... CL Script for creating daily dark files . ... Data . ... The latter will ensure that one will also retrieve the appropriate "weekly bias" and "weekly dark" reference files. ... The parameter file should look like this: (Where basedark means the reference weekly dark ) infiles = Input dark image(s) to be combined/normalized basedark = Name of baseline superdark file (biasfile = ) Name of reference bias file to be used (outfile = day_ dark .fits ) Name of output normalized ...

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 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 . ...

... Meta Index / Home Page This section documents the parameters recognized by this task (if any). ... string . ... yes|no . Yes' forces overwrite of colimchain output. astest . ... Yes' invokes asmooth to smooth the input images before they are supplied to colimplot . ... The maximum allowed value of the width of the smoothing gaussian is specified via this parameter. desiredsnr . ... The maximum desired signal-to-noise ratio of the output image can be specified via this parameter. nconvolvers . ...

... BIAS/CCD [in_fram] [out_fram] [bs_fram] . Correct the input frame for the bias offset using a bias frame . COMBINE/CCD exp [in_spec] [out_fram] . ... Do a correction of bad pixels in the input frame . FLAT/CCD [in_fram] [out_fram] [ff_fram] . Do a flat field correction of the input frame . FRCOR/CCD [in_spec] [out_frm] [xboxmn,xboxmx] [yboxmn,yboxmx] [clip] . ... Do a fringe correction of the input frame . ... Do an illumination correction of the input frame . INIT/CCD [name] . ...

... 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: . ...

Next: System configuration Up: How to use CONSTRICTOR Previous: Preparation of parameter file Contents . ... DayNumber: Even though this number is in the data, some packet headers have the wrong number and it makes it a whole lot easier to have the user check and enter this number correctly. ... CONSTRICTOR will add a multiple of 24 hours to the time tag when the day number changes. Remember to set the StopTime to, say, 48 hours if you use a DayNumber of one less than the actual day number. ...

... 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. ...

The pnet, prun, psrv suite of programs . ... pnet -> prun -> psrv -> disc . ... It can forward commands from pnet to psrv and pass back the replies. prun starts the data taking, gets the data from the spectrometer, and passes it via a socket to the psrv program running on the file server. ... There is a psrv task for each prun task (one for each subband on a spectrometer box). prun starts psrv via xinetd by connecting to the well known port address. psrv accepts commands from pnet via prun. ...

... 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. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted 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 . ...

... 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. ...

... 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 . ...

... 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 . ...

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Input number of day: . Name of elements: . Day of week: .

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. ...

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