposure Time Calculators) and data simulators. ... Instrument simulations are being developed for the purpose of predictive calibration, instrument configuration control, and evaluation of data analysis procedures. ...

... Parameter . ... yes . typelist of files . A list of spectrum files from a set of observations, referring to one RGS instrument and one spectral order. These spectra files must be produced using the attstyle=user and associated parameters from a call to rgsproc . ... list of files . ... If this parameter is set to yes, the spectra files of the input lists will be combined to produced a combined spectrum file each for both spectra and background spectra files. filermf . ... file . ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Solution stabilization algorithms for the estimation of small bodies orbital parameters L. E. Bykova, V. P. Titarenko Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia Sometimes there is not enough information for the correct improvement of the orbits of the Solar system small bodies. ... Algorithms have been constructed on the basis of a linear least squares method using additional a priori information about the solution. ... E., Hanson R. J. Solving Least Squares Problems. ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

... Binary orbits in the acceleration/period plane . Circular Orbits . ... We first present the equations for the period and acceleration of a pulsar in an eccentric binary system as a function of its position in the orbit. ... In Freire, Kramer & Lyne (2001) (from where most of this text and following equations are taken), we describe in more detail how circular binary orbits can be determined from the observed periods and accelerations of the pulsar. ... where is the orbital period of the binary. ...

... Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 103907, Russia. ... Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Specialist Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, Budapest, Hungary, 16-18 July, 1998 , pp. ... The method for synchronization of drive-response systems on conditions of a large mismatch of parameters is considered on example of the system based on modified Chua's circuit. The approach to information transmission using such method is proposed. ...

... Polar Cap Potential . ... The solar wind propagation delay time calculation used here is conceptually similar to the T(IMF) calculation in Kelly, et al. ... The older continuous data are from key parameter data files. ... Note: Very high values of Solar Wind Speed, Solar Wind Pressure, IMF Magnitude and Bz, and Polar Cap Potential are likely indications that WIND has reentered the Earth's magnetosphere; such data is not indicative of solar wind conditions or impending severe geomagnetic disruption. ...

Subject, Problems and Objects of Theoretical Astrophysics. ... Stellar Photospheres, Their Features. ... Physics of Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres. ... Continuous Radiation Absorption in Stellar Photospheres of Various Spectral Classes. Solar Type Photospheres. ... Characterisics of Absorption Lines. ... Interstellar Absorption Lines, Their Features. ... Physical and Dynamic Features of Interstellar Medium, Which Follows from Observations of Interstellar Absorption Lines. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... From astromap version 1.5b3, the OOF software supports deconvolution of an observation of a planet to retrieve the assumed Gaussian parameters of the beam. This deconvolution can be useful for empirical monitoring of telescope beams over time over which the planets used as sources vary significantly in size. ... Bojan Nikolic <b.nikolic@mrao.cam.ac.uk> # Initial version 2005. ... Copyright 2005 -- 2016, Bojan Nikolic feedback welcome ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... The interface between the lower solar atmosphere where energy is generated by subsurface convection and the corona comprises the chromosphere, which is dominated by jet-like, dynamic structures, called mottles when found in quiet regions, fibrils when found in active regions and spicules when observed at the solar limb. ... In addition, how they affect the coronal heating and solar wind need to be further explored. ...

... 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 . ...