... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

The preferred way to document an SAS package is via LaTeX. If you created the package directory structure with the SAS package maker pkgmaker , a subdirectory called doc will have been created with partially filled out LaTeX templates. ... Also, the new structure is seamlessly integrated in the overall SAS make file mechanism so that it becomes possible to generate HTML or PostScript documentation for the whole SAS. ... The BibTeX file is called sas.bib and is pat of the package sas . ...

... There are compelling reasons for the pulsar community to utilise a standard data storage format. For example, standardisation of file formats significantly decreases the amount of effort required to integrate new instruments into the analysis chain. ... Accordingly, we have defined PSRFITS as a standard FITS-based format for pulsar data files. ... For example, the first line of Processing History HDU contains information about the data acquisition program and the initial structure of the file. ...

... 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 . ...

Each file type known to SAOtng can have user-defined analysis commands associated with it. ... A help line describing the file types . ... For example, the default analysis file currently contains the following: # # Analysis command descriptions: # help # file templates # file types # analysis command line counts -- number of events in region (no background) *.qp *.imh QPOE IMH uiraf '${xraybin}'/x_xspatial.e imcnts source='${filename}' region=$sregion bkgd=0 table=NONE | ...

... We present a proposed standard for data dictionaries associated with catalogs being accessed through the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Mosaic Catalog Service. Each catalog made available for searching must have a data dictionary, which consists of a set of specified keywords describing format, content and location of data. ... There are two keywords in the Table Data Dictionary which indicate to the server software that the corresponding column contains special attributes. ...

Next: Reduction procedure Up: Extinction and transformation Previous: Strategy . Standard stars can be included in the extinction solution, if one is careful. The problem is that there are usually appreciable ``conformity errors'' due to mismatch between the instrumental and the standard passbands [ 16 ]. ... Thus, it is wrong to assume that the transformation between the instrumental system and the standard system is exact, even if there were no measurement error in either system [ 1 ]. ...

... Purpose: The purpose of this program is to monitor the sensitivity, wavelength and detector calibrations of Side 2. Description: Four times per year (twice in Cycle 6) the following observations will be done: . ... SENSITIVITY MONITORING . ... Fraction of GO Programs Supported: All GHRS programs using gratings G160M (19%), G200M (7%), and G270M (15%). ... Observation: Internal-16 orbits (8 orbits for each of the 2 executions. Note: the internal orbits are full orbits). ...

Next: Program parameters Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Description of program searchdup . The program searchdup searches a catalog file for sources observed multiple times. It produces a file that can be plotted with a standard plotting utility (e.g. smongo), or a new catalog file in the same format of the input one, with just one record per independent source. ...