... HST . WF/PC-1 Data Handbook . ... All of the installed reference files contain HISTORY keywords at the end of the header which can be viewed using the IRAF imhead task. ... Several types of reference files and their associated calibration processes have been improved substantially. ... Since the WF/PC-1 darks were found to be time-variable (see WF/PC-1 Instrument Science Report 93-01), additional calibration observations were obtained and dark reference files generated for specific time intervals. ...

For all keywords that contain a red and a blue value, the blue value comes first. ... The full pathname, but without the trailing "b.fit" and "r.fit", that would be given to the next exposure if the basename argument is not given to the expose command. ccdHeaters=float,float . ... bluelambda2=float [M] . The center wavelength for the given grating: the 1 or 2 indicates the grating bay. The bluelambda and redlambda keywords match one set of these, depending on the position of the turret. ...

... This file is used by QLA and the SAS. ... PhotToNat contains three tables, viz. PHOTTONAT COINCIDENCE and DEGRADATION . The PHOTTONAT table contains coefficients used to calculate the MIC CCD framerate for a given detector configuration (stored in the binary field PARAM00). ... The format of the binary table in the PHOTTONAT extension follows the description of the CCF ICD [ 5 ]. ... The table COINCIDENCE holds the coefficients used to parameterize the empirical coincidence loss curve. ...

The following news items are available: . New task RENDER displays rendered 2d 3d GIPSY data (feb 16, 1999) . ... A number of changes were made to allow GIPSY to be installed under newer versions of Linux. ... November 12, 1998) . ... New features in FUNPLOT . ... New task ROTMAS . ... New task FUNPLOT . ... New task SKYTOOL . ... An interactive coordinate transformation utility based on the new experimental GIPSY graphical interface routines (Ggi). ... New task FIT. ... New task INSPECTOR. ...

NAME ABbuilder - DFO data organization tool SYNOPSIS ABbuilder <options> where <options> are: --raw-dir directory containing raw data --cal-dir directory containing calib data --cal-ldir directory containing symbolic links to calib files --cal-list mcalib list --vcal-dir directory containing virtual products --pro-dir where pipeline products are created --ab-dir where association blocks are created --oca-rul file containing OCA rules --instrume instrument --date YYYY-MM-DD --mode { CALIB | ...

... The essence of the solution is to generate a virtual PC on your desktop PC and install an old Linux distribution, circa 2006, in that. ... There are two major free virtual machines available for Linux, these are VirtualBox and KVM. ... Boot the virtual machine. ... Install a Linux 2.6 kernel if it isn't installed by default (you'll need to reboot the virtual machine after this step): . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/TrolleySoftware) ...

... Of the 4 buttons in the bottom part of the configuration screen, three deals with power level adjustments: the 'Power control' button brings up the power control window where You can adjust the power levels of the different parts of the IF/LO system, the 'Power levels' button brings up the power level monitoring window (which also can be run outside CIMA as the 'powerwin' program), and the 'Adjust Mock power' button which adjusts the power levels on the Mock spectrometer (but nowhere else). ...

Radio data are displayed in the following format: . After the title with name of cluster under examination and with line about kind of data under one, e.g. Radio data [ optical data ] [ radio source identifications ] [ radio spectra (1.0 or 1.1) ] . ... The first line contains the number of radio sources associated with the cluster (these are just those sources with entries in sections 'Radio galaxy', 'Radio source' and 'Radio spectrum' below). ... Radio sources in cluster: 2 # . ...

... Mark C. Lee (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Viroqua High School, Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 1970; received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Lee was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1984. ... Lee retired from NASA and the Air Force effective July 1, 2001. ...

usr/bin/python # This CGI script has been generated as part of an FM installation and # can be used to test that everything is working properly. ... If specified, # data from the form will be registered also as single # files named: rec_xxxxxxx.txt h1="HERSCHEL USE QUESTIONNAIRE", # Form box title # h2="Useless form", # Form box subtitle. ... The order will be respected in the form. ... Field names cannot be duplicated. f.addItem("name",label="Name",size=10) # Simple text item. ...

Next: The OaPd System for Web Access to Large Astronomical Catalogues . ... The IUE Newly Extracted Spectra System (INES), a complete astronomical archive and its associated data distribution system, was developed with the goal of delivering IUE data to the scientific community in a simple and efficient form. ... Taking advantage of the expertise gained with ULDA and the distribution system for IUE Final Archive data, the ESA-IUE Observatory began to develop INES in early 1997. ... 2000). ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... Some 13.7 billion years ago, a mere millionth of a second after the Big Bang, the first hydrogen and helium nuclei condensed out of a hot, dense soup of quarks and gluons. ... In the very last few kilometres some of the light was scattered by a myriad of water droplets (containing hydrogen nuclei which had existed almost since the Big Bang) slowly descending through the air following a rainshower. ...

... This API (Application Programming Interface) document has pages corresponding to the items in the navigation bar, described as follows. The Overview page is the front page of this API document and provides a list of all packages with a summary for each. ... Each package has a page that contains a list of its classes and interfaces, with a summary for each. ... Each of these pages has three sections consisting of a class/interface description, summary tables, and detailed member descriptions: . ...

... This program was created for correlating chosen regions in the series of fts images. ... Chosen regions' . ... In this section the program counts the integral for each region of the grid for each image. ... As a matter of fact, the integral is total brightness of the region and it is counted by 'int_tabulated' IDL function. ... In addition, the program will show the count of the regions which correlate with the corresponding region (the brighter region means the bigger count) and its contour. ...

... 2008 August 29 . Generations of Stars in W5 . ... JPL-Caltech , NASA . Explanation: Giant star forming region W5 is over 200 light-years across and about 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia . ... New evidence indicates that successive generations of stars formed in the W5 region in an expanding pattern of triggered star formation . The older, earlier generations of stars seem to cluster near the middle of the enormous cavities, with younger stars seen near the rims. ...

The following fonts are available for free, to use as you please. ... If you've never installed an X11 font, please read the installation instructions. ... It only had a 320 pixel wide display, but I wanted an 80 column terminal, hence we have a 4x8 font. ... It has only a 1 pixel descent to maximize pixels available to the main body of each character. Download . ... This font is 9x14 with a spacious 4 pixel descent. ... The attachments are ok, but not great. 9x15, with a 4 pixel descent. ...

... David P. Stern, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics . ... Magnetic Storms and Ring Currents . ... Chronology of Geomagnetism . References: A-G . ... Schr der, Wilfried (ed.) Geomagnetism (Research: Past and Present), 248 pp, (Proceeding of a symposium of the Interdivisional Commission on History of IAGA, August 1999), W. Schr der, D-28777, Bremen-Roennebeck, 2000. ... Stern, David P., A brief history of magnetospheric physics before the spaceflight Era, Rev. Geophys., ... Stern, David P.. ...

... Font enhancements in Communicator include the ability to incorporate downloadable fonts into your web documents. ... The fonts are contained in a font definition file that reside on the host web server with the HTML document. ... Before you can create font definition files, make sure the fonts you wish to use in your web document are installed on your system. ... FONT> </P> . ... For more information about dynamic fonts, see: http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/fonts/index.html . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 21.10.1999 . ... Credit Copyright: Louis Strous ( LMSAL ), SOHO - MDI Consortium, ESA , NASA Explanation: The Sun rotates on its axis about once every 27 days. ... Just follow the sunspots . ... It shows the Sun's visible surface for most days of August 1999 so that the same sunspots appear many times as the solar rotation carries them across the face of the Sun . ... October 1999 . ... 1999 2000 . ... Publications with keywords: Sun - solar rotation - sunspot . ...

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. ...