... Omdetect classifies a source as being extended if its computed semi-major axis is greater than that of the point-spread function's semi-major axis (computed by using moments), by at least twice the error computed for the former. ... 1) The quantities the total raw pixel counts, total corrected raw pixel counts and the total raw background counts are initialised to zero. ... d) The total raw background counts is incremented by the value of the corresponding background-image pixel. ...

... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

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... trous Up: The discrete wavelet Previous: Introduction . Multiresolution analysis [ 25 ] results from the embedded subsets generated by the interpolations at different scales. ... In order to restore the original data, Mallat uses the properties of orthogonal wavelets, but the theory has been generalized to a large class of filters [ 8 ] by introducing two other filters and named conjugated to h and g . ... Figure: The filter bank associated with the multiresolution analysis . ...

... Archives . ... Astronomers confront with various censored and truncated data. ... This area is called survival analysis . If your library has The American Statistician subscription and you are an astronomer handles censored or truncated data sets, this primer would be useful for briefly conceptualizing statistics jargon in survival analysis and for characterizing uncertainties residing in your data. Survival Analysis: A Primer by David A. Freedman . ... Chandra Blog . ... SAMSI AstroStat Prog. ...

The NTP standard specifies an extension which provides cryptographic authentication of received NTP packets. ... The specification allows any one of possibly 4 billion keys, numbered with 32-bit key identifiers, to be used to authenticate an association. ... In the case of MD5, the keys are 64 bits (8 bytes). xntpd reads its keys from a file specified using the -k command line option or the keys statement in the configuration file. ... A zero key in NTP format would be specified as 8080808080808080 . ...

Results of analysis . ... IAA EOP Service . ... EOP series are regularly submitted to the IERS, and also are available at the IAA EOP Service page. EPN coordinate time series . EUREF Permanent GPS Network (EPN) coordinate time series is computed from analysis of available EUREF weekly solutions. ... Second solution is based on independent combination of individual EPN Analysis Centers' solutions . ... USNO GPS Timing Operations . ... GPS Time Series . ... EPN : European Permanent GPS Network . ...

... User Guide ] Task: impol Purpose: Compute polarized intensity and position angle from Q and U Categories: image analysis IMPOL computes the total linearly polarized intensity (optionally debiasing it) and position angle images from Stokes Q and U images. Position angle is positive N -> E. Key: in Up to three values; the Q, U and I images, respectively. ... Key: poli Up to two values; the output polarized intensity image and optionally, its associated error image (which will be constant). ...

... spectrum . ... sfit . ... define >macro_name< : define a macro . ... meth_range <w1> <w2>: Set wavelength range for fit . data_spectrum <name> : data in "spectrum" format . ... data_sigma <sigma> : define mean standard error in data . ... data_line_set | ... NB: synth uses multiple calls to spectrum , so various Spectrum commands may also be required. synth : find optimum fit by adjusting abundances, v turb , v sin i , and v rad . ... save <fit> : Save the spectrum and best fit from synth . ...

... At the ESO Web you'll find a range of different file formats - from HTML to PostScript/PDF and MPEG movies. See below for a list of helper applications or viewers to display those formats on your MS Windows, Macintosh or Unix computer. ... You can use Ghostscript and ghostview/GSview to view PostScript files (available for MS Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms). ... MPEG is a way to code audio-visual information a digital format. For Unix platforms, you can use UC Berkeley's mpeg_play . ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . Cavendish Astrophysics . ... Cosmological evolution of star-forming galaxies . ... Local Information . ... Mappings: Mappings is a code for the calculation of (optical) line ratios under a wide variety of conditions Mappings (Binette) . ... ZEUS is the fluid dynamics code we use for our simulations and is available on the Beowulf cluster and the Suns. It comes in a variety of flavours: ZEUS-3D full 3D code with lots of other options; can also run 2D simulations . ...

... HST . ... Computing the true count rates for digital data. ... The following equation is used to find the count rate. x = ( raw counts / sample time ) . ... True count rates for digital data are corrected by using the first equation for a point source and the second for an extended source. a = ( y - pre_amp - darkrate ) / ( highvolt x pt_effic ) . ... True photocurrents (count rates for analog data) are corrected by the first equation for point sources and the second equation for extended sources. ...

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Next: NICMOS Science Up: NICMOS Data Calibration and Previous: NICMOS Software at the . ... Reference File Tools . Image Analysis and Reduction . ... These include the tasks used in the STScI pipeline, tools to generate the reference files used by the calibration pipeline tasks, and general image analysis, manipulation, and arithmetic tasks. ... Calnica is used to apply instrumental calibrations to individual datasets, while calnicb is used to process associated sets of NICMOS images. ...

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

Application of IVOA software tools for radio sources investigation Zhelenkova O., Kopylov A., Chernenkov V. The interrelationship between the objects of astronomical catalogs in the different ranges of electromagnetic spectrum and their association into the real astrophysical source has obvious scientific interest. ... We used NVSS as the reference coordinate catalog. ... For 60% of radio sources identified with the objects of the radio catalogs we discovered optical candidates in SDSS survey. ...

My research interests are focussed on the theory and modelling of accretion processes as well as star and planet formation mechanisms. I am particularly interested in the stability properties of accretion discs, the generation of MHD turbulence and associated angular momentum transport, disk - planet interactions and the origin and characteristics of jets and winds from accreting systems . ... These results have been published in Salmeron & Wardle, 2005, M.N.R.A.S., 361: 45-69. ...

... This page computes the pointing error for various platform motions. ... Pointing error as we tilt the platform. ... Pointing error as we move the platform vertically,. platrottosky() - compute pointing error from platform rotation. pnterrplathght() - compute pointing error as we move the platform vertically. To use these routines: @phil then compile the routine . The are located in xxx/gen/pnt directory where xxx is the directory returned by aodefdir() . page up . home_~phil ...

... 3 ­ Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, :jeanna@sai.msu.ru The graphic method of the analysis of an arrangement of linear structural elements on geographical and geological maps of continents (A.V.Dolitsky, [1]) has allowed to find out global stress fields of the past and among them one which directions (the main normal and maximal tangents) describe more than 80 % of all linear elements of a relief. ... The found poles share program way on density of an arrangement on 3-4 groups. ...