... Table of Contents - Subject Index - Author Index - . Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX . ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Index . ... The ADASS Conference Series provides a forum for scientists and computer specialists concerned with development of software for astronomical data acquisition, vizualisation, reduction, analysis and archiving, and telescope and instrument control systems. ... The conference was hosted by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT). ...

Next: Test Results Up: Iterative/Recursive Deconvolution with Application Previous: A New Enhancement . This section presents the results of a mathematical analysis of the Iterative/Recursive Algorithm. ... This analysis is based on an iterative/recursive deblurring procedure with iterations at each of recursion levels. ... The deblurring algorithm at the lowest recursion level is the BID algorithm, the effect of which is given in Eq. ... Line 1 describes the BID algorithm. ...

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Stellar Clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically studying stellar evolution. ... All cluster stars are at the same distance . All cluster stars have the same physical age . ... CM diagram Young Cluster In this case we see the Main Sequence fully represented. The blue dots represent massive stars with short main sequence lifetimes. ... Thus, identifying the most massive star which is still on the main sequence is an effective means of determining the age of a stellar cluster. ...

A visual impression of the data used in the study. The relevant extra-galactic maps are represented as shells of increasing distance from Earth from left to right. ... After this are six shells containing maps of the millions of distant galaxies used in the study. These maps are produced using different telescopes in different wavelengths and are color-coded to show denser clumps of galaxies as red and less dense regions as blue. There are holes in the maps due to data quality cuts. ...

... Colours of stars and galaxies hold information on intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, such as stellar temperatures and galaxy populations, selective absorption and colour changes due different dust contents and inclination angles of galaxies, as well as galaxy redshifts and evolution. ... The colour magnitude diagram of 65000 galaxies to which all above-mentioned quantities and others contribute can only be explained by comparison with simulations. ... Colours are also of technical help. ...

... Meta Index / Home Page / Description There are several different deadtime contributions that have to be taken into account during the EPIC pn ODF processing: one factor depends solely on the readout mode, the second is related to deadtimes due to discarded CCD columns because of on-board MIP (Minimum Ionizing Particle) rejection, the third factor represents additional deadtimes from MIP rejection per frame per CCD by ground software. ... MIP dependent quadrant livetime factor FC1 . ...

Next: One example Up: No Title Previous: No Title . Wavelets are versatile tools of harmonic analysis. Because of their many uses, the word `wavelet' comes with different connotations (and different promises) to users in different fields. ... To pursue the analogy, one may wish to select from the data some contact surfaces with specific finish tolerances. the amount of information is then reduced by selection and/or by statistical means. ...

Present section of the Laboratory page is an attempt to describe in Russian the complex of problems connected with asteroid - comet hazard. ... The book is an introductory treatise into the problem of the hazard due to asteroids and comets approaching the Earth. The present day knowledge of the dynamics and physics of asteroids and comets, the estimation of the probability of their impacts on the Earth and connected hazard of regional or global catastrophes are described in the book. ...

... In combining the data, it is assumed that the low resolution image better represents the short spacing data, whereas the high resolution best represents the fine structure. ... Key: out The output image. ... Key: factor The flux calibration factor. ... In practise, the calibration may not be perfect, and an extra calibration factor will be required to align the flux scales. "factor" gives the factor to scale the low resolution image to put it on the same flux scale as the high resolution image. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. August 11, 1998 . Sun Dance . ... Explanation: Hot gas dances across the surface of the Sun in this picture from the orbiting TRACE satellite . The temperature of the gas is color coded so that blue represents hundreds of thousands of Kelvin , while red represents extreme temperatures in the millions of Kelvin. ... About APOD > . ...

... UNIX, and therefore Linux, recognizes two different kinds of device: random-access block devices (such as disks), and character devices (such as tapes and serial lines), some of which may be serial, and some random-access. Each supported device is represented in the filesystem as a device file . ... Something similar is needed for most devices. ... The first character in the first column, i.e., ` c ' in crw-rw-rw- above, tells an informed user the type of the file, in this case a character device. ...

... Gravity data reflect changes, related to the groundwater redistribution, ice melting, and precipitation accumulation. ... We apply Multichannel Singular Spectrum Analysis (MSSA, or extended EOF) technique to filter GRACE data and separate the principal components (PCs) of different periods. We performed data averaging over the large river basins of Russia. ... Fig 1. ... MSSA is a promising method for GRACE data processing, de-striping, filtering, and Principal Components (PCs) separation. ...

... This review presents the results of Scenario Machine computations aimed at the population synthesis of different types of binary stars in our Galaxy and another galaxies. They demonstrate the ability of this method to make an important gross analysis of the modern scenarios for binary evolution, as well as to give interesting qualitative and quantitative predictions which can be checked observationally. ... The future development of the method can be considered from two different points of view. ...

Next: Summary Up: The Second EGRET Catalog Previous: Upper Limits for . In regions of the sky where two or more sources have overlapping point spread functions, it is often difficult to resolve the number of sources and their locations. ... As an example, Nolan et al.(1995) list a source 0445+62 at l = 146.89 , b = 10.65 , with a = 4.0 and a source 0500+59 at l = 150.52 , b = 10.25 , with a = 4.2. ... Both of these sources lie close to the threshold adopted for this catalog. ... 1995). ...

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... Two high school students from Texas and Louisiana are the winners of the 2012 Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards for their astronomy projects presented at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May. The awards were presented on May 18 by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in partnership with the American Astronomical Society (AAS), supported by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). ... The Bok prize is named for Bart and Priscilla Bok. ...

Unknown numbers are usually represented by letters of the alphabet . ... However, different letters are also used, often hinting at the quantity they represent-- v for an unknown velocity, T for an unknown time, m or M for unknown masses and F for an unknown force. ... An example of case (#1) is the ratio between the length of a circle and its diameter, a universal constant appearing in many equations (for example, Kepler's equation in section (12a)), whose value to 11 decimals is 3.14159265359.. ...

SPECTRUM ANALYZER OF MAGNETIC PHENOMENA SAMW . Spectrum analyzer allows onboard computation of electromagnetic waves spectra registered (observed) in the ionosphere and magnetosphere in the ELF/VLF frequency band. ... It consists of magnetic antenna, preamplifier, 16 bit sigma delta AD converter, DSP processor and telemetry interface. ... The channels of lower frequencies are averaged and transmitted with lower repetition rate so the telemetry volume is reduced. ... Dynamic range: 90 dB . ...

Herschel Guaranteed-Time Key Projects . at Arcetri . ... Both regard spectroscopic observations of different classes of star-forming regions in the Galaxy. WISH: WATER IN STAR-FORMING REGIONS WITH HERSCHEL . ... HS3F: HERSCHEL SPECTRAL SURVEYS OF STAR FORMATION REGIONS . ... Since gas cools mostly by line emission, knowing what molecules are formed and which lines are emitted in the different regions at different times is mandatory to understand the gas thermal balance. ...