... BADPIX NO 2 Changes This release comprises two fundamental issues concerning bad pixels:  a number of so-called "low count" columns was established by an analysis performed at SRON with science data. ... They contain for each period in time the same bad pixels / columns they had in the former valid releases with the adding of the "low count" columns as advisory hot columns. ... Five "low count" columns in RGS1 and one in RGS2 are agged in the new CCFs (0012 to 0014) as advisory hot columns. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Tech Meet 2 . ... Page History | ... PmWiki . ... Return to Tech Meet 2 ( Edit ) . ... 1 pixel independent of pixel scale (avoids aliasing of high frequencies in speckled image) . ... ADR & CAH: Optical image quality tolerancing of OAP-based layout . ... ADR & CAH: Layout and tolerancing of lens-based optical system . ... ADR & CAH: Use tolerancing results to assign image quality and stability budgets by component . ... ADR & CAH: Think about how to apportion image quality budget . ...

STScI . ... Phase I Proposing . ... Astronomer's Proposal Tool . ... STScI solicits proposals for HST Observing, Archival Theoretical Research. ... HST Cycle 24 Phase II Proposal Deadline . The Call for Proposals (CP) invites the astronomical community to propose for observing time on HST in a given cycle (nominally one year in duration). It summarizes the policies and procedures for proposing in that cycle of HST observing, including requests for funding research on archival HST data. ...

... Also the help file was renamed the manual, formated for LaTeX and html, and to a large degree, rewritten. ... Increase maximum number of setup files to 50. ... 1995 July) . ... Also, only put pointing request in VLBA control files if this is not a DAR-only station (1995 October 4) . ... Allow in-line setup files much like the source and station catalogs. ... Allow specification of schedule input file name from main input. ... Adding SUMITEM input to allow specification of what is in the summary file...

SAOtng 1.9 is a major release in which the original Xt-based XPA 1.0 messaging system has been redesigned and reimplemented. ... Here are a list of changes to xpa that will be of interest to users of SAOtng: . ... If you are running SAOtng on one machine and using xpaset and xpaget on another, please read the XPA documentation on access control in saord/xpa-2.0/doc/acl.html or http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/xpa/acl.html. ... xpaset SAOtng fits . ... Review of Changes for Release 1.8 here . ...

... NEWS . The DFS integration testing procedure involves each DFS Department role : the DFS Department Head, several DFS project managers and developers, the SEG testers and the DFS Department QA manager. ... Hold integration kick-off meeting(s) for every new DFS component release . ... Hold integration ending meeting(s) for every new DFS component release . ... The Package Deadline corresponds to the date by which a new DFS package has to be delivered OUTSIDE the DFS Department . ...

... In less then one day "Mir" station will finish its flight. ... Besides, the operability of motion control systems will be tested to ensure further dynamic operation at the final stage of "Mir" complex. ... The final third burn is given in daily orbit 2 using the "ProgressM1-5" 8 control engines and its main engine with the trust of 300 rg/s. Thus, to peform deorbit maneuver the OC"MIr" real-time tested manuevers involving control engines and their combination with the main engine are used. ...

... Please note the scripts for configuring radio clock drivers do not work. ... Machine OS Comp Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ VAX-11/785 4.3 tahoe cc none Sun3 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc all REFCLOCK drivers (dm 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.3 gcc all REFLCOCK drivers Sun4 SunOS 5.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 5.2 gcc no REFCLOCK (dm 93/11/20) Sun4 ...

... Second, the observatory can control the configuration, test data analysis procedures, and provide calibration solutions with the help of instrument models. This paper presents the VLT object-oriented framework for the development of ETCs (Exposure Time Calculators) and data simulators. ... Instrument simulations are being developed for the purpose of predictive calibration, instrument configuration control, and evaluation of data analysis procedures. ...

... 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 . ...

... March 25, 2006: Version 3.0.0 New control panel with an observing queue and a log Pointing to apparent position including proper motion precession and nutation to epoch of ... declination axis to polar axis non-orthogonality optical axis skew altitude- and azimuth-dependent mechanical effects encoder reference Control of telescope hardware August 20, 2006 Version 3.0.4 Modifications from Dan Azari adding features suported by the RC Optical Systems ...

Drawing and Part Configuration Management and Release Procedures: . ... Context: This procedure is intended for use by APO Telescope Drafting and Engineering personnel for the development, release and maintenance of telescope related models, drawings, and other controlled documents to facilitate the sharing of information between the various institutions and personnel that have need of technical information and engineering files regarding APO telescope design and development. ... Release Procedure: . ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . about Progress M-54 docking to the International Space Station . ... During these operations MCC-M was attended by N.F. Moiseev and V.A. Grin, co-chairmen of the State Board, responsible representatives of the Federal Space Agency, NASA, S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, allied enterprises and organizations participating in the manufacturing, processing and launch of Progress vehicles, as well as control of the ISS RS. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

... JavaScript version 1.3 provides the following new features and enhancements: . ... See the Client-Side JavaScript Guide for details. ... Changes to the Array object. ... The push method returns the new length of the array rather than the last element added to the array. ... Changes to the Date object. ... Added a day parameter to the setMonth method. ... Added the apply method, which allows you to apply a method of another object in the context of a different object (the calling object). ...

... This project was my personal idea quite some time ago: to port XFree86 , the free and optimized X11R6 implementation to OS/2. ... XFree86/OS2 is now available as a public version 3.3.6, which does not expire and for which full source code is available. ... x.physics.usyd.edu.au Please send a mail to me with a complete URL if you have set up a ftp server or a mirror for XFree86/OS2. ... Available ported software . ... I'll still be available as the mediator between XFree86/OS2 and general XFree86. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... Opportunityт??s devilish view from on high . ... Dave's Universe . ... Planck's High Frequency Instrument completes its survey of early universe . ... The High Frequency Instrument (HFI) on the European Space Agencyт??s (ESA) Planck mission has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang. ... Plank has been measuring these patterns by surveying the whole sky with its HFI and its Low Frequency Instrument (LFI)....

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main research and development work completed in 2010 and ready for implementation . Elaboration of automatic technology for analysis of abnormal changes of vegetation status based on satellite data . ... Satellite MODIS-Terra image, obtained on May, 17 2010. ... Main research and development work completed in 2009 and ready for implementation . Main research and development work completed in 2008 and ready for implementation ...

... 2MASS Overview . The 2MASS Sky . Executive Summary of 2MASS Second Incremental Data Products . Point Source Catalog . Extended Source Catalog . ... Distribution Mode for 2MASS Products . Data Release Plan . ... Point Source Catalog (PSC) . Extended Source Catalog (XSC) . ... 2MASS Source Naming Convention . ... General Properties of the Data Release . ... Comparison of Achieved Performance of Second Incremental Release Catalogs with Level 1 Science Specification . ...

... Version 22: (Tapasi, 2007-12-14): Final correction (hopefully!) ... Version 20: (Mikael, 2007-12-14): Corrected typos . Version 19: (Tapasi, 2007-12-13): Overhauled Introduction in view of the GBT-prop ref-N's comments. ... Version 18: (Mikael, 2007-12-06): Corrected Typos . ... Ch3oh integral added. ... Version 5 (Mikael, 2007-07-12): It is mostly typographical stuff; I have corrected some typos, added and removed a few words, fixed the format of the references and reformatted the table. ...