Next: The hardware and software Up: Keeping Time Previous: Keeping Time . ... Since the Earth is round, noon happens at different times in different places. This leads to the concept of local time . ... As soon as you need to communicate with distant places, you'll notice the need for a common time. ... Each local time is called a time zone. ... Other countries do not do this. ... In the US and some other countries, the local time zones have a name and a three letter abbreviation. ...

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XPA supports both inet and unix (local) socket communication. XPA uses sockets for communication between processes. It supports three methods of socket communication: inet, localhost, and unix. ... You can set up a different method by typing something like: setenv XPA_METHOD local # unix csh XPA_METHOD=local; export XPA_METHOD # unix sh, bash, windows/cygwin set XPA_METHOD=localhost # dos/windows The options for XPA_METHOD are: inet , unix (or local ), and localhost . ... Go to XPA Help Index ...

A methodical and didactical complex "Sign Language" . ... ABSTRACT The process of communication of the deaf includes the wide use of the sign language. ... The aim of this work is to develop a tool that should facilitate process of sign language teaching and also give to the trainee a means for independent study of various normative variants of sign language - for example, Russian, English, International and so on. ... The process of dialogue of the deaf people includes wide use of sign languages. ...

Communications For Your Astronomy Event . Articles | ... Once upon a time, communication via radio was something only government entities, commercial establishments and certain private folks could do. ... With the continuing progress of services like General Radio Mobile Service (GMRS) and the recent arrival of Family Radio Service (FRS), it has never been easier to do radio communications for your event all by yourself. ... Broad range of radio bands to utilize. ... www.astronomy.net . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... By mid-1996, following the Priroda Module launch and docking with the Mir OC, its final configuration as the research complex outfitted with a unigue scientific hardware was formed. ... When performing research, a thorny, not simple way has been passed: from 1.5 ton of science hardware used to perform astrophysics observations aboard the Salyut orbital station to 11.5 ton of special-purpose loads of the Mir station. ...

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. 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

... October 29, 1999 . The USNO Millennium Time Ball . Credit: United States Naval Observatory . ... Initiating a fledgling time service for the United States , the U.S. Naval Observatory dropped a time ball at precisely noon every day begining in 1845. ... Meanwhile, don't forget ... this year, in most of the U.S. Daylight Time ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, October 31 . ... About APOD > . ...

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A FRAGMENT of BACKGROUND. Schoolchildren of Russia and France participated in the development, testing and delivery (in November 1998) to the Russian Orbital Station MIR of the communication satellite SPUTNIK-41. ... In his greeting to the participants in the youth Space Program, in connection with that satellite launch, the President of Russian Federation said: "I believe it is not only a fascinating but also a promising trend in youth education. ...

Report “Laboratory zero-baseline interferometer tests” (ZBT) was prepared and issued in ASC (35 pages including 17 figures and diagrams in Russian language). ... The Ground-Space radio interferometer (OVLBI) Radioastron includes several space and ground-based segments which are designed and manufactured by different countries and organizations. ... ZBI tests (for OVLBI) were implemented in Russia firstly. The tests were implemented by joint team of ASC, JPL and NRAO in 1999. ...

... BOOKS . ... Short Bio for Lars Lindberg Christensen . Lars is an award-winning astronomer and science communicator. ... Lars has more than 200 publications to his credit, most of them in popular science communication and in its theory. ... Lars received the Tycho Brahe Medal in 2005 for his achievements in science communication. ... Lars is a science communication specialist heading the ESO education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD) in Munich, Germany. ...

According to the # 7.1. of the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad there should be an Authorized National Representative (Astronomical) Organization (ANRAO) in every participating state: A national astronomical society, a department (section) of the EAAS or IAU in the state, a leading observatory, an astronomical department of a leading university, a ministry of education or another appropriate competent institution. ...

... 20 th -23 rd April 2015 . ... In 2015 the 8th busy week takes place in Firenze, in Galileo GalileiтАЩs villa тАЬil GioielloтАЭ, located in the gorgeous hills in the southern side of the city. ... is pleased to host the 8th CALIFA Busy Week . in Firenze, at Galileo GalileiтАЩs Villa тАЬil GioielloтАЭ . After the second public data release on the 1st October 2014 ( DR2 , Garc†нa-Benito et al. 2014 ) and with more than 500 galaxies observed to-date, CALIFA has entered its maturity. ...

... Low Polar Orbit . ... Different types of satellite orbits have different uses: while the synchronous orbit is best for communication satellites, Lagrangian point orbits help monitor the solar wind before it reaches Earth. ... Many spacecraft use such orbits, e.g. the US Air Force surveillance satellites of the DMSP series, or the series of French Earth-resources spacecraft SPOT . ... If the satellite then starts near a noon-midnight orbit, it will always pass near noon and near midnight. ...

... The Highs and Lows of Earth . ... 25.09.2001 . ... Credit: GLOBE , NGDC , NOAA Explanation: What's up on planet Earth? ... Pictured above is the best digital elevation map yet created for our home planet , a map it took over ten years to make that incorporates data provided by many different countries around the world . The relief map is color coded with sea level shown in black, relatively low areas shown in green, higher areas shown in brown, and the highest areas shown in white. ... 2001 2002 . ...

... Up: Archives and Information Services . Previous: The VizieR System for Accessing Astronomical Data . ... A data archive is near completion at the ASC to store and provide access to AXAF data. ... It consists of a number of different servers which handle flat data files, relational data, replication across multiple sites and the interface to the WWW. ... This paper presents the overall archive architecture and the design of client and server components as it was used during ground calibration. ...

... I normally begin by asking the class what they think would be different if the Moon didn't exist, or if the Sun were closer to Earth, or if a star exploded nearby. ... The winds would be much stronger. ... In using what-if questions in the classroom, it is worth bearing in mind that students extrapolating the effects of new scenarios will encounter two different situations: direct changes to the new version of Earth and indirect changes resulting from the direct changes. ...

CIMA configuration files offer You a conveniant way of saving CIMA set-ups to files. ... Then instead of making this selections interactively when You are observing, You can just load and apply the configuration files. ... Any other set-up will be ignored! ... In that case, You are forced to use the 'Load only' option to load the configuration file, inspect the selected set-up carefully, apply the set-up (with the 'Accept' or 'Apply' buttons) and then save a new version of the configuration file. ...