... AstroAsciiData is a Python module to handle ASCII tables. ... The idea to develop this Python module emerged from the fact that ASCII tables continue to be one of the most popular and widely used data exchange formats in astronomy and probably science in general. ... To load this ASCII table, go into Python, load the AstroAsciiData module and read in the table with: . ... demo = asciidata.open('webexa.txt') . ... Users who only want to work with ASCII tables neeed no further python modules. ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Page Text Variables . Page variables | ... Page text variables are string variables automatically made available through natural page markup or explicitly with page directive markup within the wiki text of the page. ... use a definition list - the normal pmwiki markup for a definition list will create a page text variable . ... This creates a new variable that can be accessed by {$:Name} (becomes: "Crisses") in the page. use a simple colon delimiter in normal text . ...

The Family ASTRO "How-To Manual" . From 2000-2004, we tested and developed many key strategies that our Event Leaders could use to lead successful Astronomy Events with our series of Leader Kits . ... Working with Families . We first envisioned Family ASTRO as a way to expand the ASP's flagship program Project ASTRO? and bring what it was doing in the classroom to the students' families. ... what we now call our "12 Key Ideas for Working with Families." ... From Family ASTRO . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

The ion rocket is another means of providing thrust, more gradually but also more efficiently than a conventional rocket. ... As in the nuclear rocket, the energy which propels the xenon jet comes from a different source; here it is electrical energy from solar cells. The reason an ion rocket is much more efficient than ordinary rockets is the way its jet is produced. ... As with solar sails, solar ion engines are mainly practical in the inner solar system, where ample sunlight is available. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 27 , No. 8, 2007 . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute, 13, University Ave., Moscow 119992, Russia; e-mail: antipin@sai.msu.ru . Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48, Pyatnitskaya Str., ... We present the discovery, photographic and V-band CCD observation of a new High Amplitude Delta Scuti star USNO-A2.0 0975-09853705. ... The photographic and -band CCD phased light curves of the newly discovered High Amplitude Delta Scuti star. ...

This manual describes the details of writing an actor based on twistedActor. ... Thus, to the extent that the underlying hardware controllers support it, an actor based on twistedActor can execute multiple commands at the same time. ... One thing to keep in mind while writing your device code is: which actor commands can the device handle directly? ... Actor contains the list of devices your actor controls and code to execute certain commands called "local commands". ... Execute the command . ...

A A LTEX CLASS FILE FOR ESA PROCEEDINGS Patrick W. Daly1 , A. N. Other1 , and F. Favata 1 2 Max-Planck-Institut fur Aeronomie, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany Ё 2 Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands ABSTRACT Talks presented at an ESA sponsored conference are published by the ESA Publications Division by means of author-produced camera-ready copy. ... Figure 1. ... FIGURES AND TABLES A Figures and tables are inserted with the normal LTEX environments figure and table. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Thursday, February 15th 2001 (and replayed on March 19), the Fox TV network aired a program called ``Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?'', hosted by X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi. ... Dust around the lander . ... However, it appeals to our common sense: when the sky is black here on Earth, we see stars. ... Bad: The program claims that when the top half of the lander took off from the Moon to bring the astronauts back into orbit, there was no flame from the rocket. ...

... Orbits in Space . ... The ion rocket is another means of providing thrust, more gradually but also more efficiently than a conventional rocket. ... As in the nuclear rocket, the energy which propels the xenon jet comes from a different source; here it is electrical energy from solar cells. ... The XIPS ("zips") ion engine developed by the Hughes corporation was tested in the laboratory and then aboard a Russian spacecraft, launched 6 October 1997; it is the one shown on top of this page. ...

Underdetermined sets is a new type of data structures (terms) developed in Actor Prolog . ... The point is that an underdetermined set can include some indefinite rest (a tail) like a list in usual Prolog . At the same time, the order of elements of an underdetermined set can be arbitrary one and it does not affect results of unification of underdetermined sets. Moreover, Actor Prolog guarantees that a rest of an underdetermined set never contains elements that are explicitly given in the set. ...

... Robert L. Stewart (Brigadier General, USA, Ret.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded Army Distinguished Service Medal , Defense Superior Service Medal , 2 Legion of Merit, 4 Distinguished Flying Crossed, a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal , 33 Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, 2 Purple Hearts, the National Defense Service Medal , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Recipient of NASA Space Flight Medal (1984 & 1985). ...

grdedit - Modifying the header in a 2-D grdfile grdedit grdfile [ -A ] [ -D xunit / yunit / zunit / scale / offset / title / remark ] [ -R west / east / south / north [ r ] ] [ -S ] grdedit reads the header information in a binary 2-D grdfile and replaces the information with values provided on the command line [if any]. ... Older gridfiles (i.e., created prior to GMT 3.1) often had excessive slop in x _ inc , y _ inc and an adjustment is necessary. Newer files are created correctly. ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . How to Select the Right Binocular . Meade Sports Optics Support . ... Most commonly, binoculars utilize either porro prisms or roof prism s for this purpose. ... Example: The Meade 8x42mm Waterproof roof prism binocular has a field of view 367 ft. wide for an object 1000 yards distant from the observer, yielding a field of view specification of 367 ft. at 1000 yds. ... Example: Meade 8x21mm Folding Roof Prism. ... Meade Binoculars Instruction Manual . ...

I. Installation . ... AMPLE package distributive (created with program InstallShield for Microsoft Visual C++) has been downloaded on FTP server of IAA RAS as archive Ample.zip. ... Note: If the window "file download" appears, select Open... switch button, then press OK button. ... The shortcut for AMPLE will be linked with this folder, and auxiliary files will be created here during AMPLE work. ... When running AMPLE all auxiliary and new configuration files are created in the WORK folder. ...

The aim of this assignment is to teach you how to carry out a very common programming task: reading in a bunch of data from a text file, doing something with it then writing the results out again. ... The goal of the assignment is to write a computer program which will select this sample for you. You will pick the micro-quasars to observe from a rather large catalogue, which can be found here: The catalogue is an ASCII (text) file - you can inspect it with a normal text editor. ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

The laboratory has developed a fabrication technology of boron/aluminium structural elements that does not involve high-temperature/high-pressure equipment which is usualle very expensive. ... For example, to produce boron/aluminum tubes with longitudinal reinforcement, see Fig.1 for examples, which are characterized in Table 1, we have constructed a simple equipment (Fig.2) based on a commercially available furnace. ... Maximum tube length is 1500 mm, maximum diameter is 75 mm. ... Diameter . ...

... 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. ...

Spacecraft STP Data 1. ... This CD-ROM contains solar flare reports, sunspot numbers and regions histories, total solar irradiance, and solar bursts. ... MAGSAT - 2 discs. ... A Compilation of 1963-1999 Solar Wind Field and Plasma Data, Near Earth and Deep Space - 3 discs. This CD-ROM contains the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and solar wind plasma (SWP) data from several spacecraft which have explored the near-Earth and deep space regions over the last three decades. ...