... 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. ...

... This task operates on event data in an event list. ... In the first two cases, the celestial coordinates of the reference point are taken respectively as the values of the RA_NOM , DEC_NOM or RA_OBJ , DEC_OBJ values in the input event file header. ... Although the OM attitude information may be more accurate, it will not be present throughout part of the observation, and as such, the default source for the attitude data should be "ahf". ...

... Abstract Find the unit vector corresponding to a state vector and the derivative of the unit vector. ... Brief_I/O VARIABLE I/O DESCRIPTION -------- --- -------------------------------------------------- s1 I State to be normalized. sout O Unit vector s1 / |s1|, and its time derivative. ... If the position component of the state is the zero vector, this routine will detect it and will not attempt to divide by zero. ... Files None. ... Index_Entries State of a unit vector parallel to a state vector ....

... The file names' construction . The flight (m) stage's file set . ... the orbital data used for the flight operation monthly (m) long-term planning, . ... The orbital calculations are based on the initial orbital data determined by KIAM RAN using the orbital radio- measurement treatment. The determined initial orbital data are presented as a state vector (satellite position and velocity) in the J2000 reference. ... Accept the file with extension '.bgr', where the Moscow time (MT=UT+3h) is used. ...

... 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 . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... gSatTEME Class Reference . Sat position and velocity predictions over TEME reference system. ... Set compute epoch for prediction. ... gVector љ . ... Get the TEME satellite position Vector. ... Get the Geographic satellite subpoint Vector calculated by the method compute SubPoint. ... gVector Satellite position vector meassured in Km. x: position[0] y: position[1] z: position[2] . ... gVector Satellite Velocity Vector measured in Km/s x: Vel[0] . ...

On/off position switching on continuum sources was done at 2380 Mhz with the sband narrow receiver and the correlator. ... Use the total power information, cal values, and source flux to compute tsys, gain, sefd. Fit the data to a function of (az,za). ... Include losses from pitch, roll, and focus. ... Tsys - fit. ... These plots take a closer look at the average gain fit and how the azimuth terms of the fit compare to the azimuth terms of the gain loss computed from pitch,roll, and focus. ...

... Higgs, 1989; DRAO 1991. ... 12-13 RA (hours) 15-16 RA (min) 18-22 RA (sec) (XX.XX) 24-28 RA error (sec) (XX.XX) ( blank = unknown ) 30 Sign of declination 31-32 DEC (degrees) 34-35 DEC (arcmin) 37-40 DEC (arcsec) (XX.X) 42-45 DEC error (arcsec) (XX.X) ( blank = unknown ) 47 Epoch of coordinates (1=B1950, 2=J2000, 3= unknown ) 49 Type of position determination (1=rough estimate, 2=centroid, 3=peak, 4=fitted Gaussian, 5= unknown ) 51-56 Flux #1 ( variable format ) 58-62 Error in ...

This diagram shows how the 'vertical-align' properties on cells combine to determine the height of the row containing the cells. The diagram also illustrates the meaning of some values of 'vertical-align' that apply to table cells: baseline, top, bottom, and middle. The diagram shows a row of five (labeled) table cells of varying heights and alignments. ... The first cell is aligned with the row baseline and extends to just below the row top. ...

Find Similar Abstracts . ... Determination of the component masses and inclination of a binary system containing a pulsar from relativistic effects . ... BINARY STARS, ORBITAL ELEMENTS, PULSARS, RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS, STELLAR MASS, APSIDES, DOPPLER EFFECT, FREQUENCY SHIFT, INCLINATION . ... Use: Authors Title Abstract Text Text Query with Keywords Return: Query Results Query Form Database: Astronomy Instrumentation Physics and Geophysics ABSTRACT QUERY USER FEEDBACK HELP ...

... Classes . ... casa . casa::EarthField . ... More... #include < EarthField.h > . ... EarthField (const EarthField &other) . ... EarthField ( EarthFieldTypes model, Double catepoch=51544.5) . ... Make a copy. const Vector < Double >* casa::EarthField::derivative . ... const Vector < Double >& casa::EarthField::operator() . ... Vector < Double > casa::EarthField::agh_p [private] . ... Vector < Double > casa::EarthField::cl_p [private] . ... Double casa::EarthField::dval_p [3][3] [private] . ...

Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley" . ... In this paper we give a description of the Electronic Catalogue of Comets "Halley", which makes it possible to calculate the evolution of the orbits of comets, to visualize orbital motion, to determine the circumstances of a comet's close approach to planets within a given time interval, as well as a number of other opportunities. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Atmospheric Modelling for ALMA . This is also a very simple program (sharing some code with dispersive ) to compute the atmospheric absorption due to dry and wet components of the atmosphere. ... Invoking the help option: ./absorption --help Compute absorption by the atmosphere This program is part of AATM version 0.09 GPL license -- you have the right to the source code. ... Computing atmospheric absorption with AATM . ...

... Proximity e#ects of com­ ponents (reflection of radiation and surface gravity darkening) are taken into account. ... As an example, we consider the Algol (# Persei) system, where an eclipsing pair (Algol A­B) is accompanied by the third component (Algol C). ... The surface temperature distribution for Algol A­B system before (upper plot) and after (lower plot) correction for temperature due to the irradiation e#ect. ... We solve this equation by the iterative Newton­Raphson method. ...

... 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 . ...

... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

... readmodel , file _char Read a model file. calcmodel Compute the model data for data sets with non-zero weight. modelchisq () Function. Return reduced of currently loaded data wrt model. binarypos ([ epoch _real [, component _char ]][, lambda = lambda ][, com = com ][, abs = abs ]) Function. ... Use today if no epoch is specified, and use the top hierarchical component if no component is specified. ... Examples: PRINT,MODELK(' A'), PRINT,MODELK(' AB'). modelpx ( component _char ) Function. ...

Magnetic field experiment on Vega - 1 and 2 spacecraft. ... Two spacecrafts, Vega-1 and Vega-2 have been launched aboard Proton rockets from Baykonour on 15 and 21 December 1984, respectively. ... During the cruise phase from Earth to Venus both Vega-1 and Vega-2 spacecrafts had one-axis orientation i.e. Bx of magnetometer was directed to the Sun, By and Bz axes were rotated around Bx-axis. ... Spacecraft position data are presented in HGI and SE systems. ... Vega-1 magnetic data for 1984 . ...

The following papers summarize the characterization and technical performance of IBIS : . ... Characterization of Fabry-Perot interferometers and multi-etalon transmission profiles. ... Righini, A., Cavallini, F., Reardon, K. P., 2010, Astronomy and Astrophysics , 515 , A85, . ... The filter wheel is located between the two interferometers. ... The interferometers can be rapidly tuned, simultaneously, so to allow sequential scanning of the spectral lines of interest (see movie in IBIS Intro ). ...

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the following articles and reports, which are available online . Mills, D.L. Internet time synchronization: the Network Time Protocol. ... Mills, D.L. Network Time Protocol (Version 3) specification, implementation and analysis. ...