... Moving the sample locations to achieve the desired warping will result in an irregularly sampled image plane. These irregularly spaced samples will then be brought back to regularly spaced positions, hence warping the image. ... The sampled impulse response, , is a function of the sample positions, . ... Allowing the sum to go outside the image boundaries ( or ) includes some ``anchor'' samples outside the image, which tends to stabilize the solution trajectory when is minimized. ...

Next: Catalog Construction Up: Observations and Analysis Previous: Source Detections . ... It was assumed that the highest signal gives the most likely position of the source. ... Comparing the summed map with the maps from the individual energy ranges, the one which produced the smallest error box was chosen to represent the source position, as long as was greater than 4, a level chosen to reflect a reasonable degree of confidence in the detection. ...

... The routine returns the offset (deltaX, deltaY) from the linear grid position for a specified detector location. ... the distortion (deltaX, deltaY) at the detector location (rawX, rawY) is derived from the distortion map stored in the extension FILTER-FilterId (e.g. FILTER-U, FILTER-V, FILTER-GRISM1 etc.) ... interpolate the extracted distortion points (RAWX_OFF ,RAWY_OFF ) and calculate the distortion (deltaX,deltaY) at the requested postion (rawX, rawY) . ... deltaX, deltaY . ...

... 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....

The offsets (in focal plane and sky) are shown for various configurations (.ps) ( .pdf ): . Each plot shows the location of the 19 dipoles in various positions. ... On 29jun10 i switched to use the measured center locations on the sky.. but: . ... Page 1,2 have the dipoles as they are mounted on the positioner with no rotation. ... Page 3: Dipoles at center (focal plane) . ... Page 5: Dipoles at center and positions A1-A6 (focal plane) . Page 6: Dipoles at center and positions A1-A6 (on sky) . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 22.11.2004 . ... Credit: NASA Explanation: Where do gamma ray bursts occur? To help find out, NASA launched the Swift satellite on Saturday, as pictured above . ... Subsequently collected GRB and afterglow information will help astronomers not only determine the nature of the initial explosions, but also the nature of the expanding shockwaves. ... Publications with keywords: Swift - launch . Publications with words: Swift - launch . ... Dawn Launch Mosaic . ...

Next: Library, Archive and Historic Up: Buildings, Grounds, Library and Previous: Disposal of the Schmidt . Mark Bailey, Apostolos Christou and David Asher have developed ideas for a new outdoor exhibit in the Observatory grounds, called `The Human Orrery'. ... The position of the proposed new Library, Archive and Historic Scientific Instruments building is shown in outline. ... Next: Library, Archive and Historic Up: Buildings, Grounds, Library and Previous: Disposal of the Schmidt M.E. Bailey . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Mars . ... Home . ... Observing . ... Mars orbiter repositioned to phone home Mars landing . ... Two other Mars orbiters, NASAт??s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agencyт??s Mars Express, also will be in position to receive radio transmissions from MSL during its descent. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main P