fitshdr - FITS-file headers manipulation tool fitshdr [options] [FITSfile_name] . ... fitshdr [options] --edit FITSfile_name . ... If You want to modify headers of FITSFILE using new FITS-header lines from HEADER file (or from stdin), You have to use this option (You can skip this option, if -H or --header option is used). ... Empty header lines are not displayed (in 'dump' mode only). --line-offsets . ... In 'dump' mode: file offset will be displayed for each header line. --no-line-offsets . ...

The participants have to be familiarized in advance with the site of the round during the daytime in the case the round (part of the round) organized during the night. In the case the round have a task with a telescope (except for observations with the already adjusted and guided telescope) every participant has to be familiarized with that actual telescope, on which one the participant will work during the round . ... APAO 2005 Irkutsk , IAO 2006 Bombay, APAO 2006 Vladivostok, IAO 2007 Crimea, . ...

... From the top-level of the Apache source tree, type: cd support [ENTER] . ... From support/suexec.h /* * HTTPD_USER -- Define as the username under which Apache normally * runs. ... See the suEXEC documentation for more detailed * information. */ #define USERDIR_SUFFIX "public_html" /* * LOG_EXEC -- Define this as a filename if you want all suEXEC * transactions and errors logged for auditing and * debugging purposes. */ #define LOG_EXEC "/usr/local/apache/logs/cgi.log" /* Need me? ...

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time . THE CHANGING UNIVERSE: EVOLUTION HAPPENS! . b) Changes in Stars . One of the great discoveries of modern science is that stars (like people) live only a measurable life-time and then die. Although the lives of the stars are enormously longer than the span of a human life, we can learn about the life story of the stars by studying them at many different stages in their life cycle, from birth to death. ...

This is a beta version under development. ... Now primarily for Apogee cameras, XmCCD was developed initially for SBIG cameras and legacy support for them is still included in this version. SBIG ==== SBIG has provided the library used here. It is the latest one they offer and the files included allow support for Android and Mac OS X. This distribution of XmCCD includes source code to utilize the SBIG shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface. ...

NIST Spetial Publication 500-220 . Guide on Open System Environment (OSE) Procurements . ... An Open System Environment encompasses the functionality needed to provide interoperability, portability, and scalability of computerized applications across networks of heterogeneous, multi-vendor hardware/software/communications platforms. ... The Open System Environment concept has become ubiquitous throughout both the public and private sectors. ... ACQUIRING AN OPEN SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT 11 . ...

... Documentation for the Python objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each package, module, and class. The API documentation also includes two pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees page, and an index page. ... A description of the package. ... A summary of the classes defined by the package. ... The module contents frame contains a list of every submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a module or package. ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

... To help answer this, scientists instructed the robot spacecraft Galileo to take hourly pictures of this moon of Jupiter prior to its most recent encounter. The most obvious changes in Io are due to the changing amount of sunlight reflected from the moon to the spacecraft. X-Ray Earth . ... Dark Bok Globules in IC 2944 . ... The dark spots in the above picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule. ... CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule . ...

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... The nodes defined by the specified region and lattice spacing will be set equal to one of three possible values depending on whether the node is outside, on the polygon perimeter, or inside the polygon. ... The xy-files simply represent data point locations and the mask is set to the inside or outside value depending on whether a node is within a maximum distance from the nearest data point. ... Default is grid registration]. ... S Set nodes depending on their distance from the nearest data point. ...

АНОНС НАУЧНЫХ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЙ 1998-99 гг. ... An AAS Electronic Announcement Dear Colleague: NASA has approved development of a Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) for installation in the HST on the 2002 Servicing Mission. A Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC) is being established to ensure that the broad interests of the scientific community are represented in the development of WFC3. The primary task of the SOC will be to advise the HST Project and STScI in all areas of scientific performance of WFC3. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

... I would several points which we faced during our everysolved for better quality of individual ACs' and EOP products · There are two main EOP products provided by two IERS Product Centers on Earth Orientation (Earth Orientation Center (EOC) and Rapid Service/ Prediction Center (RSPC)). ... However, the latter is not provided by the IERS. ... ITRF · Using ITRF in computation of EOP series produced by various ACs seems to be a necessary condition to provide the consistency between the IERS products. ...

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Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Distributed Searching of Astronomical Databases with Pizazz K. Gamiel, R. McGrath and R. Plante National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 Abstract. ... In such a model, one would build a distributed searching gateway that would o#er a single user interface, but would map the user's query to each and every original data source in its native protocol and interaction style. ...

... Space Contents 1-2 YEAR 3-4 MONTH 5-6 DAY 7-8 BLANK 9-12 N (THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE aa DAILY VALUE ) 13-15 BLANK 16-19 S (THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE aa DAILY VALUE ) 20-22 BLANK 23-26 M1 (HALF DAILY VALUE OF aa INDICES FOR THE GREENWICH DAY ) 27-29 BLANK 30-33 M2 (SECOND HALF DAILY VALUE OF aa INDICES FOR GREENWICH DAY ) 34-36 BLANK 37-38 CC_OR_K (QUIET DAYS CLASSIFICATION) 39-41 MONTHLY MEAN DATA: Loacated after the last day of the month. ...

... Some changes concerning conference fee and social program were caused by financial instability. The Conference Fee is deducted to 200 Euro for foreign participants and includes issue of Official Invitation Letter approved by Russian Emigration Authorities, coffee-breaks and abstract and program books. The reduced Conference Fee is deducted to 1500 Russian rubles for participants from Russia and includes coffee-breaks and abstract and program books. ...

... Astronomy for Kids . ... Astronomy 101 . ... Astronomy Day . ... Astronomy and astrophysics rely heavily on computer modeling, but being neither a physicist nor computer scientist, I cannot relate to the term "computer model." What is such a model, and how do scientists build one? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Finescale Modeler | ... Model Railroader | Model Railroader Video Plus | ...

... The ideas of Dark Matter and Dark Energy are certainly revolutionary. ... What is Dark Energy? ... The galaxies are much more massive than expected and consist of matter we can detect and something else we can't see i.e. Dark Matter. ... How does Dark Energy fit into the evolution of the universe? ... The mutual gravitational attraction between this matter slows the rate of expansion · Once the universe is beyond a certain size Dark Energy, which is a repulsive force, forces galaxies apart. ...