... HST Overview . Overview . ... ETC . ... One common example is when the ETC is asked to normalize the flux to a certain value when the flux in the input spectrum is zero. ... Q. If I am supplying my own user-input spectrum, does the spectrum have to cover the whole wavelength range of the observation? ... The total time of the number of CR-SPLIT exposures will equal the specified integration time. So CR-SPLIT=1 means that the total number of exposures for the specified integration time is 1. ...

... The models provided are: . abs - absorption of x-rays by neutral gas with solar abundances. parameter 1 = . ... parameter 2 = . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the flux density at 1 keV in units of keV cm -2 s -1 keV -1 . ... normalization - logarithmic value of the normalization of the gaussian in units of keV cm -2 s -1 . ... absorption ( params )* model ( params ) . ... A single value for the normalization (i.e., fixed normalization) will force the program to use that value. ...

... PREEMPT is used to allow, or not, scans to be preempted for other purposes. ... PREEMPT = EXTRA tells /schedb and VLBA operations to treat the scans as extras that can be used to help fill gaps between projects that often occur with dynamic scheduling. PREEMPT = NO tells operations not to use the Pie Town and Mauna Kea antennas at the time of the scan for daily USNO Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) observations. ... The default, 'OK' , means that the scan be preempted and is a ``core'' scan. ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

Hide Zen home . ... sncat2sntab.pl - convert old catalog to table sn . ... CREATE TABLE cats ( id integer PRIMARY KEY, name text ); -- a list of properties of galaxy CREATE TABLE properties ( id integer PRIMARY KEY, name text ); CREATE TABLE galaxy ( id integer PRIMARY KEY, name text ); CREATE TABLE galaxy _property ( gid integer REFERENCES galaxy (id), pid integer REFERENCES properties(id), value float, UNIQUE( gid ,pid) ); CREATE t=# select * from galaxy; id | ...

... Other Characteristics of the Sun: Variability of Rotation, Magnetism, Chemical Structure, Planetary System. ... Methods of Solar Magnetic Fields Measuring: Visual, Photografic, Photoelectric. ... Empiric Datas of Magnetic Fields in Photosphere, Chromosphere and Corona. ... Characteristics of Magnetic Field in Balanced Force Tubes by Potential and Forceless Field. ... Phenomenons in Active Region (Magnetic Field, Spots, Torches, Solar Prominences, Flares, Discharges. ... Magnetic Fields in Flares. ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

... The task also issues a number of housekeeping related messages and values and also writes several keywords to the EXPOSURE extension (the information is usually CCD-dependent and it is thus important that it is kept and propagated through the event file processing chain). ... Filter: the filter wheel position is derived from the position sensor potentiometer (housekeeping column F1122 contained in the main periodic housekeeping file PNPMH1 , HK mnemonic H_CE_FWSPOT). ...

Next: Equations of condition Up: Extinction and transformation Previous: Extinction and transformation . Bias can also be introduced by improper fitting procedures. For example, the reduction program known as SNOPY, used for many years at La Silla and also at La Palma, uses a simple iterative technique in which some subsets of the parameters are solved for, while others are held fixed; then the ones last solved for are held fixed, while the ones previously fixed are redetermined. ...

... we show that the comparison between the calculated and observed numbers of the most ``fragile'' (from the point of view of the binary evolution scenario )   galactic binary types (such as X-ray low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB), cataclysmic variables (CV),   Be-stars   with compact companions, relative number of visible binary radiopulsars   with normal and compact secondary components) impose certain constraints on the feasible initial ... Phenomenological Kick Velocity . ...

Plans are under way to create a new way of performing non-interactive observations which will be called auto-observing . ... Non-interactive observing with CIMA has for a long time been available with the use of CIMA command files. Contrary to normal command file observing which requires a command file with a set of commands to be executed sequentially, auto-observing will use a list of sources and a list of instructions on how to observe each of the sources. ...

... December 21, 1997 . ... Advantages are briefly discussed of gaining in spectral resolution, which is accompanied by losses in signal level, as compared with the attempts to improve the accuracy of measurement of line parameters by means of rising the S/N ratio alone with increasing the exposure time. To partially solve the problem of observations of faint objects at the BTA a new design echelle spectrometer is proposed. high resolution spectroscopy . ...

... AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is integrated software package to deal with a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... compiling a list of all numbered minor planets which can be seen at certain moment within specified sky region and visualization of their mutual positions; . ... As AMPLE is able to reproduce virtually any table of "the Ephemerides of Minor Planets" , it may be considered as computer version of the EMP. ...

I have dropped the differentiation of HTML into a sequence of conformance levels. ... This (and upward compatible specifications) define the Internet Media Type (RFC 1590) and MIME Content Type (RFC 1521) called "text/html". The type "text/html" accepts the following parameters: . ... Character sets . The charset parameter (as defined in section 7.1.1 of RFC 1521) may be used with the text/html content type to specify the encoding used to represent the HTML document as a sequence of bytes. ...

Do we need various assumptions to get a good FCN? A new multiple layer spectral method Cheng-li HuangMian Zhang Shanghai Astron. ... No FCN ! ... FCN,FCN,FCN.. Multiple layer spectral method (MLSM) + Linear Operator Method (LOM) Finite Element Method (FEM) · · Traditional approach solves one order ellipsoid only. ... Main Idea of FEM Boundary Surface could be described as: Let's consider how to solve the dynamic equation: Traditional Approach: Equivalent Spherical Domain . ...

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. ...

... spectrum . ffit . ... grids . ... These commands read in a grid of model spectra. ... Values for the parameters are taken from the input models themselves, to avoid mixups. The syntax of the command arguments is precise. model{ . ... If there is only one spectrum to fit, one should set default parameters for the secondary which lie within the model grid, with <L_2/L> being a very small value. ... The output is saved in a file <file.fit> , where <file> was the name of the spectrum being fitted. ...

... The technology needed to implement a Distributed Astronomical Data Archive (DADA) is available today (e.g., Fullton 1993). Query interface standards are needed, however, before the DADA information will be discoverable. ... These parameters would be used to index each dataset in each catalog. ... The technology is available today to perform cross-catalog queries, to fetch the data at the click of a mouse, quickly to add new observation catalogs, and to distribute the load across multiple machines. ...

New reduction of minor planets photographic plates obtained with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph A.A. Berezhnoy Pulkovo Observatory of RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Minor Planet observations at Pulkovo Periodical observations of 14 bright asteroids named Selected Minor Planets (SMP) were performed at Pulkovo since 1948 within the international framework started by works of B.V. Numerov and D. Brouwer. ... 108 133 113 74 124 67 97 88 14 84 64 5 20 19 Epochs (YYYY.MM) 1200 Mean values of total obs. ...

Atmospheric influence on the different radio-engineering system functioning . ESTIMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REMOTELY SANSED IMAGE CORRECTION . ... Direct transmittance estimation results for 12 channels of the spectrometer CHRIS. ... We have managed to develop a direct method of estimating the discrete Normalized Atmospheric Point Spread Function (NAPSF) from available images alone, not using any external sources of information about the atmosphere. ... IRE RAS 1996-20 11 ...