... Up: Telescope and Instrument Control Systems . Previous: CFH12K: Control Software and Data Handling . ... The MERLIN 1 array is being upgraded with new correlator hardware and improved monitoring, operating and control software. ... The project aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of MERLIN operations by upgrading the real-time correlator control computer and providing new software for aiding astronomical data-quality and array subsystem monitoring. ... Display lag data in real time. ...

Slithead identification (which slithead is installed?) will be sensed and reported by the on-board spectrograph computer. ... Observer's software to handle spectrographic observations will be written by JHU and installed on the Fermilab supplied observatory workstation. ... UW will be responsible for the slithead latch-down control. ... Database computer at APO: The observer's software will query the observatory database for information on the currently installed fiber cartridge. ...

This is a preliminary version of a document which will hopefully evolve into a useful SCIENCE HELP page. This is meant to be an easily accessed directory of science software and data products which are available in the high energy division, primarily those which are maintained by "volunteer" scientists. ... The idea is to make this a cooperative venture - this document can be edited by anyone on the HEAD network (/proj/qedros2/QEDT/www/Science_guide/science_guide.html). ... LOCATION: /soft/ciao . ...

... Select the M th largest element from an array. ... The technique is exactly the one used by experien cards: Pick out the second card and put it in order with out the third card and insert it into the sequence among the last card has been picked out and inserted. be used only for small N , ced card players to sort their respect to the first; then pick the first two; and so on until void piksrt(int n, float arr []) Sorts an array arr [1..n] into ascending numerical order , by straight ...

Vertex Contract in Hindsight Computer driven control system design philosphy A contract for a complex software-driven system should include: 1. ... A complicated system should contain its own development system, i.e. it should be possible to program and reprogram the system from its own operating console or terminal. ... A general and flexible approach for our pointing system would be to have all the sensors and effectors connected to an upstairs unit that is driven by a fast Ethernet connection. ...

... Applying the Lessons Learned from HST Operations to New Missions" , presented at SPIE's International Symposium Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation . ... Portable Astronomical Scheduling Tools" presented at the ADASS V Conference . A System for Long-Term Scheduling of Ground-Based Observatories" ( html , postscript ) presented at the Conference on New Observing Modes My technical papers, as well as those by STScI colleagues are available on-line. ... Spike planning and scheduling system . ...

... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

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 . ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

... This program will be a part of AATM-0.06 examples when this version is released. ... Comments regarding this example welcome at: // Bojan Nikolic b.nikolic@mrao.cam.ac.uk // # include string # include vector # include iostream # include fstream // Unfortunately the using statement below is required because of poor // desgin of the header files using namespace std ; # include ATMRefractiveIndexProfile.h # include ATMPercent.h # include ATMPressure.h # ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... They also provide consulting services in the general area of scientific data acquisition and visualization. ... Listed Since February 16, 1999 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

The program below provides a simple example of the use of GIPSY's event-handling and graphical user interface facilities. ... the latter case you will see that an error message is displayed near the field in which the error was made. /* example1.c -XT */ # include stddef.h # include gipsyc.h # include cmain.h # include init.h # include finis.h # include userfio.h # include ggi.h /* * Keyword handler for QUIT= */ static void quit(ident id, char * key , int code, ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Fees . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Site . ... Telescope Aperture / Mount . ... 20,000 . ... Meade 20-inch MAX on MAX Mount . ... Housing in our automatic observatory at our site near Sonoita, Arizona . ... Telescope (you provide the telescope, mount, control computer, cables, etc.) ... Long distance telephone charges for calls initiated by your computer or staff on Winer telephones . ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Korolev, Moscow Region . S.P.Korolev RSC Energia hosted training sessions under the crew-training program for Expedition Twenty to the International Space Station (ISS-20). The list of subjects covered by the Corporation specialists in the training sessions with Russian cosmonauts R.Romanenko and his backup D.Kondratiev included: . ... operating Zveno-B equipment, . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Diamond's Stealth 64 Video VRAM is the perfect choice for graphics and video performance. ... The Diamond Stealth 64 Video continues our award-winning tradition, delivering the best price / performance multimedia accelerators available. ... 64-bit graphics performance . ... Designed around a solid 64-bit graphics engine, the Stealth 64 Video VRAM provides unparalleled performance in any environment. ... The Stealth 64 Video VRAM includes hardware to accelerate video playback on the Windows desktop. ...

... Managing Selections . ... Supplying the selection is a bit more complicated. ... When this target is requested, a string representation of the time is returned. #include stdlib.h #include gtk/gtk.h #include time .h GtkWidget * selection_button ; GtkWidget * selection_widget ; /* Callback when the user toggles the selection */ void selection _toggled( GtkWidget * widget , gint * have_selection ) { if (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON ( widget )- active) { * have_selection = gtk_ ...

... This page includes download links to all the videos as well as some plugins you may need to view the videos on your computer. ... Click on a link to view the video, or right-click (PC)/control-click (Mac) the link to download the file to your computer. ... Videos Plugins: . You will need the most up-to-date video-playing software on your computer. ... Sharing the Universe is based upon work supported by the Informal Education Division of the National Science Foundation under Grant no DRL-0638873. ...

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). ...

XmCCD uses Motif for its graphical user interface. ... Most Linux distributions include Motif, but it may be built from source easily. ... XmCCD for SBIG would not have been possible without the universal driver libraries from SBIG . We have included a copy of an archival SBIG Linux Software Development package with the XmCCD source, other useful links are available from SBIG's Support page accessible here . SBIG homepage . ... Images are stored as Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) files. ...