Adding a few refinements to the DISCals script makes a script worth adapting for your own uses. ... The exposure times and # of iterations are short so the demo runs quickly. def __init__(self, sr): Display the exposure status panel. # if True, run in debug-only mode (which doesn't DO anything, it just pretends) sr.debug = False expStatusWdg = ExposeStatusWdg( master = sr.master, instName = DIS , ) expStatusWdg.grid(row=0, column=0) # get the exposure model self.expModel = ...

... The report is usually generated 1 month prior to the beginning of a week's observations. ... Typically seen with R/T field set to R or B. Obset ID Observation Set ID (An obset is generally one or more alignments that can use the same Guide Star(s) or Pointing Control System mode Alignment ID Alignment ID (An alignment is generally one or more exposures, done back to back, with the same telescope pointing) Exposure ID Exposure ID (An exposure is essentially one instrument operation. ...

... 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 . ...

... updated April 2011 This handy little script lets you check the warranty status of your systems more conveniently than through Apple's web site. You can give it a serial number for an argument, and it will give you the date when the system is no longer covered. ... Note: If you make changes on a live computer to the ARD computer information fields, they won't show up in ARD until the ARD agent on the client is restarted (for instance via the kickstart command, or a reboot). ... 1 comments: . ...

... Insert date: . Day: . Month: . ... This CGI -script calculates a day of week of the given date, Julian date of Greenwich noon JD and extracts from the database indices of solar activity: Wolf number for the day W , monthly W m and yealy means W y of Wolf number for month and year of the date. The prediction of Wolf number (which was made in 1998 and, hence, lost actuality) is also presented. The database uses solar activity data got from server of National Geophysical Data Center . ...

... Three is a magic number. ... You get three as a magic number. ... Give you three. That's a magic number. It takes three legs to make a tri-pod or to make a table stand. ... When it's three you can see it's a magic number. ... Multiply backwards from three times ten.> Three time ten is.. ... Three times nine is.. ... Three times six is 18, three times five is 15 . Three times four is twelve . And three times three is nine and three times two is six. ... Yeah> That's a magic number. ...

... Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide . ... Keywords: kernel tuning, file handles, Bus error . ... Increasing number of open file handles in kernel. I have successfully increased the number of files on my system (Linux 2.0.30) by editing the following file: . ... I also increased NR_INODE to 5000, and NR_FILE to 4096. I then rebuilt the Kernel (and modules for good measure) and installed the new image. ... Increasing number of open files parameter by Simon Cooper . ...

... Members . ... The ATM's of Boston was founded in 1934 by a group of persons interested in assisting others in the art of optical polishing the craft of telescope making, and to learn together about the science of astronomy and the use of astronomical instruments. ... Mr. Jones introduced the club to Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory. ... Regular shop activities resumed with the help of these "professional amateurs" and the club grew to 180 members. ... Club Newsletters . ...

The run progress pages document the execution of Service Mode and Visitor Mode observing runs carried out at the Paranal Observatory. A summary of the run's characteristics is given, as well as a time-stamped list of all Observation Blocks (OB) that were executed until now. ... If reduced data for the given run exist, those are also reported in both the OB Summary table and in the details. ... Reduced : information shown only if pipeline-processed reduced data exist for the OB . ... OB ID . ...

... Should be broken out by telescope within a facility.) ... Should be broken out by telescope within a facility.) - # programs allocated time ­ number of programs with non- staff PI's ­ number of programs with observatory staff as PI's ­ number of thesis programs ­ number with U.S. PI's ­ number with foreign PI's ­ information on geographic distribution - # states, # institutions, characterization of institution (R1, PUI, etc), if information ...

... Before being able to actually reduce and analyse a new set of observations, the observer has to prepare, sort out and arrange the data. That is, for instance, make a first quality check, classify data according to a set of rules and associate with each science frame a set of relevant calibration frames . This task can be cumbersome because of the complexity of the instruments and the large number and the diversity of the data files they produce. ...

... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

Why create rough text? ... You get a real "weathered" look to fonts. ... The Typewriter font is a very good one to use; let's make our favorite logo in 80 pixel Typewriter font: . ... The best way to do this is to Spread the pixels out a bit: . ... By using 2 (which looks pretty normal) and using it twice in a row, we get a correct looking effect. ... Well, you're right, of course...we're going to use the newly written plug-in called Threshold to create the right look for our text. ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... How Do You Feel About Numbers? ... Post Message | ... Posted by Richard D. Stafford, Ph.D. on September 15, 2002 16:22:25 UTC . ... Wait - harvey1 - September 15, 2002 - 22:20 UTC . I don't follow you! - doctordick - September 16, 2002 - 14:59 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...

... The described algorithm is suitable for measurements of complex images of stars. ... a) the zero-based number of stars in the complex (multicentric) image, . b) set of preliminary coordinates - x i , y i , for all stars, index i is number of a star, . ... i - index of a star in the complex image; . ... These parameters are calculated by a nonlinear method of a least squares.The main output parameters of this algorithm are x i , y i ; where the index i is number of a star in the multicentric image. ...

January - June 2010 . ... Number theory seminar . ... There is a weekly number theory seminar taking place on Thursdays at the Independent Universty of Moscow (11, Bolshoi Vlassievsky pereulok), room 308. ... Thursday 20 May 2010 . 18:00-19:30 . ... p-adic representations of Gal(\bar{Q_p}/Q_p) III . ... p-adic representations of Gal(\bar{Q_p}/Q_p) II . ... S. Rybakov (Poncelet Laboratory) . Representations of Gal(\bar{Q_p}/Q_p) in GL_n(\bar{F_p}) . ... Thursday 1 April 2010 2010 . ...

... 314 Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII, eds. F. Ochsenbein, M. Allen, & D. Egret (San Francisco: ASP), 476 . ... The NOAO Mosaic Pipeline is a fully distributed and parallel system able to efficiently process and reduce mosaic imaging data in near real time. ... The NOAO Mosaic Pipeline System is composed of a variable number of processing nodes organized in a network. Data can enter the processing network at any node, thus improving the robustness of the whole architecture. ...

... They were determined as a result of orbit improving on the base of all kinds of optical observations available in the catalog of observations of the Minor Planet Center on March 16, 2014 (radar observations have not been used at this stage). ... As the MPC orbits do not all were improved simultaneously with EMP orbits, only 383866 sets of elements were used for data comparison (for selected sets of elements process of improvement had started with the use of the same observations). ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Imaging Basics . ... The right number of images . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...