SAI VO . ... SAI CAS . ... Web Services . Catalog Access Services . ... SAI VO Wiki . ... Program Access . SAI CAS Wiki . SAI Web Services . ... DSS Mirror . ... We provide an implementation of IVOA standard Simple Image Access Protocol interface to our DSS mirror. Service metadata is available here . Currently, we provide the atlas service only, which returns the list of original DSS images intersecting the requested sky area. ... SAI MSU | ...

... source code A class to hold all the information from a NIFS-produced data cube. ... Returns the data content of scidata as a numpy array. source code . ... Returns a spectrum from the specified spaxel, over the designated wavelength or velocity range. source code . ... source code Returns the data content of scidata as a numpy array. ... The fitscube instance is updated in-situ. source code Returns a spectrum from the specified spaxel, over the designated wavelength or velocity range. ...

... IRAF Multiple Extensions FITS (MEF) Files Interface Nelson Zarate National Optical Astronomy Observatories Tucson, AZ 85719 (zarate@noao.edu) Abstract. ... If there are no values to match then `extver' should be INDEFL. 3.2. mef rdhdr gn (mef,group) Read extension number `group'. ... The header should have been read by now. mefo The output file MEF pointer returned by mef open. 4.2. mef copy extn (mefi, mefo, group) Copy a FITS extension given by its number `group' into an output file. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... The length of the shadow depends on the height of an object (like a mountain or a human) and how high up the Sun is. ... We can calculate the length of the shadow if we know the Sun's angle above the horizon and the object's height. ... The Earth spins 360 degrees in 24 hours, which means it spins 1 degree in 4 minutes; that in turn means the Sun moves 1 degree every 4 minutes in the sky. ...

PRESS-RELEASE . about the return of the ISS-13 and VC-11 crews to the Earth . The Soyuz TMA-8 descent module returned to ground the Expedition 13 crew of the International Space Station (ISS-13) consisting of Pavel Vinogradov (commander, S.P.Korolev RSC Energia test cosmonaut), and Jeffry Williams (flight engineer, NASA astronaut). ... The spacecraft descent was carried out in the nominal automatic control mode. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

SUBROUTINE TAP_ESYMB ( IZ, SYMBOL, STATUS ) . Return the element symbol. SUBROUTINE TAP_ENAME ( IZ, NAME, STATUS ) . ... FUNCTION TAP_EMASS ( IZ ) . Return the mean atomic weight of an element. FUNCTION TAP_ZELEM ( NAME ) . ... FUNCTION TAP_AELEM ( NAME ) . ... The mean atomic weight of the element associated with the given name is ! ... The element name associated with the given atomic number is ! ... The atomic number ot element associated with the given name is ! ...

... Get Object Information Returns: <string># Returns a string containing the current target object's name and object type. ... Returns: Nothing. ... LX200GPS AutoStar ­ Performs no function Select deep sky Library where D specifices 0 - Objects CNGC / NGC in Autostar LX200GPS 1 - Objects IC 2 ­ UGC 3 ­ Caldwell (Autostar LX200GPS ) 4 ­ Arp (LX200 GPS) 5 ­ Abell (LX200 GPS) Returns : 1 Catalog available 0 Catalog Not found LX200GPS AutoStar ­ Performs no function always ...

... 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. ...

... ISC Kosmotras . ... Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... Being the 8th commercial launch for Dnepr, this is also its first 'return to flight' mission since the failure encountered on July 27, 2006 during liftoff from Baikonur. In parallel with the successful completion of its first launch campaign in 2007, ISC Kosmotras continues preparations for the next two Dnepr launch missions scheduled to fly from Baikonur and Yasny launch bases. ... Dnepr Program . ...

... James S. Voss (Colonel, USA, Ret.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1987, Voss completed a one-year training and evaluation program in August 1988, which qualified him for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flights. ... As a member of the second crew to live on ISS, Voss served aboard the space station for a total of 163 days and returned to earth with the STS-105 crew on August 22, 2001. ... OCTOBER 2005 ...

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Crews of the Space Station "Mir" . ... First main crew on the Station Mir. ... Soyuz TM-2" . ... Second main crew on the Station Mir. ... Third main crew on the Station Mir. ... Fifth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Sixth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Tenth main crew on the Station Mir (175 days). ... Twelfth main crew on the Station Mir. ... Thirteenth main crew on the Station Mir (179 days). ... Copyrigth ї The People's Charity Foundation for the Preservation of the Space Station "Mir", 1999 . ...

... A. A. Berezhnoy1,2, N. Hasebe1, M. Kobayashi1, G. Michael3 and N. Yamashita1 1Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 2Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia 3German Aerospace Center, Institute for planetary research, Berlin, Germany Abstract: The quality of Lunar Prospector measurements of elemental composition of the lunar surface is checked by comparison between remote sensing and returned sample collection data sets. ...

Next: Acknowledgements Up: World Wide Web version Previous: Page contents . ... Part of the table and a cartoon figure of the track calculated for the default set of the initial parameters are shown in Fig. 1 and 2. In the future, we intend to made available calculations of a large number of binary systems assuming different intial distributions, chemical composition, etc., to construct a "Galaxy at will", as well as various interface facilities. ... Fri Jun 21 19:17:07 MSD 1996 ...

October 14, 2002 (Monday) David Jackson, Rutherford Appleton Lab, UK . ... Fall 2000 . ... The resolution obtained is compared with the starting point, based on an optical survey, and is shown to achieve the design performance. 4:00 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . return to top . ... Amplitude analysis of the D + , D s + decays to KK p and D 0 decay to K s KK are presented using the data collected by Fermilab High Energy Photoproduction Experiment E831(FOCUS). 2:30 pm, 472 Willamette Hall . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Observing . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... MAVEN spacecraft returns first Mars observations . ... NASA s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has obtained its first observations of the extended upper atmosphere surrounding Mars. ... MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

Since the days of Sputnik and Explorer 1, thousands of spacecraft have gone into space, some of them carrying human passengers. The first person to orbit the Earth was the Russian Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The first American to do so was John Glenn, who completed three orbits on February 20, 1962; more than 26 years later, at age 77, Glenn returned to space aboard the space shuttle. ... in orbit. ... Manned satellites include various " space stations " intended for long-term residence. ...

News archieve . ... The YSC congratulates you with New Year! ... The representatives of the YSC made a presentation there and video presentation as a workshop report as well. ... We suggest you taking part in our annual summer students workshop "Space development: theory and practice." ... 26 July, 2006, Wednesday . ... The 9th International Students Workshop "Space development: theory and practice" was carryed out by Youth Space Center (BMSTU) with the support of the Russian Federal Space Agency. ...

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