... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

Next: Accretion Disks with Up: StarsStellar Populations, Previous: Spectroscopic Analysis of . ... We present and discuss spatially resolved spectra of the accretion disk and the gas stream region as a function of distance from disk center, the spectrum of the uneclipsed light, and the radial temperature distribution in the ultraviolet. Keywords: Accretion disks, Cataclysmic variables . ... In this paper we report on the HST spectral mapping of the nova-like UX UMa. ...

... Let us assume that table OBSERVP.tbl contains observations of a periodic phenomenon. ... SET/CONTEXT TSA ! Enable TSA package . NORMALIZE/TSA OBSERVP :VALUE ! ... BAND/TSA OBSERVP ! ... Inspect corresponding settings . POWER/TSA OBSERVP POWERSPEC ! Compute power spectrum and . ... PLOT/ROW POWERSPEC ! ... PLOT/ROW AOVSPEC ! ... POWER/TSA ? LINESPEC 20 .01 501 ! Compute detail of power spec. PLOT/ROW LINESPEC ! ... WIDTH/TSA LINESPEC ! ... SINEFIT/TSA OBSERVP CLNOBS 23 1 ! ...

... There are 6 different analysis options: . 0:all : all the exposures corresponding to the chosen observation are reduced to calibrated event lists, unless disabled via the corresponding parameter ( PN , MOS , RGS , OM , all set to "yes" by default). ... The EPIC data is then searched for source detections, via edetect_chain . By default, for the EPIC data, if more than one exposure is present, these actions are taken over the event list corresponding to the longest observation. ...

Irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process and temporal variations of geopotential Valery Bondarenko, Vadim Perepelkin s The observed irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process are very variety. ... These phenomena indicated in the IERS data are the "abnormal" fluctuation of the Earth Pole coordinates which owing to changing of the geodynamical parameters gives negative result in interpolation and forecast of the first approximation mathematical model. ... Fig. ...

... Archives . ... The PCA and ICA is used for separating mixed components with some assumptions. ... The need of source separation methods in astronomy has led various adaptations of decomposition methods available. ... I rarely come up with a paper which gathered and summarized component separation methods applicable to astronomical data. In that regards, the following paper seems useful to overview methods of reducing dimensionality for astronomers. [arxiv:0805.0269] . ... Chandra Blog . ...

Next: Star Formation Rate and Up: No Title Previous: Calculation of Evolutionary Tracks . To start calculations, we choose the distributions of the initial binary parameters: the mass of the primary ZAMS component, , binary mass ratio, , orbital separation a . ... whereas the mass ratio distribution is not. ... The zero assumption often made is that the mass ratio distribution has a flat shape, that is binaries with a high mass ratio occur as frequently as those with equal masses. ...

... Gravity data reflect changes, related to the groundwater redistribution, ice melting, and precipitation accumulation. ... We apply Multichannel Singular Spectrum Analysis (MSSA, or extended EOF) technique to filter GRACE data and separate the principal components (PCs) of different periods. We performed data averaging over the large river basins of Russia. ... Fig 1. ... MSSA is a promising method for GRACE data processing, de-striping, filtering, and Principal Components (PCs) separation. ...

... Can do almost everything that Miriad, AIPS and Difmap can plus more. ... Component Fluxes cont. ... Model fit to VSOP and ground- only VLBI data in Difmap ) Tasks, commands Miriad task Visibility plane model fitting Image plane model fitting Image plane integrated flux Uvfit, uvmodel Difmap command Modelfit AIPS task Uvfit, (slime) Aips ++ function image .fitsky, imagefitter (spatial), image .maxfit, image .fitprofile, imageprofiler image .statistics image .getchunk, ...

... The axial support is provided by 78 air pistons. ... The transverse support is provided by 38 air pistons, supported by cantilevers from the mirror cell, that act on the mirror local center of gravity surface. ... The locations where the transverse mirror support forces should be applied to the mirror are listed in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 1. ... Figure 1: CAD drawing showing the 2.5-m primary mirror and the locations of the transverse support posts (black) and axial pneumatic pistons (blue...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 33 , No. ... We present our discovery a new variable star USNO-A2.0 1350-17086180 from observations at the Astrotel-Caucasus Observatory. ... The numbers of observations on each of the observing nights are presented in Table 1; the observations are attached to the html version of this paper. ... Numbers of observations . ... No. observations . ... 0.001 . ... 0.000 . ... 0.003 . ... 0.004 . ... 0.002 . ... 0.005 . ...

... For every level we have plotted the dependence between width and Lande factor and obtained the linear regression parameters: the inclination, the zero Lande factor line width and the correlation. ... Fig. 1. presents a model components, the intensity of which decreases (b) line with 10 and increases (c) to the center of spectral line (the field is 12 k6s). ... Our results show strong dependencies of line width on the level of width measurements. ...

... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

... We present the first results of the application of Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) to the analysis of molecular line spectra. ... The principles of the method are discussed and some results from the analysis of -spectra from the Thumbprint Nebula are shown. ... The Positive Matrix Factorization . ... Thumbprint Nebula . ... Figure 1: a) The first 20 singular values of a matrix containing the 92 -spectra used in the analysis. b) An example of a factorization of rank one . ...

... Contacts . 2012: . ... We refined the fundamental parameters of the components, the orbital periods, and the conditions of photospheric heating of the secondary component by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot component. ... The observations of the star clusters associated with ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in four galaxies on the 6-meter and VLT telescopes have shown that all the ULXs are located within 200pc of very young star clusters (younger than 5 million years). ... Archive . ...

... 2014 July 21 . Spacecraft Rosetta Shows Comet has Two Components . Image Credit: ESA / Rosetta /MPS for OSIRIS Team ; MPS /UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA . Explanation: Why does this comet's nucleus have two components? The surprising discovery that Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a double nucleus came late last week as ESA 's robotic interplanetary spacecraft Rosetta continued its approach toward the ancient comet's core. ... About APOD | ...

GROUPS OF ALGEBRAIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF AFFINE VARIETIES FINAL REPORT FOR THE THREE YEARS KARINE KUYUMZHIYAN 1. ... The latter is an algebraic variety with the given field of rational functions and an infinitely transitive regular action of a group of algebraic automorphisms generated by unipotent algebraic subgroups. ... Quotient groups. ... Since over R there exist irreducible non-connected varieties, we cannot have even one-transitivity of any connected group of automorphisms. ...

Marc White . ... Research . ... The outflows driven by forming protostars provide important clues to the nature of the star formation process. My research focuses on observations and analysis of the outflows driven by actively-accreting protostars. ... How are the outflows being driven? ... Built by my home institution, The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of The Australian National University, NIFS is a fantastic instrument for doing protostellar outflow work. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This is the first in a series of papers in which we describe and report the analysis of a large survey of Herbig Ae/Be stars in circular spectropolarimetry. Using the ESPaDOnS and Narval high-resolution spectropolarimeters at the Canada-France-Hawaii and Bernard Lyot Telescopes, respectively, we have acquired 132 circularly-polarised spectra of 70 Herbig Ae/Be stars and Herbig candidates. ...

In this chapter we will consider two very simple but useful Web agents that I have written on Actor Prolog for my own needs. ... Let us start the Web agent. Fig. ... Start of the Web agent. The Context diagram consists of three blocks: "Logic Programming Sites", "Edit", and "Check". ... Some Web sites that are linked with the logic programming and Prolog are listed in the pulldown list (these addresses are transferred to the "Edit" block from the "Logic Programming Sites" block). ...