Next: *.imh and *.qp Extensions Up: IRAF/PROS Files Previous: IRAF Image Arrays . The x-ray data are stored in QPOE files (Quick Position-Ordered Events, *.qp ) rather than image arrays. ... Note that, unlike IRAF images, QPOE files have no associated header file, and are always stored in the current directory, unless explicitly specified otherwise. Non-PROS IRAF tasks can also access QPOE data files in place of image arrays. ... rp110590.qp[pi=2:30] . ... The ROSAT PSPC qp file images are . ...

... Bit Fields . Bit Fields: Practical Example . ... NOTE: The combination of pointers and bit-level operators makes C useful for many low level applications and can almost replace assembly code. ... To illustrate many points of bitwise operators let us write a function, Bitcount , that counts bits set to 1 in an 8 bit number ( unsigned char ) passed as an argument to the function. int bitcount(unsigned char x) { int count; for (count=0; x != 0; x>>=1); if ( x & 01) count++; return count; } . ...

Fire in a building calls for prompt action to evacuate occupants safely. ... Exit areas, corridors, aisles, and passageways must be kept clear at all times with no obstructions that could create a hazard. ... Some examples of the most common items found in hallways are carts, boxes, laboratory equipment, and furniture. ... Examples for means of egress from APO buildings are available at the end of Section 6 , titled ?Fire Extinguishers, Alarm Systems, and Procedures.? ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 > Modules . ... To enable mod_dav , add the following to a container in your httpd.conf file: . ... In addition, a location for the DAV lock database must be specified in the global section of your httpd.conf file using the DavLockDB directive: . ... In order for mod_dav to manage files, it must be able to write to the directories and files under its control using the User and Group under which Apache is running. ...

... 8, ``Celestial Mechanics'', 2002 Regularity and chaos for planetary orbits in binaries D. Benest Observatoire de Nice, Nice, France 1. ... Previous papers showed that stable planetary orbits, around either the lightest or the heaviest component of several nearby binary systems, exist up to distances from their primary of the order of more than half the binary's periastron sep­ aration. ... Chaos: bounded or sticky? It is now well­known that planetary dynamics may include some proportion of chaos. ...

... Modelling the spectra and light curves of supernovae . ... To date the code has mostly been applied to multi-dimensional models of Type Ia supernova - at Stromlo I will keep working on the modelling of Type Ias but also plan to extend the work to include Type Ib/c supernovae, including GRB supernovae (the physics of Ib/c supernovae is very similar to that of Ias). ... The computations (Monte Carlo radiative transfer code) would all be performed in a batch mode with parallel processors. ...

... Program system PersAY covers the basic types ephemerides published in "Astronomical yearbook" Over the last 10 years the resolutions of IAU [1] have essentially changed theoretical basis ephemeris and also provides possibility to calculate topocentric ephemerides, which it is necessary for observers. ... Ephemerides ­ absolute positions of the Sun, the Moon, the major planets and stars and ephemerides for extragalactic radio-sources and extended on optical area by catalogues HIPPARCOS and FK6. ...

November 2006 Astronotes 1 Candles in the Dark Image Credit: Wikipedia.org By Colin Johnston, Science Communicator Since the mid-ninteenth century astronomers have used the principle of parallax to measure the distance to other stars. ... How then can we tell, for example, that M31, the galaxy in Andromeda, is 2.2 million light years away? It would be straight-forward to tell how far away a star was if it was exactly the same brightness as our own Sun. ...

... Tiny Tim has been used for generating Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) point-spread functions (PSFs) for deconvolution, algorithm testing, proposal planning, and optical studies. ... Tiny Tim is a stand-alone program for simulating HST PSFs as viewed with the on-board imaging cameras (WF/PC-1, WFPC2, FOC, COSTAR/FOC). ... The measured aberrations for FOC f/96, WF/PC-1 PC6, WFPC2, and COSTAR/FOC are used by Tiny Tim . ... Figure: FOC f/96 observed and Tiny Tim model PSFs (pre-COSTAR) at 253 nm. ...

... The most important tool you have to see the universe is not the large light buckets that are proliferating, but rather your eyes. ... Light enters the eye through the cornea, passes across the aqueous humor (the liquid behind the cornea), passes through the pupil and through the lens. ... After passing the lens, the light then crosses the "vitreous Humor" a jelly-like substance that fills the inner eye, and reaches the retina, the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. ...

traxy -- Transform an X,Y position from input to output pixel position using the same conventions as drizzle traxy xin yin . xin = 400 [real] . ... The X dimension of the input image (this is used to determine the centre which is the origin of the transformations). (nyin = 800) [real] . ... So, if an object on an input image at a certain position is drizzled with a given set of parameters then the position of that object on the output can be predicted using traxy with the same parameter values. ...

Star formation is often best manifested by bright H II regions.These are regions of hydrogen which have been ionized by ultraviolet photons which are emitted from massive stars (typically stars more than 20 times the mass of the Sun). ... A narrowband filter image centered on this wavelength will then readily reveal these H II regions and hence the current sites of star formation in a galaxy, The luminous blobs that can be seen here are all H II regions . ... NGC 3558 Visual . NGC 3558 Infrared . ...

... sin f = y / r . cos f = x / r . ... They are now viewed as new definitions of the sine and cosine, for the polar angle f given by x and y ( a slightly different way of formulating this definition is described further below ). ... sin 2 f + cos 2 f = 1 . ... Angle . ... Many trigonometry texts define the sine and cosine slightly differently, using the so-called unit circle . ... Then the distance AB ("the sine line") equals sin a , and the distance OA ("the cosine line") equals cos a . ...

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 . ...

Astronomy Terms - To Help You Study The Universe . Articles | ... Learning about the universe, or the study of astronomy, can be fun for the individual or for the whole family. ... Learning a few simple terms will help you with this fascinating study. ... You will use a telescope or binoculars for your observation of the sky at night. ... Celestial Terms . ... Meteor or a shooting star – the light caused when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | ...

... Another significant contribution to the crystal energy of metals is the electron-ion interaction or the electron bandstructure energy (E BS ) which is defined by the interaction of valence electrons and the Brillouin zone (BZ) planes. ... The program BRIZ has been developed for 3D visualization of Brillouin zone configurations and intersections of BZ planes with a Fermi sphere[4]. ... 1.75 (electrons/atom). ... 4] Degtyareva V.F., Smirnova I.S.: BRIZ: a vizualization program for Brillouin zone ? ...

... Go to This section of the glossary . ... APHELION : The point in a planet's orbit where it is farthest from the sun. ... It melts at 83.95 K, and boils at 87.45 K. Many people don't realize that argon makes up a full 1% of our atmosphere, while carbon dioxide is only a fraction of a percent of our atmosphere. ... COMET: An object moving about the sun in an eccentric orbit and composed of materials which, on warming up near the sun, form a "tail" which always points away from the sun. ...

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Static Fourier spectrometers are often used for spectral measurements of the ionosphere emissions. There are two main advantages of Fourier spectrometers (FS) - large geometric factor and high spectral resolution; these parameters are two orders better than for grating spectral instruments. ... In scanning Fourier spectrometer optical and electric modulation of signal is used to avoid this problem, for static Fourier spectrometer there are no such ways. ...

... Despite new observation methods provided by radar and satellite instrumentation , optical measurements are still important when studying auroras . ... Because of the monochromatic nature of the auroral light, photomultiplier tubes with very narrow band filters were used in the measurements. ... The spectra of the background emissions from atmospheric impurities (clouds, ice crystals, etc.) is rather continuous, and measurements just outside the auroral emission lines are valid for the line itself. ...