The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...

Links on this page are to sites that hold information on the Sun , our nearest star . ... Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) , California, USA. Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) , Hawai'i, USA. ... Space Environment Center, Current Solar Images , Boulder, Colorado, USA. ... Solar Data Analysis Center, Latest Images , at GSFC, Maryland. ... NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Solar Physics (at GSFC). ... NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Space Physics (at GSFC). Back to Links ...

ntptime [ -chr ] [ -e est_error ] [ -f frequency ] [ -m max_error ] [ -o offset ] [ -s status ] [ -t time_constant ] . This program is useful only with special kernels described in the A Kernel Model for Precision Timekeeping page. It reads and displays time-related kernel variables using the ntp_gettime() system call. ... Display the execution time of ntptime itself. -e est_error . Specify estimated error, in microseconds. -f frequency . ... Display times in Unix timeval format. ...

The starting page - The catalogues page - The list of the PUL2 fields - The list of the Pul-3(Pul-3SE) fields - The list of the PUL_ERS fields . please read short description of the access form controls . ... Relative proper motion in RA *cos(DE), arcsec/yr . ... s. e. relative proper motion in RA *cos(DE), arcsec/yr . ... Number of Pul2 area . ... Check the apropriate checkbox to output these data and radiobutton to select stars within interval. back to the list of the Pul2 fields . ...

... What's New? Bad Astronomy . ... News . ... The questions was: "During a flight, I saw a round rainbow shaped like a doughnut. ... However, she said that all rainbows are actually circles, and that she could not find a name for this phenomenon. ... One is that rainbows really aren't full circles. ... Basically, rainbows are due to light getting bent ("refracted") inside of raindrops. ... It's called a "glory", and is formed in a somewhat different way than rainbows. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... A glance at the article might leave you assuming that the planet was discovered using a large telescope at a remote, high-elevation location or perhaps by a multi- billion dollar observatory in Earth orbit. Reading on, you may be surprised to find that astronomers actually discovered the planet with a small telescope located not too far from the city of Tucson, Arizona. ... Well, don't give up, because you can observe interesting celestial sights near low-elevation big cities. ...

... DevHlp_Security This devhlp allows to open a file for read access in the Init routine of a BASEDEV . ... returned: size of file SYIOpenFile ends Valid at INIT time only. ... This routine uses the corresponding function of the miniFSD , not normal file I/O, thus access is restricted. ... Although the size argument of the data structure implies, I'd recommend to better not read more than 32K at a time. ... DL = 044h This function will return the table of security helper functions for file access. ...

... Malkov, O. M. Smirnov . ... We present some current and future variations of our Guide Star Catalog Data Retrieval Software (GUIDARES). ... The GUIDARES software was born in 1991 (Malkov et al. 1992) as a PC-based tool for easy access to the Guide Star Catalog. ... Several applications arose (e.g., Malkov & Smirnov 1994b) where it was very useful for a program to be able to read the Guide Star Catalog easily, without the burden of sorting through its (very complicated) internal structure. ...

The aim of this section of the course is to enable you to use simple computer programs to solve a variety of common astronomical tasks. ... I have (somewhat arbitrarily) decided to use Python for this course, because it seems to be gaining popularity fast for astronomical data handling, and because some of you will have encountered it at the ATNF course. ... We've put Python (plus all relevant libraries) on the Stromlo Linux computers moron and maggot. ... Now log in to moron (or maggot). ...

This web site can be used in many ways: ...look up one of the 8 summary files below. Each is linked to 3-6 detailed files, telling a more complete story, and those in turn may have other links, including history sections which tell about the related history. ... You can also link here to a self-contained overview of the early history of magnetism...note that links to all files are given in their proper order on the home page, linked here and also at the end of any "Exploration" file. ...

In the this version .. ... Adaptable to any dome with relay control of rotation and optionally the shutters . Rotation encoding with RFID tags using Phidgets RFID tag reader . Used with XmTel and XmCCD provides automatic dome rotation to follow the pointing of a telescope . ... PyDome provides for local or remote operation of an astronomical telescope dome. While specific to the hardware we use for the Shared Skies programs at Moore and Mt. ... Latest version 1.0 updated July 23, 2012 . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences will organize a traditional International conference ?Physics and Evolution of Magnetic and Related stars? during the period from August 25 to August 31, 2014. ... evolution of CP and related stars, . ... interplay of pulsations and magnetism in B, A, and F stars, . ... chemical abundance patterns of CP and related stars, . magnetic white dwarfs, . ... Laboratory for the Stellar Magnetism Study of SAO of RAS . ...

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You Can Make Stellar Images Brighter . Articles | ... A few months ago I wrote an article titled "You Can’t Make Them Brighter". So why am I now writing that you can make them brighter. ... The image of a focused star is actually a small disk called the Airy disk, named after the 19 th century scientist Sir George Airy. ... For a given aperture, a smaller Airy disk means that the light is focused to a smaller disk and is therefore brighter. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

... This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before mankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before our Earth existed, ancient globs of stars condensed and orbited a young Milky Way Galaxy. ... In visible light, shown above in yellow, this galaxy appears to be a normal dwarf galaxy, as indicated by the yellow smudge in the image center. ... NGC 1531 is the background galaxy with a bright core just above center and NGC 1532 is the foreground spiral galaxy laced with dust lanes. ...

... a journal of his thoughts and experiences, some two million words in . ... The boy's sled gets put away in the barn or shed, and there it lies . dormant all summer, like a woodchuck in winter. ... sees a sled, nor a sled a woodchuck, unless it were a prematurely risen . ... Journal, 25 March 1860 . ... Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

. To read your mail enter the command: mail . A summary of your messages, made up of mail headers is displayed. At the bottom of the screen is the mail prompt " " at which you enter the commands that allow you to read your mail. Example . Reading the top of each message . Reading other mail files .

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