... Operations of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) require the creation of stable and efficient observation schedules in an environment where inputs to the plan can change daily. ... The long term scheduler, the main focus of this paper, provides approximate 4-8 week plan windows for observations. ... The long term scheduler as implemented within the Spike software system provides support for achieving stable observations schedules. ...

... 09.11.2007 (VNY) Fixed a bug that could result in a crash of the task when processing crowded fields (SSC-SPR-3700); Restoring the omgsource flag when extracting the target spectrum: in the case when omgrism is called from the interactive tool omgsource the target spectrum shouldn't be extracted (fixing the SSC-SPR-3702); Added a parameter enabling the output of an additional region file that contains newly detected point-like sources (zero-order features); . ...

... VLBI Schedule . LBA Home Page . ... LBA Correlation . ... Observers Wiki . ... Main / . ... 8:15-8:30 Coffee and tea . ... Access to Tid and need for fast network . ... Chris . ... Access to Tid . ... Access to Tid and need for fast networking (Ed) 10min . LBA proposals and block scheduling (Phil Edwards) 30min . ... Observing issues (Chris) 30min . ... PI Support (Chris) 30min . ... Improved Access to Tid (Phil) 30min . ... Improving LBA (Chris) 60min . ... Tid network upgrade (30min) . ...

... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Facilities > La Silla Science Operations . ... La Silla News . ... Internal Pages . La Silla Science Operations Department (LSO) is part of the La Silla Paranal Observatory and is in charge of the operations of the telescopes on La Silla. ... In the La Silla Science Operation pages, you should find all the information you need for your observations from the time you have an idea of observations until when you finish processing your 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. ...

... An error involving a missing tasks parameter indicates that the parameter file may have changed between the last time the task was used and the current version. ... If still in trouble, delete the parameter file in `myiraf/uparm' corresponding to the task (the names are somewhat contrived, but with a bit of imagination it is not too difficult to identify the right one). ... The imcnts task and region masks . ... A region descriptor of the kind: . CIRCLE(403, 403, 22.5) . ... See `help regions'.) ...

Contact Russet McMillan (primary) or your Observing Specialists (secondary) for additional information. Contact Jack Dembicky for web page errors, corrections, ommisions, or additions. This page last updated: July 6, 2004 - JMD . This page last checked: September 14, 2003 - JMD . Configuring TUI to use the Echelle . Setting up the Echelle exposure parameters . Taking your Calibration lamps . ... Setting up multiple exposures . ... Stopping an exposure (discarding data) . ...

Next: Mass change Up: Evolutionary Scenarios of Binary Previous: Stellar Winds From Normal . As mentioned earlier, the duration of the binary evolutionary stage (say, I+I) is determined by the faster evolving component , where is the time each component spends at the corresponding evolutionary stage. ... Next, we should calculate the mass change for the slower evolving companion, the orbital semi-major axis and the eccentricity. Mass change . Semi-major axis change . ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Orbit . ... The orbit of the RadioAstron provides four types of study: . rough images of radio sources with ultra-high angular resolution, using all baselines up to the radius of the apogee, that is much larger than Earth diameter; . ... high quality imaging of radio sources, with moderate resolution, by observing either with small projected base lines Earth-spacecraft, i.e. close to the orbital plane, or near the perigee. ... high accuracy orbit determination. ... Space Radio Telescope . ...

Next: HST Paper Products: A New Way to Look at HST Data . ... After providing on-the-fly re-calibration of HST data to archive users, ST-ECF has embarked on a new project aiming at grouping, cosmic ray cleaning and drizzling images taken by most HST instruments. ... The production of the missing jitter files combined with the extraction of additional engineering parameters will greatly enhance the homogeneity and the scientific value of the entire archive. ... 1995, HST Data Handbook, STScI, 107 . ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

Irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process and temporal variations of geopotential Valery Bondarenko, Vadim Perepelkin s The observed irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process are very variety. ... These phenomena indicated in the IERS data are the "abnormal" fluctuation of the Earth Pole coordinates which owing to changing of the geodynamical parameters gives negative result in interpolation and forecast of the first approximation mathematical model. ... Fig. ...

... The greater the distance, the smaller the parallax. ... That triangle has the same proportions as the much larger triangle ABC, and therefore, if the distance B'C to the thumb is 10 times the distance A'B' between the eyes, the distance AC to the far landmark is also 10 times the distance AB. ... The most distant objects our eyes can see are the stars, and they are very far indeed: light which moves at 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second, would take years, often many years, to reach them. ...

Next: Format of the Up: Auxiliary Data Previous: Description of the . For convenience in table handling only values for single lines or doublets (most of the observed cases) can be entered. If higher multiplicities are actually needed small changes have to be made in the table and program format. Possibility for 50 different atomic transitions. N.B. : in case of doublets, columns 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 refer to the reddest component, and columns 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 to the bluest. ...

... B.1 New functionality . ... B.3 Semantic changes from CSS1 . ... CSS2 builds on CSS1 and all valid CSS1 style sheets are valid CSS2 style sheets. The changes between the CSS1 specification (see [CSS1] ) and this specification fall into three groups: new functionality, updated descriptions of CSS1 functionality, and changes to CSS1. ... Several internationalization features, including list numbering styles , support for bidirectional text , and support for language-sensitive quotation marks . ...

As in the last years, the Ephemerides of Minor Planets for 2015 are prepared by the IAA RAS only in the electronic form. ... Orbital elements of all numbered planets have been determined in IAA all over again on the ground of available observations in the catalog of the Minor Planet Center. ... More detailed information on orbital elements used in the present volume of EMP and their accuracy is given in section "Information on new orbital elements". ... a) information on new orbital elements; . ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...