... Up: Proposal Processing . ... ESO is prototyping a distributed ``Phase II'' system that will allow astronomers to prepare their observations at their home institutions, while maintaining a central repository for all observation data. ... ESO is developing a Phase II Proposal Preparation system (P2PP) to collect detailed scientific programme descriptions, in the form of observation blocks (OB). ... ESO's Phase II Proposal Preparation system is an integral part of the VLT Data Flow System (DFS). ...

Next] [WFPC2 ISR Index] . ... A demonstration IRAF/STSDAS script to perform aperture photometry on WFPC2 images of Omega-Cen has been developed and is described in this document. ... The other section provides a list of other commonly used IRAF and STSDAS tasks for working with WFPC2 data, along with other useful information. ... A Demonstration Analysis Script for Performing Aperture Photometry . ... Step 6: Aperture Photometry . ... IRAF/STSDAS Tasks Used in This Script . ...

... epatplot (epatplot-1.15) [xmmsas_20070708_1801-7.1.0] . ... The task reads the event pattern information of an input EPIC pn or EPIC MOS event set . ... The single and double pattern fractions are highly sensitive to pile-up effects in bright sources and in case of deviations from the model curves (at energies of about double the peak energy) wrong spectral fit results are expected. ... epatplot can then be used to verify the event pattern fractions in the remaining area used for the spectrum. ...

... CIMAFITS is the name for the Arecibo FITS-file format. ... This is a list of (fairly) up-to-date documents describing CIMA and CIMAFITS: . The CIMA version history log which is the most up-to-date page listing all changes made to the different versions of CIMA . ... The CIMA user's log which chronologically lists changes made to CIMA that may be relevant to an observer. The CIMA engineering log which lists engineering changes made to CIMA that probably are of less interest to an observer. ...

XmCCD ----- The programs provided here offer a Linux graphical user interface to astronomical and scientific CCD cameras. ... It is the latest one they offer and the files included allow support for Android and Mac OS X. This distribution of XmCCD includes source code to utilize the SBIG shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface. ... The XmCCD source package includes and will install: SAOimage ds9 xpa cfitsio SAOimage is the primary image display for XmCCD. ...

... Classes . ... casa . casa::Poisson . ... Poisson distribution. ... Poisson ( RNG *gen, Double mean=0.0) . Construct a random number generator for a Poisson distribution. virtual . ... mean () const . ... These function allow you to manipulate the parameters (mean) described above through the base class. virtual Vector < Double > . ... The second argument defines the parameters for this distribution as described in the synopsis. virtual casa::Poisson::~Poisson . ... Double casa::Poisson::mean . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... Supernova Class Reference . ... Supernova (const QVariantMap &map) . ... Get a QVariantMap which describes the supernova. ... getSelectPriority (const StelCore *core) const . ... getInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ... getVMagnitude (const StelCore *core, bool withExtinction=false) const . ... getAngularSize (const StelCore *core) const . ... getPositionInfoString (const StelCore *core, const InfoStringGroup &flags) const . ...

... The schedule assigned id (example: AS05) for your observing program. ... Use the time you started using the telescope including when you started taking calibrations. The time you opened for on sky observations can be entered later in the activity log. UTC End Time: . ... Focus Log: . ... The focus position can be obtained under the Telescope column of the System Status in ACP or from the run log. ... When all fields are filled out press this button to email the log to the ARCSAT and community. ...

... FTP access the basic models is here . ... Below, we put short descriptions of the used SED models for the photometric redshifts providing by the current server . ... The uniqueness of this model consists in expanding to the near IR (NIR) of Rocca-Volmerange and Guiderdoni's (1988) atlas of synthetic spectra with a revised stellar library, which includes parameters of cool stars. ... Homepage of the GISSEL model). ... Another model used earlier is the model of synthetic spectra of Poggianti (1997). ...

Next: Summary of reduction Up: Echelle Reduction Previous: Saving the Data . In the present version we will be concerned with the standard configuration of CASPEC, the Cassegrain Echelle Spectrograph which is in operation at the Cassegrain focus of the ESO 3.6 m telescope. ... In its standard configuration CASPEC uses a a 31.6 lines/mm echelle grating together with a 300 lines/mm grating cross disperser. ... The table shows the change in resolution with the order number. Table: Resolution . ...

... SFIT is a general-purpose code designed to optimize theoretical stellar spectra to an observed spectrum. ... While the programme expects input from "stdio", it is more natural to save commands in a file (eg "sfit_input") and run the code simply by . ... If the spectra to be fitted have a filename "star_spectrum", then the best fit spectrum will be written out, together with the renormalized input spectrum, to a file called "star_spectrum.fit". ... sets up model spectrum grid (and for 2nd star) . ...

... For instance, known errors in the line locations, as well as missing lines with only minimal information, can be included directly during fitting. ... The Markov Chain Monte Carlo based method also naturally produces error estimates on the fit parameters.1 Keywords: Differential Emission Measures, Emissivity Matrix, Atomic Data Error, Capella INTRODUCTION The differential emission measures (DEMs) is the distribution of the amount of material in coronae as a function of temperature. ...

... Makefiles are included to rebuild the executable from the original sources with Open Watcom C/C++ compiler and utilities. ... Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/dev/misc Your name: Olafur Gunnlaugsson Email address: oli@audiotools.com Program contact name: Rob Hamerling Program contact email: robhamerling@gmail.com Program URL: http://www.robh.nl/picsoft.php#jalv2 Would you like the contact email address included in listings? yes Operating System/Version: OS/2 v3 and up or eComStation. ...

ESO Phase 3 Data Release Description Please start from this template when preparing the documentation for your ESO Phase 3 data release. ... Finally, the release description will be published as submitted - without further editing by ESO - to support the user community in utilizing the data. ... Please indicate if this is a catalogue data release. ... Data Reduction and Calibration Please address the following questions for scientific catalogue data, particularly in case of source catalogues: . ...

Following are instructions to build and install the programs in this distribution. Make sure that you have all necessary tools for building executables. ... The automatic build process expects a configuration file called Config.local . ... The configuration file specifies the directory in which to install the binaries, as well as control over the generation of debugging code and reference clock support. ... Cleans out object files, programs and temporary files. make distclean . ...

... 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. ...

Lectures . ... Lecture Series 2014-2015 . ... Clear Sky Chart . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the public. ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

Next: References Up: A Method of Integrating Previous: Description of algorithm . In April 1996 the described method was included in the software of automatic data acquisition complex "Continuous". ... The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 1.38cm and 2.7cm. The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 3.9cm and 7.6cm. wave lengths. The measuring of sensibility by observing at the wave lengths of 13.0cm and 31cm. wave lengths. ...

NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... Files . ... dust_wd_D (double a, dust_sdpars *sdp) . ... sdp . ... References dust_carbsdpars::acutlarge , dust_carbsdpars::alpha , dust_sdpars::amin , dust_carbsdpars::at , dust_carbsdpars::beta , dust_carbsdpars::C , dust_sdpars::carbpars , dust_wd_cutoffs() , dust_wd_D() , and dust_wd_F() . ... References dust_silsdpars::acutlarge , dust_silsdpars::alpha , dust_sdpars::amin , dust_silsdpars::at , dust_silsdpars::beta , dust_silsdpars::C , dust_wd_cutoffs() , dust_wd_F() , and dust_sdpars::silpars...