... The technology needed to implement a Distributed Astronomical Data Archive (DADA) is available today (e.g., Fullton 1993). Query interface standards are needed, however, before the DADA information will be discoverable. ... These parameters would be used to index each dataset in each catalog. ... The technology is available today to perform cross-catalog queries, to fetch the data at the click of a mouse, quickly to add new observation catalogs, and to distribute the load across multiple machines. ...

... Archive for November 2008 . Nov 19th, 2008| 01:34 am | Posted by hlee . ... Category: arXiv , Astro , Cross-Cultural , Frequentist , Methods , News , Quotes , Stat , Uncertainty | Comment . Nov 17th, 2008| 01:39 pm | ... Continue reading ?after ?Thanks to Henrietta Leavitt?? Category: Astro , Bad AstroStat , Data Processing , Methods , Stars , Stat | ... Tags: 2008 , cepheid , CfA , Henrietta Leavitt , Henrietta Swan Leavitt , history , November , period-luminosity , symposium . ...

It has been a busy time farewelling old and welcoming new staff members. ... Debbie has joined us as a cleaner and Lodge assistant, while Eric will work on the antenna drives and other power control systems. ... Millimetre observing during January (summer!) term was restricted to four 12-mm proposals (one of which experienced rain) and various tests. ... During the May term, millimetre observations at Mopra will be jointly run by the ATNF and UNSW, with each allocated six weeks of observing time. ...

... The ESO Library maintains a directory of astronomy librarians and libraries which is available on the World Wide Web. ... The maintainers invite colleagues to submit new names and addresses and, if necessary, to correct existing entries so that the information provided is complete and up-to-date. ... As of April 1998, the directory contained 159 addresses of astronomy librarians and libraries worldwide. ... Figure 2: Address submission form . ... E-mail and World Wide Web addresses are active links....

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 essence of the solution is to generate a virtual PC on your desktop PC and install an old Linux distribution, circa 2006, in that. ... There are two major free virtual machines available for Linux, these are VirtualBox and KVM. ... Boot the virtual machine. ... Install a Linux 2.6 kernel if it isn't installed by default (you'll need to reboot the virtual machine after this step): . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIDelayLine/TrolleySoftware) ...

Electronic access is now available for all ASP Conference Series Volumes. View the current list available on this page or browse the e-Book Access site . You may receive access with the purchase of a hard copy volume from the AstroShop , with an institutional subscription , or e-only purchases of books or articles on the e-Book Access site. ... Vol 1-218 . ... Vol 219+ . ... Purchase the printed volume, which includes free electronic access. ... Vol. ... Print ISBN: 0-937707-53-8 . ...

... Science Users Information > Libraries > LISA Conferences . ... This site provides links to past and future LISA conference pages and proceedings . ... via Program page or directly at http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/ . ... http://eventi.oacn.inaf.it/lisa7/conference/lisa-vii-program/ . ... Print and Electronic Conference Proceedings: . ... Available at http://www.eso.org/sci//php/libraries/lisa/lisa3/proceedings/ and http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/lisa3/ . ...

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference (ADASS) 1997 14 - 17 September 1997 Allgau Stern Hotel, Sonthofen, Germany Limited funds are available to assist attendees who might not otherwise be able to attend ADASS '97. ... E-mail address and fax number 4. ... Type of financial assistance requested - Air fare (from where to where) - Number of nights lodging - Number of days per diem - Waiver of Registration fee, Abstract fee, Computer Demo fee 9. ...

XmCCD ----- This distribution includes source code to utilize the Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface program to control SBIG astronomical CCD cameras. ... The latest SBIG library is available from http://www.sbig.com However, the version included here is known to work with this progr