Astronomy Picture of the Day . High Energy Stereoscopic System II . ... Image Courtesy: H.E.S.S. Collaboration Explanation: The largest of its kind, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) II telescope stands in the foreground of this photo. ... Now beginning an exploration of the Universe at extreme energies, H.E.S.S. II saw first light on July 26 . ... As the gamma rays impact the upper atmosphere they produce air showers of high-energy particles. ... Publications with words: telescope . ...

Princeton Instruments was incorporated in 1981 and has been building low light systems for its entire history. ... Princeton Instruments uses the latest in computer aided design to engineer the highest performance camera systems possible. ... We work with every major manufacturer of CCD arrays and image intensifiers in the world. ... From early in the company history, Princeton Instruments has offered complete detection systems for many different types of applications. ... Princeton Instruments, Inc. ...

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... Satellite data ] . ... The SCANOR system provides receiving and processing of the Earth-surface pictures made in visible and infra-red bands and transferred by satellites of the NOAA polar orbiter series (in the HRPT mode). ... The SCANOR system includes the desktop receiving device connected to an IBM AT 386 type computer, and the parabolic antenna with the guiding mechanism. The SCANOR system possesses the state-of-art software providing registration and processing of the received data. ...

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... Chapman, R. and Brandt, J.: The Comet Book: A Guide for the Return of Halleys Comet (1984, Jones and Bartlett) ? ... Branley, F.: Comets (1984, T.Y. Crowell) ? good picture book for students in grades K-3. ... Schatz, D.: The Comet Cometh: An Activity Book for the Return of Comet Halley ? ... Glenn, W.: "Halley's Comet Makes a Comeback'' in The Science Teacher Jan. 1984, p. 38. ... To construct a model of an Alien Being that could exist on another planet or satellite in our solar system. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Michael J. Massimino (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . PERSONAL DATA: Born in New York in 1962. ... M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988 . ... A veteran of two space flights, (STS-109 in March 2002 and STS-125 in May 2009) Massimino has logged a total of 571 hours and 47 minutes in space, and a cumulative total of 30 hours and 4 minutes of spacewalking in four spacewalks. ... JULY 2014 ...

... Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis . Electrode polarization measurements . ... TOF-SIMS analysis . Total conductivity, Seebeck coefficient and ion transference number measurements in controlled atmos . High-temperature dilatometry . Processing of ceramic materials, electrode systems and electrochemical cells . Synthesis of solid oxide materials for high-temperature electrochemical applications . ... Analysis of shrinkage processes . ...

. An operating system is the program that controls all the other parts of a computer system - both the hardware and the software. Most importantly, it allows you to make use of the facilities provided by the system. Every computer has an operating system. The UNIX operating system has three important features; a kernel, the shell and a filesystem. The Kernel . The Shell . UNIX file system . More about the UNIX operating system .

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

Establishment and Observation of Space Debris Laser Ranging Zhang Zhongping, Zhang Haifeng, Wu Zhibo, Li Pu, Meng Wendong, Chen Juping, Chen WanZhen Shanghai Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences Contents: Introduction Establishment of laser ranging to space debris system Observation results Summary Introduction Large amount of space debris around the earth currently. ... Laser ranging (LR) is a kind of real-time measuring technology with meter or sub-meter precision for space-debris observation. ...

... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

... To use system calls and library functions in a C program we simply call the appropriate C function (Appendix ). We have already met some system calls when dealing with low level I O - open(), creat(), read(), write() and close() are examples. ... All math functions such as sin(), cos(), sqrt() and random number generators - random(), seed(), lrand48(), drand48() etc. are standard math library functions. NOTE: most standard library functions will use system calls within them. ...

. Have taught over 100 students internationally using Web-based courseware I have authored in the following subjects: . Physics 161: Physics of Energy and the Environment . Physics 162: Alternative and Renewable Energy . Astronomy 121: The Solar System . Astronomy 123: Cosmology and the Origin of Life .

Motif and X-Windows . It is possible to execute a Motif application on a computer around the corner or around the world and redirect the input and output for the application to your workstation. There are files located on the Science Cluster to help you position and display windows from a remote VMS system. ... Copy two command files: . ... From one of the workstation windows, have the remote system execute the x command file and create the display on your workstation by using this command: . ...

... Cost­E#ective System Management Skip Schaller Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Abstract. Quality system management of computer workstations for as­ tronomy can be achieved with relatively small manpower requirements, if the right cost­e#ective administrative design decisions are made. ... The system is designed so that one doesn't depend on four or more hosts, (such as a software server, cpu server, data file server, font server, etc.) to get work done. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Tech Meet 4 . ... Page History | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Design Documentation . ... Preliminary Design Review . ... Return to Tech Meet 4 ( Edit ) . ... May 21, 2010, at 05:16 PM by jsy1001 - . ... Attendees: JSY, MF, ADR, CAH, DFB, EBS, XS, DMAW . ... ADR: Top-down image quality and stability budgets, by component . ... ADR & CAH: Use tolerancing results to assign image quality and stability budgets by component . ... Camera Thermal Control Issues (MF) . ...

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... Skalnatґ Pleso 43, 1 ­ 2, (2014) e Mini-MegaTORTORA ­ multichannel system for wide-field optical monitoring with high temp oral resolution V. Sasyuk1 , G. Beskin2 , S. Karp ov2 , S. Bondar3 , A. Perkov3 , E. Ivanov3 , E. Katkova3 and A. Shearer4 2 Kazan Federal University, Russia Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia 3 Insttitute for Precise Instrumentation, Russia 4 National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Received: November 4, 2013; Accepted: ?? ...

... Contacts . 2008: . Spiral structure of the magnetic field in AO 0953 over a stable spot. A two-dimensional high-altitude structure of the coronal magnetic field, with the power tube extending up the ~0.4 о -wide spiral was observed over a stable spot in the active region AO 0953. The magnetic field of around 600Gs is located at a rather high altitude in the solar corona (up to 25 thousand km). ... Contacts: V.M. Bogod ) . Archive . ...