... 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 ...

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. ... A program becomes an XPA-enabled server by defining named points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with other client programs (and users). ...

Using the 1-m telescope at Ritter Observatory, we took 36 observations of \zeta$^2$ Coronae Borealis with a fiber-fed echelle spectrograph. From these observations, \zeta$^2$ CrB was found to be a triple system and a new spectroscopic orbit was calculated. ... The inner binary`s center of mass (\zeta$^2$ CrB AB) describes a long-period single-lined variation identified with the outer binary. ... The inner binary possesses an essentially circular orbit $(e = 0.48)$. ...

... 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. ...

... The Zenit-SM Launch Complex . ... The launch complex is intended to launch the Zenit-3SLB, Zenit-2SLB and provides the ILV installation on the launch pad, full kit of prelaunch processing, propellant loading, prelaunch processing and launch of ILV assembled. ... The launch facilities are intended for accommodation of the launch and other processing equipment (including SC electrical ground support equipment) used for launch operations. ... LAUNCHERS | ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...

... Next: The SAX-LEGSPC Data Up: Software Systems Previous: Porting CGS4DR to . ... This paper describes the recently commissioned Array Limited Infrared Control Environment (ALICE), used to control a new array imager, IRCAM3, on UKIRT. ... What was needed was a flexible and extensible system capable of driving the new generation of arrays to the limits of their performance, hence the term Array Limited Infrared Control Environment (ALICE). ... Thus a full 4-bytes pixel frame takes 5s to transfer. ...

... NASA , NSF Explanation: Is our Earth unique? In continuing efforts to answer this question, astronomers have now discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant normal star. ... Slight, fast, but regular wobbles of nearby small M - dwarf star Gliese 876 showed evidence for a planet with a likely mass slightly higher than a minimum six times the mass of Earth. ... Publications with keywords: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . Publications with words: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . ...

... 2005 June 14 . Gliese 876 System Includes Large Terrestrial Planet . ... Slight, fast, but regular wobbles of nearby small M - dwarf star Gliese 876 showed evidence for a planet with a likely mass slightly higher than a minimum six times the mass of Earth. The planet's small mass indicates that it is likely terrestrial in nature, similar in composition to the inner planets of our Solar System . ... The newly discovered terrestrial-like planet is depicted in the insert. ... About APOD | ...

The cumulative system performance is plotted for each receiver. ... When something occurs that may change the gain of the system (moving a horn, shimming the elevation rails) then a new epoch will be started. The old data is moved to the old system performance data page (the old data link points to this). ... Gain,Tsys,Sefd... (.ps) (.pdf) . ... Pointing errors (.ps) (.pdf) . ... Hour of day when sources measured (.ps). (.pdf) . list of sources with dates and filenames Old data . ...

ATNF ATUC MEMORANDUM To: ATUC From: Tasso Tzioumis Date: 07 June 2005 Subject: VLBI report - LBA Operations & eVLBI 1) Operations There were 2 VLBI sessions in the last 6 months, 9-14 March and 12-20 May, 2005. ... The main VLBI system remains the S2 tape-based recording system and the LBA correlator at ATNF. ... It will be the only VLBI correlator for the disk-based system and the LBA correlator for high data rates until the new correlator at Narrabri comes online in about 3 years. ...

... 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. ...

... Of course, the scope of chaos is vast, and we do not dare to cover it all. ... He will highly appreciate your help in compiling the list of URLs to such scientific groups and institutions. http://www.cplire.ru/win/InformChaosLab/ - InformChaos Lab (Moscow) . http://chaos.ssu.runnet.ru/ - Laboratory of Nonlinear Dynamics at Saratov State University (Saratov) . ... http://optics.npi.msu.su/sci/chaos.html - Chaos in laser systems . ... http://www.chaotic.com - Randle, Inc. ... Time: 2-6 July, 2001 . ...

Next: Tables in Image Up: No Title Previous: Data Structures . This Chapter describes the structure and use of tables in the MIDAS system. ... The table structure is outlined in section . Different functional aspects of the tables are described in sections (Input/Output), (Management) and (Operations). A review of the commands is given in section , a more detailed explanation is included in appendix A. Section describes format files to control input/output operations. ...

... Bus Hound may be the very first product of its kind -- a software bus analyzer for capturing device I/O and protocol. ... When the capture buffer fills to capacity, Bus Hound can be configured to stop the capture process or continue capturing, keeping the most recent acquired data. ... IDE : Bus Hound captures command and data transfers for ATA and ATAPI devices. ... B us Hound captures I/O using a device driver. ... The below figure demonstrates how Bus Hound captures data for SCSI devices. ...

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The conference program included eleven one-hour talks and four free discussions. ... The talk also discussed different models for Internet traffic and quality of Service measures. ... The talk by Nikolai Vereschagin (Moscow State University) "The Kolmogorov complexity of approximate descriptions" discussed different notions of descriptive complexity of computable sequences which can be used in Internet measurements. ... What mathematics does Internet need?" ...

... 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. ...

Research questions include: . The solar system probably formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a giant disk of gas, dust and ice in space. ... All forms of life on Earth require liquid water to survive, so the presence of liquid water is a good criterion for deciding whether other planets in the universe could be habitable. Earth is the only habitable planet in the solar system. ... Planets and moons in the outer solar system are too cold for liquid water. ...

... 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). ...