... This CCF contains the following five extensions: ADUCOEFF , OFFSET_GAIN , GAIN-HIGH , REEMISSION and REEMISSION1 . ... Code of the bad pixel table (BPT) version, which includes the additional column offset values, described in the OFFSET_GAIN extension. ... GAIN : . ... Vector column of length 64; one gain value per node per chip. ... Vector column of length 64; one offset value per node per chip. ... Vector column of length 64; constant in linear offset value calculation (only present for ALGOID =1...

Top] [Prev] [Next] [Bottom] . An uncertainty of ~0.1 seconds was found in the way in which EXPSTART and EXPEND are calculated. The time indicated in the FITS headers for these keywords is only accurate to 1 second. HSP ISR 12 (Percival, 1992) describes in detail the reduction of the five HSP observations of the Crab pulsar [reference 2]. ... stevens@stsci.edu Copyright ї 1997, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy. ...

... The Miriad task uvgen can be used to simulate a variety of observing modes. ... Simulating a telescope approximately, let alone in some detail, requires a good many parameters. uvgen takes an appreciable number of parameters and input files to describe the telescope, correlator and source. Fortunately keyword and set-up files for some common situations exist ( e.g. simulating the ATCA and VLA). ... For example, to load typical parameters for the ATCA, use miriad% source $MIRCAT/uvgen.def.atca . ...

Next: The Orion OB1 Up: Contents Previous: This work . In this chapter, I will define the sample of stars which will be discussed throughout the remainder of the dissertation. I define two coeval sets of PMS stars located in the Orion OB1 association. ... I then describe the X--ray observations which were used to find the PMS stars in this association. After this, I spend several sections detailing the photometric observations and difficulties in placing objects on the H--R diagram. ...

Status of the RadioAstron project development . The engineering model of the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) was assembled in Lavochkin Association (LA) in the configuration consisting of 10-m parabolic radio astronomical antenna made of carbon-fiber, F ocal and Device cabins of the scientific payload and on-board and ground complex of high data rate up-down radio link (VIRK). ... Then,radio astronomical tests were conducted using real radio sources. ... Space Radio Telescope . ... Data Processing . ...

Next: Order Definition Up: Echelle Reduction Method Previous: Retrieving demonstration and . ... That is the mapping between the space wavelength, spectral order and the space sample x , line y in the raw image. ... Sections and describe the solution of this mapping. The second step in the reduction, described in Section , is to estimate the image background. ... In the rest of this Section the algorithms used in each step of the reduction are described. ...

ESO Phase 3 Data Release Description Please start from this template when preparing the documentation for your ESO Phase 3 data release. ... Finally, the release description will be published as submitted - without further editing by ESO - to support the user community in utilizing the data. ... Please indicate if this is a catalogue data release. ... Data Reduction and Calibration Please address the following questions for scientific catalogue data, particularly in case of source catalogues: . ...

Rotang can either be run from the command line as described here or through the alfa_ang GUI . ... To run rotang at Arecibo: . Start IDL . ... rotang, Date , RA , Dec , Time , /choice . Here Date takes the format YYMMDD (e.g. 041128 for the 28 th of November, 2004). ... Rotang also calculates the Azimuth and Zenith Angle fir every source. If the Zenith Angle is greater than 20 degrees, then the program will return that the source is down and will not calculate an optimum ALFA angle. ...

... The MIDAS Data Organizer, a customizable utility to analyze and identify associations in a database of astronomical observations, is described. ... On-line Data Reduction: . ... The main characteristics of the on-line implementation of the DO at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) are described below. The database for all operations is a MIDAS (ESO-IPG 1993) table, the so-called Observation Summary Table (OST) which contains all relevant parameters extracted from the FITS keywords. ...

... l - the mean galactic longitude; . ... mul - the median proper motion along galactic longitude of the stars of the OB-association, in units of 0.001 arcsec year -1 ; . dml - the estimation of mul dispersion in the OB-association, in 0.001 arcsec year -1 ; . mub - the median proper motion along galactic latitude of the stars of the OB-association, in units of 0.001 arcsec year -1 ; . dmb - the estimation of mub dispersion in the OB-association, in 0.001 arcsec year -1 ; . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

lsst.coordConv љ unknown . ... coordConv::FK4CoordSys Class Reference . ... FK4CoordSys (double date=1950.0) . ... CoordSys (std::string const &name, double date, DateTypeEnum dateType, bool isMean , bool canConvert ) . ... convertFrom (double &toDir, double &scaleChange, CoordSys const &fromCoordSys, Coord const &fromCoord, double fromDir, Site const &site, double tai=0) const . ... virtual double coordConv::FK4CoordSys::dateFromTAI . ... virtual double coordConv::FK4CoordSys::taiFromDate . ...

... Description . ... The SCORPIO-2 project: . ... The multi-mode spectrograph SCORPIO-2 was developed using the experience of observations at the 6-m telescope BTA with the SCORPIO focal reducer . ... The focal reducer consists of several units ('floors') mounted in the common case in the following order (from the telescope focal plane): . ... The focal reducer is connected with the platform-adapter which used for guiding by offset stars and for illumination the spectrograph by calibration lamps. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

It is a matter of common knowledge that in processes of genesis and evolution of many solar phenomena participate magnetic fields of sunspots. ... As a basis for formation of the database we take data on magnetic fields, collected by set of observatories during many years of observations. ... Section "Magnetic field data" contains data of magnetic field observation for separate sunspots, presented in standard text format (ASCII). ... Description of structure of these files is presented here . ...

Modules | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 . ... This document describes the terms that are used to describe each Apache module . ... This indicates how tightly bound into the Apache Web server the module is; in other words, you may need to recompile the server in order to gain access to the module and its functionality. ... Modules which are not included with the base Apache distribution ("third-party modules") may use the "External" status. ...

... You can add new associations, remove old ones and change defaults associations. ... Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/util/system Your name: Lewis Rosenthal Email address: lgrosenthal [at] 2rosenthals [dot] com Program contact name: (same) Program contact email: (same) Program URL: (none) Would you like the contact email address included in listings? yes Operating System/Version: OS/2 V2+ and eCS V1+ Additional requirements: WPTOOLS.DLL (included) Replaces: /pub/os2/util/system/assoed211...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Pulsar Class Reference . ... Pulsar (const QVariantMap &map) . ... Get a QVariantMap which describes the pulsar. ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getAngularSize (const StelCore *core) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... core . ...

RTT150 . Russian-Turkish 1.5-m Telescope . ... Until 2002 observations were mostly performed with ST-8E CCD in the 1:7.7 Cassegrain focus. ... In April, 2003 telescope was equipped with a larger-size CCD Andor DW436 . ... 2048 x 2048 pixels, . ... Since summer of 2002 the main focal detector of the RTT150 telescope was AP47p CCD in 1:7.7 Cassegrain focus. ... During September 3-13, 2002 works on installation of new autoguiding system ( photo 1 ) were carried out on RTT150 telescope. ...

... SFIT is a general-purpose code designed to optimize theoretical stellar spectra to an observed spectrum. ... While the programme expects input from "stdio", it is more natural to save commands in a file (eg "sfit_input") and run the code simply by . ... If the spectra to be fitted have a filename "star_spectrum", then the best fit spectrum will be written out, together with the renormalized input spectrum, to a file called "star_spectrum.fit". ... sets up model spectrum grid (and for 2nd star) . ...