... SMIS : Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory . Russia's Weather : State Meteorological Center Weather Forecast . Space Weather service : ACE real time solar wind data and simple geomagnetic activity forecast. ... World Fire Web : Space Research Institute (IKI) node . Sputnik : Joint project of SRC Planeta, Rosgidromet and Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... Today's Space Weather : Presented by the Space Environment Center . ... Back to the Space Research Institute Home Page ...

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. ... A program becomes an XPA-enabled server by defining named points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with other client programs (and users). ...

The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a FITS image header. ... I: "Representations of world coordinates in FITS" , Greisen, E.W. & Calabretta, M.R. (2002), Astronomy & Astrophysics , 395 , 1061-1075. ... This diagram illustrating Bonne's projection with conformal latitude +35 was produced by WCSLIB , a C implementation of the coordinate transformations defined in the FITS WCS papers. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 calview July 2, 2008 Abstract An interactive viewer of the XMM calibration database. 1 Instruments/Modes Instrument Mode all all 2 Use pipeline processing no interactive analysis yes 3 Description The XMM calibration database is comprised of  100 calibration datasets (the current calibration le, or CCF [1]), and a number of calibration algorithms and access functions (the calibration access layer, or cal). ... The former is described in detail in cal. ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Edit Page | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Access Keys . ... Note that this AKey+x access key only works this way on this page, because it is simply a shortcut for accessing the link that exists only on this page. The list of access key assignments in default PmWiki installations generally work throughout a site because links have been created in PmWiki skins and editing screens that incorporate access key parameters using the access key translation phrases. ...

... The ESO-MIDAS system is built along lines which should allow easy integration of complex analysis algorithms as well as allowing greater flexibility in interactive use and in the creation of user specific procedures from the basic building blocks. The first design proposal for ESO-MIDAS, made late 1980, used some ideas from the UK STARLINK project for the software interface definitions. ... It consists of the following three parts, the monitor, the applications, and the interfaces. ...

... ST Grants Management System . ... Annual Reports . Press Releases . ... Astronomer's Proposal Tool . ... Description . Release Notes . ... STGMS for Investigators and Research Administrators provides a system for submitting proposal budgets, tracking grants, and submitting financial and performance reports to the grantor institution. ... All documents, including grant awards, grant amendments, budgets and reports, are saved in the STGMS database for review by administrators and investigators. ...

Open Systems Handbook: A Guide to Building Open Systems . ... This book is designed to provide interested individuals and organizations with an overview of open systems and the work being done to achieve them. ... This section is organized using a descriptive model of an open systems environment developed by the IEEE PI 003.0 Working Group, which is developing the Guide to POSIX-based Open System Architecture. ... Standards for open systems 13 . Chapter 3: The open systems environment (OSE) 15 . ...

... Document Title | Document Number | ... The code uses fields: category, system, subsystem, EMA, vendor, and a sequential number. ... Previous Document Number This is a TEXT field and represents the document number that preceeds the found document in the set of original documents supplied by the engineer/vendor. ... Next Document Number This is a TEXT field and represents the document number that follows the found document in the set of original documents supplied by the engineer/vendor. ...

... CIMAFITS is the name for the Arecibo FITS-file format. ... This is a list of (fairly) up-to-date documents describing CIMA and CIMAFITS: . The CIMA version history log which is the most up-to-date page listing all changes made to the different versions of CIMA . ... The CIMA user's log which chronologically lists changes made to CIMA that may be relevant to an observer. The CIMA engineering log which lists engineering changes made to CIMA that probably are of less interest to an observer. ...

Fortran 90 properties already in CF77 . ... Only the old form (fix form) of the source code is available. ... LOGICAL Default KIND number = 8 INTEGER Default int7 int15 KIND number = 6 1 2 digits = 46 7 15 radix = 2 2 2 range = 13 2 4 huge = 70368744177663 127 32767 bit_size = 46 8 16 INTEGER int31 int46 int64 KIND number = 4 6 8 digits = 31 46 63 radix = 2 2 2 range = 9 13 18 huge = 2147483647 70368744177663 9223372036854775807 bit_size = 32 46 46 REAL half Default,single double KIND ...

... Enhanced HST Pointing and Calibration Accuracy: Generating HST Jitter Files at ST­ECF M. Dolensky, A. Micol, B. Pirenne and M. Rosa Space Telescope ­ European Coordinating Facility, Karl­Schwarzschild­Str. ... The Pipeline In order to generate the missing jitter files a pipeline was set up (Figures 1 and 2). ... Both the Mission Schedule and the AEDP subset files are retrieved from the Data Archive and Distribution System (DADS) at STScI. ... 94 STScI started producing obs logs on a regular basis. ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . Rocket Systems . ... Automatic Space Systems . ... S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia in cooperation with subcontractors in the Russian industry made a new important step in space technologies - a modular Multi-purpose Satellite Bus (MSB) was developed for a new generation of multi-functional high-performance automatic spacecraft with long life in orbit. ...

SAI VO . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI Web Services . ... This service aims to automatically match stars in FITS image provided with catalogue and add the correct WCS keywords to its FITS header. ... Service Web Interface . ... The service is available here To use it, you has to provide the image as a Base64-encoded string, along with the rough information on image field of view size and center (the latter may be deduced from FITS header keywords like 'RA' and 'DEC'). ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . ... While many distributions make Apache httpd available as operating system supported packages, it can sometimes be desirable to install and use the canonical version of Apache httpd on these systems, replacing the natively provided versions of the packages. ... This document explains how to build, install, configure and run Apache httpd 2.4 under Unix systems supporting the RPM packaging format. ... Configuring the Default Instance of Apache httpd . ...

... The UK has a very vibrant solar system science community highly regarded internationally. ... The knowledge gained from such research has significant application to other STFC science areas, and indeed the science of other research councils. ... We therefore seek support to provide the 2012 Introductory Solar System Plasmas School, which will provide valuable training for the next generation of solar system scientists. ...

. The Source Code Control System is an essential tool for any project with multiple source files or which has several people working with multiple source files. It provides a way to keep track of a source file's development and to prevent it from being altered by more than one person at a time. Putting files under SCCS control . Checking out files . Checking in files . Getting information about files . Creating new releases . Comparing files under SCCS control .

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...