... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... The default value is pointing to the parent directory. ... Link to parent directory $BBC_MAINSITE = ""; => Show no link $BBC_SHOW_CONFIG BBClone defaults to revealing the stats' settings. ... BBC_LANGUAGE = "en"; $BBC_MAXTIME This variable defines the length of an unique visit in seconds. ... BBC_NO_HITS = ""; => Show hits in time stats $BBC_NO_HITS = 1; => Show unique visits in time stats $BBC_IGNORE_IP This option can be used to exclude particular IP addresses or address ranges from counting. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... 50 Greatest Mysteries . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Mercury's great display before dawn . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... October 6, 15:00 15:40 . ... PDF [2.3б MB] October 6, 15:40 16:30 . Warren Skidmore (TMT), Reed Riddle (TMT), Angel Otarola (TMT), Sebastian Els (TMT), Tony Travouillon (TMT), Matthias Schoeck (TMT), R. Dahl (ISIS), D. Naylor (ISIS), R. Querel (ISIS) . The results of the characterization of precipitable water vapor (PWV) in the atmospheric column carried out in the context of identifying potential sites for the deployment of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) are presented. ...

... the data are described accurately enough to allow an unambiguous interpretation of the data, as well as a comprehension of the context in which the data were acquired and/or processed; a single ascii file, named ReadMe , is designed for this role. the data are in a format which allows their usage by tools currently in usage in our discipline -- normally flat ascii files ; other formats can be accepted, but are converted into flat files. ... How to prepare the Data files . ... How to deposit the data...

... 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. ...

... The early science program has been very successful with about 600 separate segments observed of which about 92% were successful. ... In response to AO-1, thirteen Key Science proposals were received from ~200 authors for 1800 hours and were evaluated by the RPEC. ... The RISC strongly urged that the results of the ESP and AO-1 need to be made available (published in refereed journals) as soon as possible which will give credibility to AO-2 proposals. ...

... Meteors and Meteorites . ... By admin August 2, 2011 Posted in: August . 13 August 2009: A perseid flashes through the sky (Image credit: Andreas M†ґller via wikimedia.org) . ... Not all meteors are sporadic events, the regular meteor showers occur when the Earth bulldozes through a great swarm of meteoroids drifting in orbit round the Sun. ... They are at their best in the pre-dawn hours, as the face of the Earth turning towards the Sun catches more meteors as the Earth moves through space. ...

... JOB HUNTING SKILLS AND CAREER RESOURCES WORKSHOP 2. COMET HYAKUTAKE DISPLAY SESSION IN MADISON 3. ... NASA's ASTROPHYSICS THEORY PROGRAM 6. ... JOB HUNTING SKILLS AND CAREER RESOURCES WORKSHOP The AAS is sponsoring a career workshop at the Madison Meeting for Astronomers seeking employment. ... Sign-up by 10 May 1996. ... COMET HYAKUTAKE DISPLAY SESSION IN MADISON A poster session on Comet Hyakutake is being organized by Mike A'Hearn and added to the schedule of the Madison Meeting. ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

SAI VO . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI Web Services . ... This service aims to automatically match stars in FITS image provided with catalogue and add the correct WCS keywords to its FITS header. ... Service Web Interface . ... The service is available here To use it, you has to provide the image as a Base64-encoded string, along with the rough information on image field of view size and center (the latter may be deduced from FITS header keywords like 'RA' and 'DEC'). ...

... This is commonly referred to as CPM (cost per thousand impressions).We pay you a percentage of revenues for the ads that you and your friends view with Harry, based on current CPM rates.You will get 75% of total revenue generated from your viewing.. ... REMEMBER: for every one hour the program on Your screen You'll get paid $0.50. And when You recommend those program to Your friends, reffering to Your personal ID, You'll get paid $0.10 for every hour the program open on Your's friends computer. ...

... Satellite data ] . SMIS ] . The program controls the data acquisition according to the specified schedule of the sessions. ... The calibration of AVHRR instrument data is performed during acquisition . The program can be started in parallel with the satellite pass visualization, that allows the user to monitor a session and store data only relevant to specific regions in manual selection mode. ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

... Capability of space means for the solution of problems of military character . ... Classification and functions of space systems of military purpose(assignment) . ... Ground complex of maintenance of launch and control of space vehicles . ... Capability of space systems of optical reconnaissance . ... Complexes topographical and earthresource shooting on base of "Zenit" space vehicle . ... Space vehicle for optical-electronic reconnaissance . ... System with space vehicle on low-altitude orbits . ...

... Next Routine] [List of Routines] NAME: ADD_HEADER PURPOSE: addition information from FITS-headers MPFS-frames DESCRIPTION: The function computes the total exposure, mean value zenit distance and modified FITS header CALLING SEQUENCE: Result =ADD_HEADER( headers ) CATEGORY: reduction MPFS-data INPUTS: Headers = String array FITS-headers from the MPFS data OUTPUTS: Header = String array containing the header from the FITS file. ... OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD PARAMETERS: BEFORE = Keyword string name. ...

The paper presents the 'Neptune-ME' information display system (IDS) as a spaceman console (SC) of the descent module of the 'Soyuz -TMA' piloted transport spaceship, and the integrated console (IC) of manual control loop for module equipment in the Russian segment of the 'Alpha' international space station. ... to control spaceship systems; . ... An integrated control console (ICC) which is hardware and software compatible with a IBM PC, is suggested as a basic console for the manual control loop. ...

... About ATMoB . ... The Observing Committee is starting an Observing Awards Program to promote observing among the membership of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston. ... Participant must be a current member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston . ... To qualify for your Observing Award Certificate, turn in your worksheet and drawings to an ATMoB Observing Committee member or observing@atmob.org . ... This Excel sheet has useful macros. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

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... Basic Linux . ... PCMCIA . Sound . ... CLEVO 8750 running X Window . ... BIOS: Phoenix (256Kb Flash ROM, PnP 1.0a, APM 1.2, LBA) LCD: TFT 13.3" 1024x768 . ... PCMCIA: GL9382; 2x Type II or 1x Type III PC Card slots (with ZV support) . ... Battery: Ni-Mh or Li-Ion . ... Nor X Window neither PCMCIA worked. ... For CLEVO 8750, I found at least two RRs at which X Window works: 62Hz and 70Hz. ... To enable the mouse when working on console use GPM with "-dev/psaux -t ps2" options. ...

... Russian KOI8 . ... Radio telescopes in cosmology [Russian text PDF ] . ... Excursion at RATAN-600 radio telescope, 1998 (Russian koi8): LaTeX file , gzipped PostScript file (30k) ) . ... Problems of radio astronomical data analysis, 1999 (Russian koi8: html , gzipped PostScript file (950k) ) . Radio galaxies, 1999 (Russian koi8: html , gzipped PostScript file (1012k) ). ... Practice "Selection of distant radio galaxy candidates", 1999 (Russian koi8: gzipped PostScript file (410k) ). ...