... SMIS : Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory . Russia's Weather : State Meteorological Center Weather Forecast . Space Weather service : ACE real time solar wind data and simple geomagnetic activity forecast. ... World Fire Web : Space Research Institute (IKI) node . Sputnik : Joint project of SRC Planeta, Rosgidromet and Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... Today's Space Weather : Presented by the Space Environment Center . ... Back to the Space Research Institute Home Page ...

To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

... The IRAF environment provides three coordinates systems: . physical: image pixel coordinates used in the reference (original) image. logical: image pixel coordinates, relative to the current section and size of the image. ... 22:13:53.7 44:28:53.9 - the usual representation of RA, Dec . ... Logical, physical and world coordinate systems are all supported in the PROS software, and regions can be specified with any combination of them. ... c 22:13:53.7 44:28:53.9 8 . ... physical: 6930 9390 240 . ...

Next: MARK5 and EVLBI Up: Recording Systems. ... These are specified in the SCHED station catalog with the paramters CONTROL , DAR , RECORDER and DISK . The first element is the control system -- what software (and hardware) is used to control the recording system. The options that SCHED can handle for wide band VLBI observations are VLBA and VEX. ... The new control system will initially just control the new data aquisition system and recorder. ...

... Coordinate system . It is necessary to specify the coordinate system for the drilling of plug-plates so that the drilling file (currently named plPlugMap), plate drilling, cartridge, rotator wrap and the rotator itself are compatible. ... The TCC rotator angle (object system) is defined to be 0 degrees for this orientation. ... Thus, the rotator angle gives the conventional astronomical position angle on the sky of the y axis (although Russell won't acknowledge this necessarily). ...

... The Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference is held each year at a different hosting astronomical institution. The conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software and software systems employed in the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data. ... The 26th annual ADASS conference will be held from October 16th to 20th, 2016 at the Stazione Marittima Conference Centre , Trieste, Italy. ...

Next: Time coordinate system (TIMCOORD) Up: Coordinate Definitions used by Previous: Coordinate Definitions used by Contents . The CAL makes use of the following spatial coordinate systems . PIXCOORD0: Telemetry-related CCD pixel coordinate system . ... PIXCOORD1: Node-oriented CCD pixel coordinate system . ... The pixel coordinate system is, thus, node-oriented . ... CAMCOORD1/CAMCOORD2: Camera reference systems . ... Camera unit(s) . alignment of CAMCOORD1/2 axes in PIXCOORD1 frame . ...

... Cycle 20 Phase II Proposal Instructions . HST Phase II Proposal Instructions for Cycle 20 > Chapter 12: Cosmic OriginsSpectrograph (COS) > REFERENCE INFORMATION > 12.17 COS Coordinate System . ... Knowledge of the COS coordinate system relative to the spacecraft coordinate system is necessary to use the POSition TARGet <X-value>,<Y-value> Special Requirement properly. The figure below shows the sense of the U2 and U3 axes relative to the COS apertures. ...

Next: Supernova Explosions Up: No Title Previous: X-ray Luminosity Evolution . The origin of cosmic rays (CR) (especially of very high energies, >  eV) until now has been one of the unsolved problems in modern astrophysics. It is unclear as yet whether one universal mechanism of relativistic particle formation in our Galaxy operates or not, and if there are several different mechanisms, what is their relative contribution to CR formation. ... compact X-ray stars in binary systems. ...

The Equatorial Inertial (GEI) coordinate system: . The X GEI axis is directed to the point of the spring equinox, . The Z GEI axis is coincide with the Earth's rotation axis, . The Y GEI supplements the right three. The Geographic (GEO) coordinate system: . ... The Solar Magnetic (SM) coordinate system: . ... About space physics coordinate transformation see Russel [1971] and Hapgood [1992] . ... M.A. Hapgood , Space physics coordinate transformations: A user guide // Planet Space Sci. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Building CASA . ... Introduction to SCons . I have designed a prototype implementation of a build system for CASA based on the SCons tool. ... This system is experimental and not the official way of building CASA. ... The main version of the code for this build system is contained in a bzr branch, together with the remainder of the CASA system. ... Build: . ... To debug the SCons build process: . ... A prototype build system for CASA using SCons . ...

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

... January 29, 1998 . The Earth-Moon System . Credit: NEAR Spacecraft Team , JHUAPL , NASA . Explanation: This evocative mosaic image of the Earth-Moon system was recorded by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft earlier this month. ... During this recent flyby of the Earth-Moon system , the NEAR spacecraft used Earth's gravity to deflect it towards its ultimate destination, the Asteroid 433 Eros. It is scheduled to arrive at Eros in January 1999. ... About APOD > . ...

. Dedicated to 40th anniversary of the . first artificial Earth satellite launch . Russian (Win) .

... 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. ...

... News . ... International relations . ... Events IX International forum "Optical systems and technologies" . ... 2nd Thematic Scientific Conference - "New developments of optoelectronic and laser systems for aircraft ." ... Optical and opto -electronic devices and systems : methods of designing, manufacturing , testing, research and certification . Computer simulation of optical and opto -electronic systems . ... Computer modeling and design technology of optical and opto -electronic systems ." ...

Next: Marginal nights Up: Special problems Previous: Nonlinearity . If you want to either plan or reduce observations made in your own non-standard system, both the planning and the reduction programs let you declare the system as NONE or OTHER . Use NONE when you want to work entirely in the instrumental system, and OTHER when you want to use a special system of standard stars. ... You can maintain your own files of standard stars for your private system, or for your instrumental system. ...

. ATMOSPHERIC INFLUENCE ON THE DIFFERENT RADIO-ENGINEERING . SYSTEM FUNCTIONING . The calculations of the atmospheric impact on terrestrial and satellite communication links with frequencies above 10 GHz using the ITU-R data bank. The correction of the Earth cover optical images obtained from the satellite/ . The Earth atmospheric influence on the radiowave propagation parameters in wide frequency range (from SLF to UV). Contact e-mail: . Pozhidayev Victor, Ph.D - vic@cplire.ru . © IRE RAS 1996-20 11

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... If you thought our tour of the solar system ended with Neptune and Pluto, you are setting your sights way too low. The planets of the solar system mark time relatively close to the Sun compared to interstellar space. Pluto orbits the Sun at an average distance 40 times that of the Earth, yet the nearest star (the Alpha Centauri system) to the solar system is a mind-numbing 260,000 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

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