... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

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 . ...

... Aidan Hotan Curtin University Orange 2010 Summary Design philosophy, data pipeline (Bailes et al.) ... Monitoring and control 64 MB/s each Primary Node 2 (Memory Buffer) Serial control Primary Node 1 (Memory Buffer) Archives Switch (1Gb) Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 Switch (1Gb) Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 Raw data files written to disk for processing Node 14 Switch (100Mb) Node 14 Orange 2010 CPSR2: Commissioning Stage (Around back) Parallel cables from FFD to DMA cards in head nodes. ... Ethernet switch (x2). ...

... Required qualifications: BS in Electronics Engineering. ... Required qualifications: BS in Electronics Engineering or Electronics Technology field with three to five years experience in operation, calibration and maintenance of high-voltage equipment or equivalent combination. Supervisory experience required. ... Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, with more than five but less than seven years experience or equivalent combination. ...

... Archives . ... His foremost knowledge and historic account on statistical models related to errors may benefit astronomers. Although I didn?t study history of astronomy and statistics, I?m very much aware of how astronomy innovated statistical thinking, particularly the area of large sample theory. ... On the history and use of some standard statistical models . ... The particular reason for this paper into the slog is the following sentences: . ... Chandra Blog . ML Theory . ...

... Computerised Instrument Control and Data Acquisition (CICADA) is a software system for control of telescope instruments in a distributed computing environment. ... Computerised Instrument Control and Data Acquisition (CICADA) is a software system developed to provide access to, control of, and retrieval of data from, instruments mounted on observatory telescopes. ... Each instrument class generates its own request data structures using its own generate_req method, which is called by the control...

Next: Required observational data Up: File Formats Required Previous: CCD photometry . Every instrument seems to produce its data in a different format. However, it is relatively simple to re-format the data to a standard form; MIDAS table files are the obvious standard form to use. Usually the conversion is done in two steps: first reformat the existing data as an ASCII file with all records in the same format, and then convert this ASCII file to MIDAS table format. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

... The Phase 2 Waiver Request procedure is the channel to handle such requests. ... Waiver requests are handled from PROP, enabling easy(er) back-up in case of absence of the support astronomer to whom the run is assigned. ... The following file lists the standard waivers providing guidelines whether the specific waiver request is handled directly by USD support astronomer or it requires input from Paranal: . ... USD support astronomer sends the final decision on the waiver to the user who requested it...

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:31:24 -0400 From: Rodger Doxsey Subject: HST safing last night Last night, the NSSC-I, and all the Instruments, were placed into safemode by the 486 (spacecraft) computer. ... At this point, it seems the problem is in the hardware located in a unit called the CU/SDF (Command unit/Science data formatter I believe). This unit is associated with the NSSC-I, and handles commands and telemetry functions between the NSSC-I and the instruments and the 486. ...

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... Using UNIX System Calls and Library Functions . ... To use system calls and library functions in a C program we simply call the appropriate C function. Examples of standard library functions we have met include the higher level I/O functions -- fprintf() , malloc() .. ... For most system calls and library functions we have to include an appropriate header file. e.g. stdio.h, math.h . ... Information on nearly all system calls and library functions is available in manual pages. ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

... 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. ...

NCR 53CF94, 53CF96 FLYER INFORMATION The NCR 53CF94 and 53CF96 Fast SCSI Controllers are high-performance CMOS devices conforming to ANSI standards X3.131-1986 (SCSI-1) and X3.131-199X (SCSI-2) for the Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI). ... The NCR 53CF94 and 53CF96 feature 10 megabytes per second (MB/s) Fast SCSI-2 data transfers, improved single-ended SCSI operation, a 24-bit transfer counter, and enhanced SCSI-2 command functionality. ...

... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... MeadeтАЩs new LX70 Series offers high-quality German equatorially mounted telescopes with slow-motion controls and heavy-duty steel tripods. ... For crisp wide-field observing and imaging, few optical designs match the performance of a true triple-element apochromatic refractor. ... Meade Standard Field Tripod #07020. ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

... Tracking stations will be selected in accordance with the schedule issued daily by the General Operative Control Group (GOCG) in Lavochkin Association with the gaps in operations during spacecraft contact with the control stations (CS). ... Communication frequencies (carrier): high data rate information transmission downlink from the SRT ­ 15.000 GHz; uplink synchronization ­ 7.2075 GHz; downlink synchronization ­ 8.400 GHz. ...

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