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There are six possible ways of object description: . a) by number(s) . ... d) by list . e) by orbital elements . ... They should be introduced as year, month, day with tenth (e.g. 20021104.1). d) Computations are performed for all objects listed in the file whose path and name should be introduced into assigned data field. ... On pressing Edit file button user has a possibility to look through the list of object elements or their coordinates and velocities to add or to change it. ...

Teacher checklist for external trips Children 1. Numbers attending 2. Departure time ________________________________________________ 3. ... Parental permission slip signed and returned 8. Parental permission for photographs gained/not gained 9. Arrangements agreed for children with special needs 10. Parent/Guardian contact details obtained (in case of delay, or emergency) 11. ... Emergency contact number for school ____________________________________________________________ ...

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... 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. ...

This is the new output format generator. ... It works as such: The user will ask for format "output:html" with option "style=booklist". ... This is an output format. b) The "output" module's broken out format is the canon format. So the fromcanon and explode routines do nothing but return what they are given. c) The style module will return a single string. ... It takes as input a record in canon format. ... The charset used is canon. 4. bp-output.pl A new format module. ... bp-output.pl | ...

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Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 14 - 20.05.2012, Forecast on 21 - 28.05.2012, Carrington Rotations 2123 2124 (28,19.04; 25,42.05.2012) SUNSPOT ACTIVITY ON LAST WEEK WAS AT HIGH LEVEL ON MAY 14 AFTER WHEN 13.05 ON THE SOLAR VISIBLE DISK THERE WERE AT ONCE 4 SUNSPOT GROUPS, BUT ALREADY FROM 15.01 EVERYTHING RETURNED TO THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ... NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AVERAGE. ... FLARES to tm te c/p local. ...

... 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. ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Could large numbers of black holes account for much of the "dark matter" estimated to exist in our universe? ... NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) No, because the universe never had the raw material to grow enough black holes to account for current estimates of dark matter. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

... After the edit, recompile the kernel and recompile the Apache server then reboot. ... If you're running a really busy BSD Apache server, the following are useful things to do if the system is acting sluggish: . ... Maximum # of processes . ... This machine is a server that handles lots of traffic, # so we crank that value. options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 # mbuf clusters at 4096 # # Misc. options # options CHILD_MAX=512 # maximum number of child processes options OPEN_MAX=512 # maximum fds (breaks RPC svcs)...

The selection of the quietest days (Q-days) and most disturbed days (D-days) of each month is deduced from the Kp indices on the basis of three criteria for each day: . ... In order to indicate such a situation, selected days which do not satisfy certain absolute criteria are marked as follows. ... A selected disturbed day is considered not really disturbed and marked by an asterisk ( * ) if Ap less than 20. ... January 2000 - recent . January 1990 - December 1999 . ...

The Status popup displays useful information about the state of sets, regions, and graphs. ... When the number of sets is less than 30, this button is not needed, use the scroll bars to view the status of the sets that are not shown in the display. ... Operations in the Status popup are performed by clicking on the operation, then clicking on one or more set numbers shown in the display. ... Clicking on Copy followed by clicking on a set number in the scrolled window will select the set to copy from. ...

... A form allowing access to any MPEC is at the bottom of this page. ... Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network MPC @CFA.HARVARD.EDU URL http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/ mpc .html 2010 NJ1 Observations: K10N01J * K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J K10N01J ... C51 WISE. ...

... 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. ...

... 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. ...

Minsk bibliography on light scattering . Search the database . By default the search is made in all sections and one will get a list of references where either paper title, author or journal name contains the keyword. In future we plan to limit search by selected sections. ... Enter a keyword: . ... Sort by first author name Sort by date (oldest first) . ... c) 1990,2001 Victor Babenko (Bibliography compiling) . c) 2001 Serge Beletsky (Design & Programming) . ...

... These are just the bare bones--just three basic ideas and rules for handling relations ("equations") involving unknown quantities whose values you are trying to find. In most calculations you try to find a number . ... To get a solution, one must replace the given equation (or equations) with others, containing the same information but cleaner in appearance. ... If you have an equation and modify both its sides in exactly the same way, what you get is also a valid equation. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

Download Izmccd (~2.7 MB). ... for 1-5 bytes is number of a numbered minor planet, . ... Positions 1-80 file "mpcreportiz.txt" are similar to positions of file "mpcreport.txt". 83-95 – errors of unit weight, . ... If this tag is " 1 0 " , this record contains results of measurements of an image of object (approximation by "PSF"),  . ... 57-66 – error in X (pixels), for first star in a multicentric image, for subsequent it is error in (distance between first star in the image and this), . ...