... Source definition list: a dataset containing the SRCLIST table, and to which the region extensions will be added. evlist . ... The dispersion-axis spacing of vertices for image regions and the spatial background region, specified as the number of vertices across a node. ... Downward size of image regions, specified by the percentage of the cross-dispersion PSF covered between the source cross-dispersion off-axis angle and the lower of each pair of vertices with the same dispersion coordinate. ...

... This section will deal with obtaining photons within specified regions of an image. Available regions are: Annulus Box Circle Ellipse Field -- entire field Irregular region based on intensity of map... i.e. region defined by contour levels. ... The imcnts task in the xray-spatial package sums the source and background counts in specified regions, and subtracts one from the other properly normalized. ... imcnts* - Find counts in an extended region, after removing an embedded point source . ...

... De Breuck+ . WISH catalogue (sources in the region declination -25 to -9 degrees) . ... For each entry are listed: Name : In hhmm.s+ddmm format, A,B,C,D refer to the components of the multi-component source immediately preceding these component entries. ... This treshold is the fluxratio SI/S that is exceeded by less than 5% of the unresolved sources. b-M,b-m are in units of arcsec, PA in degrees from North, These parameters have not been deconvolved Nse : The local rms-noise level in mJy/beam. ...

... Next: The PROS Big Up: Software Systems Previous: Data Reduction Software . ... The srcinten task provides PROS users with a tool to compute count rates for point sources in the ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI). ... Corrected upper limits are cited at locations where the count rate falls below the source detection threshold. ... Srcinten is a new PROS task that computes and applies the above correction factors to the net counts in a user-specified aperture. ...

... Miriad has a couple of tasks available for finding positions of sources (see also cgcurs in Chapter 17 ). ... It fits a 2-D parabola to the image intensities in a 3 by 3 pixel box centred on the brightest pixel in a specified region and reports the fitted location and intensity. ... Input image . ... The quality of your fit can improve significantly by selecting a snug region, and/or using the clip keyword to keep pixel values with little signal (e.g. sidelobes and noise) out of the fitting process....

... Flux Sign Expo . ... 0.13 PHA . ... The map above is movable . ... Original shows mosaics with all data available. Flux map Error map Significance Exposure . Flux and error maps are in mCrab units. All maps are convolved with instrumental point spread function (PSF) which is Gaussian ( =5'). Exposure maps are in ksec. INTEGRAL/IBIS 9-year Galactic Hard X-Ray Survey* , A , Volume 545, id.A27 { NASA ADS | ... 7-year Galactic Bulge map , 2009 . 9-year Galactic survey , 2012 . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Quasi-stationary electron distributions for the different values of the particle escape time. ... The electron-cyclotron maser instability is widespread in the Universe, producing, e.g., radio emission of the magnetized planets and cool substellar objects. ... The model used takes into account the radiation escape from the source region and the particle flow through this region. ...

... Solar flare activity is produced by the processes of accumulation and release of energy in an active region. ... In the framework of study of solar active regions, producing powerful flares the researchers from the RATAN-600 radio telescope have detected sources with features in the form of a sharp drop in the intensity of polarized radiation in various parts of the recorded frequency range (2-16GHz), sometimes changing the sign of polarization. ...

This WWW form allows the user to list selected portions of the NRAO/VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) radio source catalog. ... Until the completion of the survey the source catalog will NOT cover the entire region of the survey and care must be exercised in interpreting the results of a catalog search. ... The second parameter in the "Search radius" box or one of the optional items in a position list can be used to specify a region in which to look for other sources. ... An example of a position list entry is: . ...

COS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Cosmic Origins SpectrographInstrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 2: Special Considerations for Cycle 24 > 2.1 COS FUV Detector Lifetime Positions . ... Prolonged exposure to light causes the COS FUV detectors to become less efficient at photon-to-electron conversion, a phenomenon called ?gain sag?. ... STScI is undertaking a number of actions to mitigate the effects of gain sag and extend the lifetime of the COS FUV XDL detector. ...

Next: Program use Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Description of program searchdup . Parameter input is done with a graphic user interface. ... Input file: Name of the input catalog file. It has to be formatted, one record per source/observation, according to the format used in the Arcetri observations and source archives. ... Minimum number of observations per source Source with less than this number of independent observations are not included in the output file . ...

... RC0133+0459 . ... RC0154+0459 . ... Radio source parameters . R.A.(J2000) Dec.( J2000) R.A.(B1950) Dec.( B1950) Freq. Comp. ... Parameters of optical candidates for identification . ... B1950) Magn. ... Crosses mark radio source components ps . Last updated 19 Dec 2000 ...

... All the parameters provided in this database have been obtained using the the MIRIAD ( Sault et al. 1995 ) task MBSPECT . MBSPECT makes a spectrum of the velocity (or frequency) axis of a cube. The spectrum is beam-weighted, over the width specified, for the other image axes. ... Robust parameters are calculated by using an algorithm which minimises the mean absolute deviation of the flux-weighted velocities. mask= This specifies the x-axis ranges to be excluded from any continuum fit. ...

home education > resources . ... Resources . ... Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Black Holes: An Introductory Resource List . ... Space Science Education Resource Directory . ... An asteroid space ship being chased by an enemy missile goes through the ergosphere of a rotating black hole, taking energy out and making the chasing missile fall in the event horizon. ... In the far future, a virtual human is dropped into a black hole and makes an interesting discovery about space and time. ...

... 172 ] Briefly, the count rate at the detector from a source at a redshift z is . ... Figure 55 shows the ``Green functions'' for the double compact binary merging rate   evolution assuming no collapse anisotropy. ... Another way that diverse peculiarities in the - distribution induced by the sources evolution could arise is connected with a possible non-monotonic character of the star formation rate in galaxies. ... 22 ] Figure  56 shows two-dimensional cuts through the parameter space. ...

... The determination of parameters of . the gravity anomalies sources . ... The interpretation of sources of the anomalies of the Earth's gravity field is carried out. ... 2) в общем неравновесном поле Земли учтено влияние масс рельефа планеты, компенсированного на некоторой глубине : . ... средний радиус поверхности рельефа, - средний радиус поверхности относительности, где - средняя глубина компенсации, - средняя плотность масс рельефа, - средняя плотность Земли. ... Параметры источников . ...

... LABORATORY OF RADIO ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS . Radio sources identification is one of the most important tasks of the current radio astrophysics. ... Optical idetification. ... Optical identifications of subsample of steep spectra radio sources from RC catalog using 6m SAO telescope of SAO RAS: optical observations. ... Astronomy Reports. ... Identification of radio sources with data of various radio catalogs allows one to construct continual spectrum of the object and its radio structure. ...

... Chandra | ESO | ... Field selection . ... Color composite image of the Chandra Deep Field South of 940 ks (pixel size = 0.984 arcsec, smoothed with a s =1 arcsec Gaussian). ... The Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) is one of the deepest observations obtained with the X-ray Chandra satellite, which stared at the same path of the sky for 11 days. ... ESO press release on March 13 , 2001 . ... APOD : The Chandra Deep Field South has been the Astronomical Picture of the Day on March 28, 2001 . ...

Optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers . ... A list of reviews (under preparation) and links to the databases of Hovenier's and Gustafson's groups on the visible/infrared and microwave light scattering experiments, respectively. ... Light scattering codes . ... Benchmarks in optical properties . Tables of different light scattering characteristics carefully calculated by different codes (methods). Dependence of optical properties on scatterer parameters . ...

... The overall globular cluster population is divided by gap in the metallicity function at [Fe/H]=-1.0 into two discrete groups with well-defined maxima at [Fe/H]=-1.60?0.03 dex, and -0.60?0.04 dex. ... Clusters with extremely blue horizontal branches occupy a spherical volume of radius ~ 9 kpc, have high rotational velocities ( V rot =77?33 km/s), have substantial and equal negative radial and vertical metallicity gradients, and are, on average, the oldest group (the old-halo subsystem). ...