... As of October 1, 2009, the global rate for the STIS NUV-MAMA dark current has still been occasionally reaching values as high as 13500 counts/s. This high dark current will force use of a signficantly smaller buffer time than would be otherwise needed, and in many cases may push the count rate high enough to make time-tag observations impractical. ... However, we instead found for the NUV MAMA detector an initial global dark rate of between 9000 and 18000 counts/s (a mean of 0.013 counts/s/pixel). ...

... AAS 225 . ... Here are a few features of the tweets from the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society . ... The retweet numbers are close to the values that Twitter has for the tweets, which means that I can't have messed up too much (I wouldn't expect perfect agreement since Twitter does not guarantee that any search will return all matching tweets; also, the Twitter values are updated whereas mine are fixed until the next set of tweets gets analyzed). The most re-tweeted accounts. ...

The focus of the meeting is to explore scientific frontiers that require large collecting area and state of the art instrumentation over the next 5 to 15 years. ... The meeting will form the basis for an Arecibo scientific and instrumentation roadmap that takes into account developments in electromagnetic and non-photonic astronomy and, in particular, development of the Square Kilometer Array. ... COSMOLOGY & GALAXY EVOLUTION . ... INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT . ...

... Observing . ... PPTA tasks . ... The purpose of this discussion is to identify and, if possible, fix some of the current observing issues at Parkes. The PPTA project currently uses the prototype digital filterbank system (PDFB1) and CPSR2 (sometimes the WBC). ... Consideration is being given to an RFI mitigation system that will work in conjunction with the PDFB2 and to changing the receiver (to observe in a cleaner band). The observing techniques etc. have been documented by John Sarkissian. ...

Подписка на рассылку обзоров astro-ph на Subscribe.Ru . ... Предыдущий выпуск (N335) . ... Обсудить на форуме Scientific.RU . ... Подписка на рассылку обзоров на Subscribe.Ru . Обзоры препринтов astro-ph . ... Собственно обзоры препринтов. ... Ранее обзоры также были на Астронете и на Scientific.Ru . ... АНКи доступны на Астронете , а с 2006 по 2008 г. также на сайте Элементы.Ру . ... Ранее они также размещались на сайте Астронет и в архиве моих обозрений (кодировка KOI8) на сайте Scientific.Ru . ...

Orbital data : INTERBALL AZ GSE and GSM cartesian coordinates, GSE cartesian velocity (once per 10 minutes). ... Magnetic field data from IMAP experiment. Magnetic fileld absolute value and magnetic field index (the difference between absolute value and model value), status flag. ... Counts of H+ and O+ ions are accumulated during one spin period by detectors D6 (antisunward looking), D8 (spin plane), D10 (sunward looking) of TRICS2 subsystem (1.0-30 keV). ... TRICS1, TRICS2, TRICS3 subsystems: . ...

... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... Back to Calibration Homepage In order to analyze the data collected with XMM-Newton you need some calibration files (Current Calibration File, see below) and a copy of the Science Analysis System (SAS) available here . ... Mirroring the Calibration Archive . ... CCF$ or use instead: package=xmm-ccf comment="The XMM-Newton calibration archive" site=xmm.esac.esa.int mode_copy=true max_delete_files=100% remote_dir=pub/ccf/constituents local_dir=/ccf get_patt=^*.\...

EURASIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY . ... INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM . ASTRONOMY - 2005: CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS" . ... The conference "Astronomy - 2005: Current State and Prospects" is to be held in Moscow, Russia, on May 30 - June 6, 2005, in the frame of the Scientific Program of the 8th General Meeting of the Eurasian Astronomical Society. The main goal of the Symposium is to analyze the current state and possible prospect of astronomical science and work out a strategy of its development. ...

MINUTES of the RadioAstron Teleconference on February 21, 2006 V. Slysh chaired the teleconference. ... Engineering model of the MFS (18-26 GHz) on-board receiver has been fabricated, and it is now under the testing in the ASC. The flight model is expected in April 2006. ... Operational time of 18-cm receiver was prolonged till the end of 2007 (as a launch date).The flight model of the 92-cm receiver will be delivered to the ASC in May 2007. ...

... NEWS . WHEN : typically 3 weeks before the official deadline , i.e. date by which the new DFS release has to be operational on the mountain. ... complete list of performed tests. ... description of the new bugs raised during this Integration phase. ... HOW: Integration Acceptance meeting at DFS level with: . ... If needed, specific Integration acceptance meetings at DFS project level and SCCB meetings may be organized to prepare this Integration acceptance meeting. Before this meeting, . ...

... We present several applications of the AIPS++ environment as applied to the development of the Green Bank Telescope as well as current astrophysical problems. ... In particular, the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) project requires AIPS++ as an analysis environment. To accommodate and facilitate the GBT development, several sets of tools have been fashioned within AIPS++ at several points along the data path, from general calibration routines and data quality assessment to analysis and modeling. ...

... 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 . ...

Status of IFR/LST Teststand Minghui Lu lum@ slac .stanford.edu University of Oregon BaBar Collaboration Meeting @ SLAC , 02/21/ 2004 ­ p.1 Outline Current Status: Schematic setup Current Status: Online DAQ Current status: Cosmic data analysis Summary and Plans BaBar Collaboration Meeting @ SLAC , 02/21/ 2004 ­ p.2 The Schematic Setup G-LINK FF R CC O DP M MM ICB 9U DAQ CRATE 6U CRATE test pulse IFB ICC LV = +5V, -7V GAS 4 MC#1 RPC MC ...

... A leading research scientist with over 10 years experience in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Author of a major book on geometry and physics and over 50 papers on subjects including quantum theory, gravitation, and computational geometry. ... Currently an EPSRC Advanced Fellow and Director of Studies for Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. ... 2000 ? ... Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge . ... Joint organiser of the Cambridge-MIT collaboration on quantum computing . ...

... ROBERT J. CENKER . ... This has included launch vehicle evaluation and systems engineering support for Motorola on Iridium; avionics architecture, generation of performance specification, and generation of performance map for small expendable launch vehicle; and constellation configuration and launch vehicle performance definition for proprietary smallsat communications system. Last two years with RCA were spent as Manager of Payload Accommodations on EOS Platform. ...

... CURRENT ASPECTS OF REMOTE SENSING OF EARTH FROM SPACE . ... For developing of the scientific concept and the programs of global monitoring of the Earth from space and pursuant to the disposal of Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences # 10310-717 (August 11, 2004 ) Space Research Institute RAS and Center of Space Observations of the Russian Space Agency during November 16-18, 2004 conduct the Second Opened All-Russia conference ' Current Aspects of Remote ...

Text can be included in the shell script by using a here document, a special form of input redirection. The << symbol is used to indicate that text should be read up to a given mark. For example: #!/bin/sh # this script outputs the given text before it runs cat << EOF This shellscript is currently under development, please report any problems to Danny (danny@cornflake.ed) EOF exec /usr/local/test/bin/test_version . ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

The Russian Parliament will soon consider a bill that would restructure the Russian space program, 35 years after the launch оf Sputnik. ... But the legislation's most striking and controversial feature is a provision that would ban testing and deployment оf space weapons ? including anti-satellite weapons and space-based missile interceptors. ... A draft bill was written by a group of experts within the Moscow Space Club, several of whom now work on space issues with the Russian Parliament. ...

... Moons, Rings, and Unexpected Colors on Saturn . ... Credit Copyright: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: Why would Saturn show such strange colors? The robotic Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn has beamed back images showing that the northern hemisphere our Solar System 's most spectacularly ringed planet has changed noticeably since Cassini arrived in 2004, now sporting unusual and unexpected colors. ... Saturns Moon Helene in Color . Six Moons of Saturn . ...