Next: UV Data Sets Up: Miriad Subroutine Library Previous: Text I/O . Miriad makes few distinctions between what some systems (e.g. GIPSY, AIPS and FITS) call ``data'' and ``header''. Instead a data ``file'' (usually called a data set in this document) consists of a collection of items. ... The following sections describe routines that in some way package together several calls to the lower level i/o routines. Their first argument is a ``handle'' returned by one of the open routines. ...

... epchain (epchain-8.60.1) [?? ... The epchain task chains and loops over all first-level EPIC PN tasks to produce an event list ready to be exported as a PPS product. The epchain script is executed with a number of command line input parameters (arguments to the script). ... Input files corresponding to the specified readout mode, CCD and exposure number are searched for in the given ODF directory. ... Badpixfind files (created by badpixfind and to be used by badpix ) will be placed in badpixset . ...

... commands . scl . ... echo on | off : echo input commands to "stdout" . end : exit program . exit : exit program . ... Valid parameter groups are currently: meth, cont, data, slv, syn, gen, macro, all define <macro_name> : define a macro . The macro is defined by additional commands on the same and subsequent input lines up to the next "end" statement. For example: define my_fit; slv_teff1 25.0 1.0; solve; end run >macro_name< : run a previously defined macro . ...

... Consequently, it is inappropriate to expand and in ordinary spherical harmonics. The proper expansion expresses both and simultaneously in terms of a particular order of generalized spherical harmonics. ... Generalized spherical harmonics start at , and for each , . ... Generalized spherical harmonics obey a sum rule analogous to a familiar one for ordinary spherical harmonics, but it includes an explicit phase factor which depends on the orientation of the two lines of sight. ...

... This chapter describes the PEPSYS package for general photometric reductions. The function of photometric reductions is to measure and remove, so far as possible, the instrumental signature from the data. ... The package contains two main parts: a planning program and a reduction program. The planning program interacts with the user to find out the goals of the observing program, and then produces a schedule of the observations needed to meet those goals efficiently. ... ASCII source files . ...

... IAU XXVIII General Assembly: Special Session #13 . ... Missions . ... IAU Sp. ... The search for, discovery of, and characterization of planets around other stars has led to a complete revitalization of stellar astrophysics. ... Just as important, those searches for weak signals from the planet-hosting star have produced a rich dataset of observations of the stars themselves. ... The time-series observations from these missions and projects can be examined in many ways to gain insight into stars. ...

General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...

Next: Photometry Up: Regions and Source Parameters Previous: *imcnts* - Find counts . This task (developed for use with optical images, but also useful with x-ray data) will quickly compute location, size, ellipticity, and position angle of sources. ... User can generate contour plots of any portion of the image and count rates in slices through the image. The program is advertised as ``quick [optical] photometry''. input file: rp110590_im1.imh . output file: logfile . ... Photometry . ...

. Telescope parameters (Coordinates, Reflector Info, Performance, etc.) . Current Receiver Status . Arecibo New Users' Guide (astronomy) . Arecibo Airglow and Lidar Instrumentation . Telescope Monitor and Control Software . Miscellaneous Facts . Last updated: Monday, 02-Nov-2009 09:46:52 AST . R. Minchin