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... Stellar yields from low and intermediate-mass stars. ... Format of the Data ------------------ Yields for the entire stellar lifetime 1) species i 2) atomic mass of the species i 3) nett yield (Msun) 4) mass of species i lost in the wind (Msun) 5) mass of species i initially present in the wind (Msun) 6) the average abundance of species i in the wind ( mass fraction ) 7) initial mass fraction of species i ( mass ...

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... Several HST instruments both current and decommisioned have provided imaging linear polarimetry capabilities. ... The STECF IRAF layered package impol provides five tasks specifically aimed at reduction of HST imaging polarimetry data. ... Reduction of HST polarimetry data and simulation of raw polarimetry images, together with polarization vector plotting, are covered. ... For reduction of data from imaging linear polarization instruments other than from HST, the instrument name is `SPECIAL'. ...

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... Minute Values of Geomagnetic Field Components . ... AA 1868 - Present (3 hourly and daily) (monthly) (yearly) (Lists and histograms of geomagnetic disturbance and Solar Sunspots) KP_AP 1932 - Present (3 hourly and daily) (Lists and histograms of geomagnetic disturbance and Solar Sunspots) AE_HV 1957-75, 78-88 (hourly) AE_MIN 1978-881-6;198903;1990-94 (minute) DST 1957 - Present (hourly) PC 1975 - Present (15-minute) AMANAS 1959 - Present (3 hourly and daily) KMKNKS 1983 - Present (3 hourly) . ...

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... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...