Next: FIT/ROMAFOT Up: The Interactive Path Previous: FIND/ROMAFOT . ... To examine the catalogue table created by the command FIND/ROMAFOT one should use the command ``M'' followed by the sequential position of the object. ... A subframe with the selected star at the center is presented to the user. ... During the examination of the objects passed by FIND/ROMAFOT it often happens that several stars are asked to fit together in the same window and some of these are in the catalogue table. ...

... Analysis of in-orbit data closely follow the CSL data analysis. Stars with known astrometric positions are matched with their image centroids. ... The measured position, the expected position and the offset between the measured and expected positions are calculated and written into a file. ... select catalogued positions for different observations/pointings (e.g. positions of objects in photometric sequence) . ... The new distortion map was generated from in-flight observations of the G153 field. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

... Laboratory and theoretical modelling of the UV bump on the interstellar extinction curve is a very popular topic in dusty investigations. ... feature is illustrated by Fig. 10 where the profiles were calculated using the model of graphite spheres. Figure 10: Normalized extinction efficiencies for graphite spheres. ... The lower panel shows the summary extinction of two graphite spheres with radii and (from upper panel) taken in equal proportions. ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

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HST MOSES Electrical Power Subsystem Natalie Seftas September 30, 2002 INSTRUMENT OR SUBSYSTEM: SA3 Drive Mechanism Performance REQUIREMENT: J10.4.14.1.1 "Verify that SA3 Drive Mechanism is performin g nominally and that the sensed positions are within +/- 3.5 degrees of the commanded position when operating within the range of 0 to 130 degrees and +/- 5.0 degrees if operating outside this range. ... DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS : HST power performance has exceeded BOL predictions. ...

Blackholes2 Forum Message . ... Post . ... Shifts Are As Would Be Expected. ... Post Message | ... Red and blue shifts can be caused by velocities also. ... The expectd result would be a red or blue shift proportional to the aparent distance an object is from the observer. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

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Next: Coordinate Systems Up: IRAF/PROS Previous: Other Types of Files . A few new features and enhancements to the standard IRAF system have been introduced with the PROS software: . ... Default compound extensions are used by the PROS tasks when no extension is given for the output file name. Most PROS tasks allow the output file name to be defaulted, with the convention that the output file name will be composed of the input `root' name, plus the default extension specific to the task. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... A fixed-term Research Technician position is available at the Armagh Observatory funded by the Europlanet Research Infrastructure (RI) under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union (EU). ... For these purposes, there will be regular meetings of the technician with the PI at the Observatory, several per week during the initial phases of the project and a minimum of 1 per week thereafter. ...

... 2000 March 12 . Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . Credit: High-Z Supernova Search Team , HST , NASA . Explanation: Far away, long ago, a star exploded. ... Supernova 1994D was not of interest for how different it was, but rather for how similar it was to other supernovae . ... The large number and great distances to supernovae measured over the past few years have been interpreted as indicating that we live in a previously unexpected universe . ... About APOD | ...

October 14, 2006 ---------------- Version 3.1 ----------- As of this version, XmTel is considered stable for routine use. and it is useful for the control of telescopes for both amateur and professional uses. ... XmTel does not yet include the suite of pointing corrections that are already in the menu system (but disabled). ... With the offset correction a well-aligned small telescope will point to arc minute accuracy and well enough to put an object in a CCD camera field of view. ...

... Packet Format . ... The TCC broadcasts UDP packets containing position information. ... Packet Header . ... int4 . ... double . ... pos, vel double . ... pos, vel, time double . ... See the TCC Message Keywords Dictionary for full definitions of most items in the "data" section of the packet. pos, vel double is a structure containing two doubles: "pos" and "vel"; it contains the same information as the TCC's "coordinates" (p,v,t triplets), but with time given by the "TAIDate" entry in the packet. ...

Next: A New IRAF Catalog Access Tool for Astrometry . Up: Iraf Packages . ... Twofitlines is a tool developed within IRAF, optimized to be used with data containing multiple spectra along the spatial axis of the detector. A given spectral feature can be decomposed in one or several Gaussian components. ... A given spectral feature can be modeled using one or more components (currently only Gaussian profiles are available), . ... Close spectral features could be modeled simultaneously. ...

... Between them, the following points are touched: ICRF-2 structure, ICRF Core sources selection, and some expected user's requirements. ... Suggested total number of sources is close to the number of sources already observed in the IVS and VCS sessions, and for most of them reliable positions are derived, mostly for declination > -40 deg. ... So, results of source position time series analysis heavily depend on method used for time series computation and should be used with care. ...

... Acronyms and Abbreviations AMOS Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (UTM vendor) EIE FTT FLC ICD ISS European Industrial Engineering (UTE vendor) Fast Tip-Tilt First Light Camera Interface Control Document Interferometer Supervisory System NAS NMT NOT TBC TBD UT UTE UTM Narrow-field Acquisition System New Mexico Tech Nasmyth Optical ... Interface design description 2.5 FTT/NAS to ISS ICD This ICD describes the software interfaces of the FTT/NA system to the ISS. ...

The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Statistic . This statistic enables us to test whether observed frequencies are close to . those we would expect. ... Expected frequencies . ... For example, if we . have an honest die we would expect 1/6 of all cases to show any of . ... So, for example, if we roll a die 60 times we would expect : . ... If we actually roll a die 60 times we wouldn't expect each of the faces . ... times each face actually comes up is the observed frequency for that face. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... ISS 45/46 . ... check for the following onboard the ISS RS: a capability to demonstrate the action of physical laws of dynamics of reactive and gyroscopic forces on ellipsoid (Letauschaya Tarelka device) rotating in the unsupported medium in microgravity, with video record of its behavior in the station module; . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

... The orbits as follows are considered: INTERBALL Tail Probe (IB_TAIL) & Auroral Probe (IB_AUR), GEOTAIL (NASA/ISAS), and POLAR (NASA). ... The situation investigation aim is to select the following favourable spatial positions (FSP) : . ... FSP3 : That part of the FSP1 & FSP2 time intervals, which corresponds to the magnetic conjugations of the any couple of the considered spacecraft. ... The polar diagram plot . ... The geocentric distance (GCD) of the 4 spacecraft as a function of the time. ...