... F. A. Primini, and H. E. Payne, eds. Providing Improved WCS Facilities Through the Starlink AST and NDF Libraries D. S. Berry Centre for Astrophysics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancs, UK, PR1 2HE, Email: DSBerry@uclan.ac.uk Abstract. ... Putting it all Together: NDF + AST = WCS The current version of the NDF access library has been modified to include a new standard item, the "WCS" component, which attaches an arbitrary collection of world coordinate systems to the data. ...

... CIMAFITS is the name for the Arecibo FITS-file format. ... This is a list of (fairly) up-to-date documents describing CIMA and CIMAFITS: . The CIMA version history log which is the most up-to-date page listing all changes made to the different versions of CIMA . ... The CIMA user's log which chronologically lists changes made to CIMA that may be relevant to an observer. The CIMA engineering log which lists engineering changes made to CIMA that probably are of less interest to an observer. ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a FITS image header. ... I: "Representations of world coordinates in FITS" , Greisen, E.W. & Calabretta, M.R. (2002), Astronomy & Astrophysics , 395 , 1061-1075. ... This diagram illustrating Bonne's projection with conformal latitude +35 was produced by WCSLIB , a C implementation of the coordinate transformations defined in the FITS WCS papers. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

XmCCD ----- The programs provided here offer a Linux graphical user interface to astronomical and scientific CCD cameras. ... It is the latest one they offer and the files included allow support for Android and Mac OS X. This distribution of XmCCD includes source code to utilize the SBIG shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface. ... The XmCCD source package includes and will install: SAOimage ds9 xpa cfitsio SAOimage is the primary image display for XmCCD. ...

... OOF software . ... Memos . ... Raw data . ... We present a Bayesian approach to calculating the coefficients that convert the outputs of ALMA 183 GHz water-vapour radiometers into estimates of path fluctuations that can be used to correct the observed interferometric visibilities. ... Please note that the files"COPYING" in each of the distribution packages have GPL listed but it is in fact LGPL which applies. ... This is the raw data from the SMA used in the analysis shown in Section 4 of the memo. ...

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... Natalya V. Raguzova and Sergei B. Popov . ... We present a compilative catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries and candidates in the Galaxy and in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This catalogue contains 160 sources and provides information on names and spectral types of optical components, distances, on spin characteristics of neutron stars, and on orbital and X-ray properties of binary systems. ... Be/X-Ray Binaries and candidates in the Galaxy . Galactic sources: comments to the Table 1 . ...

... CoordConv is written in C++ and Python, using SWIG as the C++ wrapper. ... In Python the following will convert an FK5 J2000 position to apparent topocentric coordinates at a specified TAI date: import coordConv taiDate = 4916391905 # TAI date in MJD, seconds site = coordConv . Site (-105.822616, 32.780988, 2788) # Apache Point Observatory 3.5m telescope # For better accuracy you may also specify UT1- TAI and pole wander in site ; # these may be obtained from IERS Bulletin B fk5Sys = ...

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CHAPTER 1: Overview of the HST Archive Archival research is an important component of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) program. ... The science data, along with the accompanying engineering and telemetry data, are archived at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and are available for analysis by interested scientists through the HST Archival Research program. ... The DMF consists of an optical disk archive and a catalog that describes the data. ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

This is a list of astronomical data available on the World Wide Web which I put together for a lecture at the NEON archive school, held at ESO in August 2006, organized by: . ... Mostly) Large Area Surveys and Catalogues , where "large" means covering at least ~ 10% of the sky, although a selection of some smaller-area surveys is also included; . ... The NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) [1.4 GHz] . ... SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys USNO Catalogues . ... ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey Guide Star Catalogues . ...

PROS is a multi-mission x-ray analysis software system designed to run under the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF). The analysis of x-ray data differs from that of other wavelengths due to the nature of x-ray data. ... Programs in PROS are called tasks. Tasks are grouped by function into packages. ... The qpspec task allows users to extract a background corrected spectrum from a QPOE file for use in PROS or for export to other analysis systems. model specification and fitting . ...

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... I would several points which we faced during our everysolved for better quality of individual ACs' and EOP products · There are two main EOP products provided by two IERS Product Centers on Earth Orientation (Earth Orientation Center (EOC) and Rapid Service/ Prediction Center (RSPC)). ... However, the latter is not provided by the IERS. ... ITRF · Using ITRF in computation of EOP series produced by various ACs seems to be a necessary condition to provide the consistency between the IERS products. ...

... The Armagh Observatory web-sites now include a substantial amount of weather and related meteorological information. ... The Observatory web-site is also increasingly making available the results of astronomical observations carried out at Armagh, for example images of meteorological or space-weather events such as aurorae (see star.arm.ac.uk/images/aurora-2003-Oct/ ), and of transient astronomical events such as occultations, eclipses and transits. ...