... 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 . ...

Info on software packages that i may have messed with: . ... livedata . predict : satellite prediction software . ... share/megs/phil/x101/fftw/ . ... share/megs/phil/x101/fftw/idl . ... Neither of these will work with the zoa data. /share/megs/phil/predict . ... Idl routines to access predict is in /pkg/rsi/local/libao/phil/sat . ... Gives the az, za, time and ra,dec of the satellites. /share/megs/phil/x101/sigproc/sigproc . ... share/megs/phil/svn/pdev/pdev/psrfits/sigproc/ . ... home_~phil ...

This library currently provides subroutines used to transform theoretical spectra to intermediate and broad-band photometric indices. ... Typical tasks are the response functions and transmission curves for various filters, mirrors and photomultiplier windows. ... The response is zero outside the given wavelength range. ... real . input . Wavelength in nanometres . PHOT_1P21 . ... PHOT_AIR . ... PHOT_ALUM . ... Inputs must be valid as for PHOT_FILTER, PHOT_AIR, PHOT_ALUM and PHOT_1P21. ...

The software package ERA (Ephemerides for Research in Astronomy) is a problem-oriented software system for solving heterogeneous calculating tasks of Ephemeris and Dynamical Astronomy. The package makes it possible to produce ephemeris calculations needed for both planning various observational programs and processing the resulting observations. ... The system includes packages of processing the position observations by both the Least Squares Method and by Kalman filtering. ...

This module provides for forensic logging of the requests made to the server . ... Logging is done before and after processing a request, so the forensic log contains two log lines for each request. ... Module: mod_log_forensic . ... Each log entry is assigned unique ID which can be associated with the request using the normal CustomLog directive. mod_log_forensic creates a token called forensic-id , which can be added to the transfer log using the %{forensic-id}n format string. ...

This service contributes to the International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) of the IAGA . ... The Kp numbers of the previous month are available in tabular format . ... There are available also historical and current Kp and derived indices per anonoymos FTP (see below). ... U.S.A. FTP server: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/GEOMAGNETIC_DATA/INDICES/KP_AP/ . monthly update) . ... contains the monthly Kp / ap tables in a simple text format readable for both humans and computers (*.tab). ...

... October 6, 09:00 09:40 . Jorge Melnick (ESO) . ... We present a statistical and temporal analysis of the ground meteorological properties recorded at the five selected sites for hosting the European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT). ... Marc Sarazin (ESO) . The organization and development of the E-ELT site testing campaign by ESO are described. ... The E-ELT Site Testing activities in northern Chile and Argentina are reviewed, and pioneering explorative campaigns are illustrated. ...

... SAI CAS . ... Catalog Access Services . ... This site is about the Virtual Observatory project at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University ( SAI MSU ). We provide a public access to the growing set of astronomical services developed by the SAI RVO development team in accordance with the Virtual Observatory standards. ... We provide access (programmatic and interactive) to the all major and biggest astronomical catalogs (about 4 billions objects total) as well as other web-services. ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

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. ...

... a utility program that enables the user to interact with the UNIX operating system. Commands entered by the user are passed by the shell to the operating system which carries them out. ... The user may select which one they wish to use. a character at the start of the command line which indicates that the shell is ready to receive your commands. ... This is assumed to be the keyboard unless input is redirected or piped from a file or another command. the destination for information from a command. ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Laboratory practical training on the structural analysis for 3rd year students of the Solid State Physics Chair of MIPT . ... X-ray diffraction methods in materials research . Debye method: determination of lattice parameters, identification of crystal phases . ... X-ray phase analysis: computer processing of X-ray diffraction spectra, identification of crystal phases using ICDD database . ... X-ray powder diffraction: qualitative phase analysis. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . IPAC exists to carry out large, data-intensive processing tasks of critical importance to NASA's infrared astronomy program, and to provide scientific expertise on those projects to the astronomical community. ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... The reduction system of observations FADPS (description in Russian) (Flexible Astronomical Data Processing System) for data of wide-band receivers of the first observation cabin of the radio telescope RATAN-600 had been created under the Unix-like operational system DEMOS for computers of the SM-1420-type (PDP/11) in 1987 for observation analysis and estimates of coordinates and flux densities of radio sources. ... FADPS: flexible astronomical data processing system at RATAN-600 in UNIX environment....

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corp. ... Software Downloads . ... Envisage Version 7.09 (released 9/9/10) . Envisage Version 7.09 is Meade's DSI camera control software. This latest version fixes several bugs with the previous 7.08x software and continues to support the DSI line of cameras on the following platform: . ... Copyright 2008 Meade Instruments Corp., ...

A computer controlled low light photometer for nightglow observations. Hardware units of portable photometer for low light measurements, especially night glow emission is described. ... Interface card contain three channels of 24 bit counter, 4 channels of 12 bit ADC and the buffer bus for the controlled motors of the altazimuthal fork mounting and filters wheel, the position encoders. ... Where N( ) is output signal photometer generated input light flux F( l ) . ... PMT # . 599 . ...

Databases (NSDC) of the Natural Planetary Satellites. ... NSDC: Database of astrometric observations of Natural Planetary Satellites . ... They are thoroughly looking for observations in different sources, creating their owndatabases which are then mostly inaccessible to other researchers. ... In the file "content" with explications, the reference is given to the data source as well as the bibliographic reference. ... Data sources. ... Why a specific bibliographic database for Natural satellites? ...

SINCom - the new program package for combined processing of space geodetic observations O. Brattseva, I. Gayazov, S. Kurdubov, V. Suvorkin IAA RAS, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, ipa@ipa.nw.ru The SINCom software package is developed for combined processing of different space geodesy observations. ... Header line) +(BLOCK TITLE) .. ... Further iterative improvement of satellite orbit parameters is also possible - single-technique combination ("horizontal" scheme) of daily solutions. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

... The material in "From Stargazers to Starships" meets several important requirements of the national standards. Pages cited below are from National Science Education Standards National Academy Press, Washington 1995. ... For example: the sections on astronomy not only describe calendars and sundials (including their construction), but also the astronomy of the ancient Greeks, including two different ways in which ancient Greeks estimated the distance to the Moon. ...