APO Purchasing and Travel Procedures . If you are staff or a visitor, you are welcome to make purchases or travel requests with prior approval from the Site Operations Manager. ... Vendors . Purchase Requests ( sample ) . ... For ALL methods of APO/SDSS purchasing processed through NMSU or ARC, i.e. petty cash, procurement card, or purchase orders, an e-mail approval must be generated. ... Please submit a purchase request through the Site Operations Manager and a written quote from the vendor. ...

... One of these factors is how the client application uses VDPAU; i.e. the number of surfaces allocated for buffering, order of operations, etc. ... At a bare minimum, the application must allocate one video surface for each reference frame that the stream can use (2 for MPEG or VC-1, a variable stream-dependent number for H.264) plus one surface for the picture currently being decoded. However, if this minimum number of surfaces is used, performance may be poor. ... Performance Levels . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... God and Science ћ SETI ћ Software ћ UFO ћ XEphem . ... Discussion Forums . ... SETI A Great Idea And A Complete Waste . Forum List | ... Post Message | ... SETI is a beautiful idea but it is a complete waste of time and money. ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

Modules | ... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 . ... Other Modules . ... Core Apache HTTP Server features that are always available . ... This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on media type or request method. mod_alias . ... Sends files that contain their own HTTP headers . ... User authentication using MD5 Digest Authentication. mod_authn_alias . ... Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and serving directory index files . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... In the framework of a collaboration between ESO and OAT concerning the development of a data reduction pipeline and the related quality control subsystems software for UVES/VLT, a detailed feasibil­ ity study is being performed on the basis of data extracted from the EMMI/NTT archive. ... Overview It is ESO policy to perform data reduction for VLT instruments in ``pipeline'' mode, either at the observing premises or at headquarters. ... The work has been carried out under ESO Contract No. ...

Each Apache configuration directive is described using a common format that looks like this: . ... This indicates the format of the directive as it would appear in a configuration file. This syntax is extremely directive-specific, and is described in detail in the directive's definition. ... If the directive has a default value ( i.e. , if you omit it from your configuration entirely, the Apache Web server will behave as though you set it to a particular value), it is described here. ...

Armagh Planetarium Events News of events at Armagh Planetarium . ... Education . ... Written by AP_admin on February 29, 2016 in Family Events . ... Over five weeks, the course takes a season by season look at the stars in their constellations and the mythology surrounding them.б We will look at how to spot satellites and planets too. If you want to discover the amazing objects we can all see at night, this is the course for you. ... Stargazing the Night Sky? ... 2016 Armagh Planetarium Events. ...

Months after the event, an excavation crew working in the destroyed enemy Uca Base recovered a portable log recorder near the former site of an enemy pulse laser cannon. ... Only one log entry was recorded. ... I think I'll drop protocol, as the chances of my getting out of here alive and of UAC Central hearing this entry are very remote. ... Welcome to talpoida.wad, my second wad and a continuation of the storyline first presented in uca.wad. ... As far as I know, uca and talpoida are both bug-free. ...

Development and Application of Logical Actors Mathematical Apparatus for Logic Programming of Web Agents Alexei A. Morozov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics RAS Mokhovaya 11, Moscow 125009, Russia AlexeiMorozov@netscape.net, morozov@mail.cplire.ru One of the most interesting and promising approaches to programming Internet agents is logic programming of agents. ... One of the first control strategies was created for the execution of sequential logic programs with logical actors [2]. ...

My colleagues and I have recently completed a series of observations of SN1999an. ... The telescope is located at Martin Observatory in Blacksburg, VA, and is operated by the Physics Department of Virginia Tech. Our IAU Minor Planet Center Observatory Code is 841. ... Attached you will find a copy of one of our images (in .jpg format) with the supernova indicated. ... Virginia Tech Department of Physics . Back to Bright Supernovae . Back to Supernova 1999an . ...

CFITSIO Interface Library CFITSIO is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and writing FITS format data files. ... The CFITSIO library is built on Unix systems by typing: > ./configure [--prefix=/target/installation/path] > make (or 'make shared') > make install (this step is optional) at the operating system prompt. The configure command customizes the Makefile for the particular system, then the `make' command compiles the source files and builds the library. ...

... Telescopes . ... Creation of the distributed net of control (DCN) of the 6 m telescope has been completed, which is based on the use of digital tracking drives and the means of commercial automatization to ensure the real-time processes of control and data acquisition. With changing to DCN, computer diagnostics of the majority of units of the telescope has been implemented, the reliability of its operation in the whole has been increased, its performance characteristics have been improved. ...

OptInt PmWiki : MROI Fast Tip Tilt / Tech Meet 4 . ... Attendees: JSY, MF, ADR, CAH, DFB, EBS, XS, DMAW . ... ADR & CAH: Layout and tolerancing of transmissive optical system . ADR & CAH: Use tolerancing results to assign image quality and stability budgets by component . ... MF: Thermal analysis of camera in box . ... Image Quality and Stability Criteria - Transmissive Systems (ADR) . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIFastTipTilt/TechMeet4) ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... News . Observing . ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... 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 . ... Supernova simulations reveal new processes . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

Mercury Magazine Contents and Select Excerpts . ... Autumn 2009 . ... Complete content for online Mercury is available to ASP members and institutional subscribers . Already a member? ... Laboratory Astrophysics: An Oxymoron No More , Bruce Partridge . Laboratory astrophysics, the branch of astronomy that attempts to replicate astronomical processes in the laboratory, has taken a new path. ... Astronomy in the News . ... Society Scope/ASP New Members . Meet Your New Board Members . ...

Next: RSOG Pre-Observation Products . ... Mission Elements . ... The main mission elements (ME) are: . The RSOG, based at ASC, which is responsible for the science operation of the RadioAstron Mission. ... The Main Ballistic(Navigation) Center (MBC) belonging to Lavochkin Association coordinates preparation and exchange of orbit determination and orbit reconstraction ptoducts. ... Experiment codes of five characters are used in naming GRT related files. ... RSOG . ... Corr (GTS?) ... Corr (RSOG?) ...

MPEC 2010-L25 : 2010 LG14 6/7/10 9:33 AM Printer- friendly version Search MPC/CBAT IAU Minor Planet Center MPC Operations Status Processing (Info) ECS: Accessible Observer Services (NEOs) N N N N N N N EO Services Overview EO Confirmation EO Confirmation (RA order) EO Ratings EO Page EO Observation Planning Aid EOChecker MPEC 2010- L25 : 2010 LG14 The following Minor Planet Electronic Circular may be linked- to from your own Web pages, but must not otherwise be redistributed electronically . ...

... Spirit Pan from Bonneville Crater s Edge . ... 18.03.2004 . ... Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission , JPL , NASA Explanation: Scroll right and follow this breathtaking view of the martian surface from the southern edge of a small crater dubbed Bonneville. NASA's Spirit rover recorded the sharp 180-degree panorama on sols 68 and 69 of its stay on the Red Planet, following the completion of a 300+ meter journey from its landing site within Mars' expansive Gusev Crater region. ... March 2004 . ...