The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

reu-program@naic.edu . ... The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico invites applications for its undergraduate summer research progrm. Students selected for the program will work with staff scientists on projects related to ongoing research or instrumentation development. ... Applications for the REU program should be made via the online form. ... After email verification, we will send you a link to upload your supporting documents. ... Online Application Open . ... Online Application Deadline . ...

... ASSOCIATE/RANK table col1 col2 [action] . ... BIN/TABLE table col1 col2 [bin] [min] [max] [sigma] . creates a table, bin.tbl with averages of col2 in bins of col1 . COMPARE/2SAM table col1 col2 . ... COMPUTE/FIT image[,error] [= function[(refima)]] . ... COMPUTE/FIT table y[,error] [= function[(ind)]] . ... COMPUTE/FUNCTION image = function[(refima)] . compute function values, result as image . COMPUTE/FUNCTION table y = function[(ind)] . ... define user functions for fitting . ...

... Software requirements . ... SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization application used by SAS . ds9 latest stable version 4.12 works fine with SAS 7.1.0 . ... We recommend the installation of HEASOFT version 6.0 (HEADAS) or later, since SAS 7.1.0 was built with that version (except for Mac OS X where version 5.3 was used). ... To work with this release of SAS on any Mac OS X version, the X Windows software or X11 (a.k.a X11R6) for Mac Os X must be installed . ...

Karma Home Page . ... The promise of POSIX-compliant operating systems has not yet materialised. A few packages are available in Karma to assist portability, and provide a few enhancements. ... The m package provides an enhanced interface to the standard C library malloc() and associated functions. ... The s package provides portable interfaces to some of the common Unix signal-handling facilities, such as blocking and unblocking of signals. ...

... Binary large object. ... CGI is a popular interface used to create server-based web applications with languages such as Perl or C. A web browser, such as Netscape Navigator. ... Core JavaScript contains a core set of objects, such as Array , Date , and Math , and a core set of language elements such as operators, control structures, and statements. ... A JavaScript primitive value is a member of one of the following types: undefined , null , Boolean , number , or string . ... World Wide Web . ...

... ArXiv] Special Issue from Annals of Applied Statistics? ... Category: arXiv , Cross-Cultural , Stat | ... Nflation: observable predictions from the random matrix mass spectrum by Kim and Liddle . ... Algorithms arXiv Astro Bad AstroStat Bayesian CHASC Cross-Cultural Data Processing Fitting Frequentist Galaxies gamma-ray High-Energy Imaging Jargon Job Languages MC MCMC Meta Methods Misc News Nuggets Objects Optical Physics Quotes Spectral Stars Stat Timing Uncertainty X-ray . ... SAMSI AstroStat Prog...

... Computerised Instrument Control and Data Acquisition (CICADA) is a software system for control of telescope instruments in a distributed computing environment. ... Computerised Instrument Control and Data Acquisition (CICADA) is a software system developed to provide access to, control of, and retrieval of data from, instruments mounted on observatory telescopes. ... Each instrument class generates its own request data structures using its own generate_req method, which is called by the control...

Uplinked programmatic information for data identification . Portions of each SIs Current Value Table . ... Unique data for each SI, provided by that SIs application processor . 965 word log of data provided by an SI application processor . Now used only by FOC . Will not be used with future SIs (NICMOS UDL will be used for ASCS/NCS) . Used for GHRS target acquisitions . Not used for any current (or future) SIs . Previous slide . Next slide . Back to first slide . ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

... The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the Further Information and Bibliography page. The Building and Installing the Distribution page presents an overview of the procedures for compiling the distribution and installing it on a typical client or server. ...

NIST Spetial Publication 500-220 . Guide on Open System Environment (OSE) Procurements . ... An Open System Environment encompasses the functionality needed to provide interoperability, portability, and scalability of computerized applications across networks of heterogeneous, multi-vendor hardware/software/communications platforms. ... The Open System Environment concept has become ubiquitous throughout both the public and private sectors. ... ACQUIRING AN OPEN SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT 11 . ...

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... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Call for applications to the PhD program of the API/GRAPPA, Amsterdam . ... Тема: Call for applications to the PhD program of the API/GRAPPA, Amsterdam . ... We are now advertising the Call for Applications to the PhD Program of the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) and the Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam (GRAPPA) Centre, at the University of Amsterdam. ... Applications need to be submitted on or before December 11th, 2014. ...

... Place of birth: Province (city/town), state, country . ... Passport data: 8.1.( ... Name of *.jpg file of photocopy of two main pages (double-page scan) of the passport (to be enclosed with the application) 9. ... 10.6. (for students) In what previous IAOs or APAOs participated (write years and Diploma, like: IAO-2003, 2nd Diploma) 11. ... GUVD 611, city Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Applications for ESO Studentships 2nd Annual Call . ... Observing Facilities . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... Science Archive Facility . ... ESO Data . ... The ESO research studentship programme provides an outstanding opportunity for Ph.D. students to experience the exciting scientific environment at one of the world's leading observatories for a period of up to two years...

... Basic time functions . ... Example 2: Set a random number seed . ... Uses of time functions include: . ... time_t time(time_t *tloc) -- returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970 , measured in seconds. ... timer.c */ #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <time.h> main() { int i; time_t t1,t2; (void) time(&t1); for (i=1;i<=300;++i) printf(``%d %d %d n'',i, i*i, i*i*i); (void) time(&t2); printf(`` n Time to do 300 squares and cubes= %d seconds n'', (int) t2-t1); } . ...

This note outlines how to configure the computers needed to run DIMMWIT. ... dimmwit : ICE (single-board computer in a box) that runs the Starlight Express CCD camera, to which it is connected by a USB interface. dimmwithost : displays the finder application via the X protocol (finder actually runs on dimmwit). Acts as a file server; both the finder software and the DIMM data are stored on dimmwithost. ... mkdir -p /data/oberon/data/finder . chown coast:coast /data/oberon/data/finder . ...

... International workshop Optimal Transport, algorithms and applications . ... Julien SALOMON: CEREMADE, Universit Paris-Dauphine, Paris . ... Optimal Transport, algorithms and applications . This is the third workshop in a series of rencontres supported by the OTARIE project . Our aim is to confront the mathematical community (including, but not limited to, specialists in transport optimization) with interesting applied fields. ... Luigi DE PASCALE: Universit di Pisa, Pisa . ...

... I would several points which we faced during our everysolved for better quality of individual ACs' and EOP products · There are two main EOP products provided by two IERS Product Centers on Earth Orientation (Earth Orientation Center (EOC) and Rapid Service/ Prediction Center (RSPC)). ... However, the latter is not provided by the IERS. ... ITRF · Using ITRF in computation of EOP series produced by various ACs seems to be a necessary condition to provide the consistency between the IERS products. ...