Optics includes the surveys and adjustments to the reflectors as well as the pitch, roll, and focus measurements. ... 080515: platform/tiedown motion during vlbi cal scan . ... Surveying the primary reflector . Surveying the dome position from AO9 . ... year 2002:Td inches/platform inch, TdPos vs temp at platform focus position. dec03: platform corner height vs za when looking at tower. jan10: dynamic load on tiedowns from platform motion. 22feb10: fit tiedown tensions using 2008,2009 data . ...

... srcinfov strra=<ra> strdec=<dec> apos=<apos> withsrccoord=true|false . ... srcinfov computes for each instrument the position of a given celestial source in the field of view (in TELCOORD coordinates). Input is the satellite attitude in terms of Right Ascension/Declination of the star tracker viewing direction and astronomical position angle [deg]. ...

... Search object | ... Extract mean data for a list of objects . ... DEC 1950 (degrees decimal value) . ... actual error on t . ... log10 of apparent diameter (d25 in 0.1') . ... actual error on logd25 . ... actual error on logr25 . ... actual error on brief . ... Apparent maximum rotation velocity of gas . ... actual error on vmaxg . ... Apparent maximum rotation velocity of stars . ... actual error on vmaxs . ... actual error on vdis . ... actual error on mg2 . ... actual error on m21 . ...

... Next: 7 kslice_3d: slicing data Up: Karma User Manual Previous: 5 Volume Rendering a . The <kpvslice> programme allows you to use a two-dimensional image to define a slice through a three-dimensional data cube. ... The slice is drawn on the total column density or velocity field map, and the corresponding position-velocity diagram will appear in the other window. ... To load the cube, press the Cubes button in the left window and select a cube file. ... The image is displayed in the left window. ...

. Computer Ephemeris. Lunar equatorial positions. Explanations. Each row contains at 0 h and 12 h of Time Dynamical Terrestrial: month, day, apparent right ascension (hours, minutes, seconds), apparent declination (degrees, minutes, seconds of arc) and geocentric distance (in Earth's radii).

... Abstract Compute the geometric position of a target body relative to an observing body. ... Detailed_Output pos contains the position of the target body, relative to the observing body. ... Particulars spkgps_c computes the geometric position, T(t), of the target body and the geometric position, O(t), of the observing body relative to the first common center of motion. Subtracting O(t) from T(t) gives the geometric position of the target body relative to the observer. ... Link to routine source . ...

lsst.tcc љ 1.2.2-3-g89ecb63 . ... Files . ... python . ... axis . coordConvWithFP.py . ... 22 љ def coordConvWithFP (fromCoordSys, fromPVTPair, fromPxPMRadVel, fromDir, toCoordSys, obj, inst, zeroPM, useGSWavelen): . 23 љ """!Convert a coord from one coordinate system to another . ... 35 љ @param[in] obj object block computed at desired desired TAI date of conversion . ... 50 љ obj = tcc.base.Obj(obj) # make a copy so I can change obj.site if useGSWavelen . ... tcc.axis.rotFromObs.rotFromObs . ...

Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders . ... Posts tagged ?computer science? ... A postdoc job announcement from Prof. Joshua Bloom of UC Berkeley: . ... Jobs] postdoc position at UC Berkeley? Tags: AstroStat , computer science , job announcement , job market , time series , UC Berkeley . ... 1 Comment . ... Entries RSS . Comments RSS . ... vlk on [MADS] Parallel Coordinates . ... Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) . ...

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 following articles and reports, which are available online . Mills, D.L. Internet time synchronization: the Network Time Protocol. ... Mills, D.L. Network Time Protocol (Version 3) specification, implementation and analysis. ...

... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

... Sighting the telescope, first at the tree and then at pole B, you measure the angle A of the triangle ABC, equal to the difference between the numbers you have read from the azimuth plate.. ... Why triangles? ... One large surveying project of the 1800s was the " Great Trigonometric Survey " of British India. ... Everest was the one who commisioned and first used those giant theodolites; they are now on display in the Museum of the Survey of India in Dehra Dum. ... Everest . ...

Russian version of HP . ... StarCalc is the fastest professional astronomy planetarium & star mapping program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP (StarCalc version for PocketPC computers you can found here ). ... Extensibility : This program is based on common "Plugin StarCalc interface to catalogs and object groups", which allows program to add new modules as Plugins. ... Welcome to the Pocket StarCalc Home Page: . ... Some bugfixes in eclipses" and line" plugins - see the new versions in downloads page. ...

... Sighting the telescope, first at the tree and then at pole B, you measure the angle A of the triangle ABC, equal to the difference between the numbers you have read from the azimuth plate.. ... Why triangles? ... One large surveying project of the 1800s was the " Great Trigonometric Survey " of British India. ... Everest was the one who commisioned and first used those giant theodolites; they are now on display in the Museum of the Survey of India in Dehra Dum. ... Everest . ...

... Impact on source motion in Galactic coordinate system is given by Kovalevsky (2003), Malkin (2011) l cos b = -A sin l, b = -A cos l sin b, where A = R0 02 /c is the galactocentric acceleration called hereafter the GA constant. ... We just have to return to the traditional many-centuries-old astrometric practice of modelling the position of a celestial object as a linear trend with two parameters: the position at the initial (conventional) epoch and the apparent (proper) motion. ... 2011). ...

... Next, the screen displays "Press 0 to align or Mode for Menu." Press "0" if you wish to begin Automatic alignment (or Easy Align, depending on your telescope model), or press Mode if you wish to choose a manual alignment method ("Automatic Alignment" displays, and you can press MODE to go through the menu to find other alignments). ... Note: If you press the "?" key while "Ctr Brightest Star" displays, the alignment star that AutoStar has chosen will display. ... Alignment successful" displays. ...

... The package AMPLE (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) is dedicated to solving a number of problems concerning minor planets with the aid of IBM-type personal computer. ... Obtaining selection of orbital elements and/ or photometric parameters of minor planets in conformity with imposed restrictions. ... The orbital elements of all minor planets used in AMPLE for 2015 have been determined in IAA on the ground of available observations in the catalogue of observations of the Minor Planet Center. ...

... Another piece of asteroid discovery news, from Terry Moseley: "Dave Grennan from Dublin has just discovered a Main Belt asteroid from his observatory in Raheny. ... Dave's discovery comes just after Dave McDonald's find of 2008 TM9 a few weeks ago. ... This is only the third asteroid ever discovered in Ireland. ... This has been an amazing year for astronomy in Ireland, and is a superb lead-in to IYA 2009!" ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

First, we compute the model (Model|Calc), then we plot the visibilities (Plot|INTERFEROMETRY). You could also use Calibrate|Scans|PLOT for plotting, but the other choice is more tailored to AMOEBA. Study the selections made in the two widget, the plot widget and data selection widget. Note that slice 'ch' is selected, which produces a more readable set of plots with the data plotted versus channel, one scan at a time. ... Note by how much we reduced the ChiSq. ... Back to tour page . ...

Stellarium 0.12.3 . ... Classes . ... gSatTEME Class Reference . Sat position and velocity predictions over TEME reference system. ... Set compute epoch for prediction. ... gVector љ . ... Get the TEME satellite position Vector. ... Get the Geographic satellite subpoint Vector calculated by the method compute SubPoint. ... gVector Satellite position vector meassured in Km. x: position[0] y: position[1] z: position[2] . ... gVector Satellite Velocity Vector measured in Km/s x: Vel[0] . ...

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 . ...