... CCF LinCoord holds the positions of distinct reference points of the CCD's (at reference temperature) and the directions in which the counting of rawX and rawY increases. The size of each pixel is stored in CCF MiscData , and also a thermal expansion coefficient. ... The shift of CCD's due to thermal contraction/expansion is calculated such that each CCD is fixed with its center on the cold bench, and the pixel-size is determined from the thermal expansion coefficient of Si. ...

... Laboratory of Crystallization from High-Temperature Solutions (LCHTS) . ... Phase equilibria in oxide systems and growth of single crystals . High-T c superconductors (single crystals, targets, powders, ceramics) . ReBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x . ... Ferromagnetics (single crystals - UHF devices (filters, modulators etc.) ... Scintillators (single crystals) . ... Growth of silicon carbide single crystals . SiC single crystals-semiconductor is "silicon" of 21 century . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Weather . ... Temperature ( F) . ... 0.00 . ... AAG IR Sky Temperature ( C) . ... AAG Adjusted IR Sky Temperature ( C) . ... AAG Ambient Temperature ( C) . ... AAG Temperature Split ( C) . ... 39321 D,01/23,01:10:10, 67, 20,25.43,270, 8, 38, 0.00, 6.18, 63,!251 at 2016.04.09 19:45:25 . ... S-cmd: "(null)" at 2016.04.09 19:45:25 . ... Page last updated on: February 16, 2016 . ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... Equipment . ... At present our UHV equipment consists of two UHV STMs. The first one is a room-temperature STM GPI-300 (atomic resolution on metals) connected with a UHV technological chamber. The chamber is equipped with a sample heater, deposition equipment, tip-clean equipment and a low-temperature 4-probe conduction measurement unit. ... The temperature interval is 5-300 K, the vacuum in the STM chamber is usually better than 10 -10 Torr (typical value 3x10 -11 Torr). ...

... Table 1: Acceptable temperature difference Invar36 0 .0 5 C А (the CTE was selected as 0.7 for the FEA) Stainless Steel 304 0.002 CА(the CTE was selected as 17.2 for the FEA) Aluminium6061 0.0015 CА(the CTE was selected as 23 for the FEA) (2) Analysis of the temperature gradients of the mount generated by an ambient temperature difference of 0.5 CА on both sides of the mount Invar , S.S. or Al ... Stainless steel material is added to Table 4 and 5 for comparison with Invar. ...

The main steps in the reduction of NIR spectroscopic data are flat-field correction, subtraction of sky emission, wavelength calibration, correction for telluric absorption and correction for optical system plus detector efficency. ... Sky subtracted frames are corrected computing analitically the tilt angle from the instrumental calibration parameters or directly measuring it from the data. ... The same procedures are applied to the reference stars frames to obtain the calibration spectra. ...

... Measurements Definition Sample Timestamp Definition : Time and date of measurement XML parameter : mtSampTime Windspeed Definition : 3 second rolling average of 250 millisecond samples XML parameter : mtWindspeed Units : MPH Raw Wind Direction Definition : 3 second rolling average of 250 millisecond samples XML parameter : mtRawWindDir Units : Degrees Adjusted Wind Direction ... XML parameter: mt60MinWindGustTime_2 Units: date and time ...

... Returns UT1 in seconds, with UTC input in seconds. ut12gst ( utc _real [, ut1 _real ]) Function. Returns GST in hours, inputs are in seconds. hourangle ( gst _real , ra _real ) Function. Return hourangle in hours, with inputs also in hours. zenithangle ( ha _real , dec _real ) Function. Return zenithangle in degrees with inputs ha in hours and dec in degrees. mirrorangle ( ha _real , dec _real ) Function. ... Return horizon coordinates for input azimuth and elevation angle in degrees. ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

... In this section, we develop a physical model of the secondary as a disk that is centrifugally supported in the radial direction and hydrostatically supported in the vertical direction. We assume that the disk is vertically isothermal and well mixed. ... where is the mean molecular mass of the gas, is the orbital period at the outer edge of the disk in years, and all of the mass of the secondary has been assumed to be concentrated near its center, so the Keplerian approximation is valid. ...

... Site User's Guide (revised January 2015) . General Observing Information . ... An area map is available, as well as detailed directions from regional airports. ... APO does not recommend using GPS for directions to the site; please use the written directions below. ... APO/SDSS/NMSU Purchasing, Travel, Receiving, and Shipping Procedures . APO Site Safety Plan, V2.31 (current); APO Sprinkler and Shutter Procedures (pdf) . ... Roads to APO are all paved but are subject to heavy snow and ice. ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...

... the time of observation . ... Observing the Changing Position of the Sun To Establish Cardinal Directions . ... Observations of the Sun's apparent movement across the sky and its pattern of rising and setting in the east and west horizon helped to establish the cardinal directions. ... The final stage of the Sun's return was marked by the observation that the Sun had reached its highest altitude when the full width of your mitted hand could fill the gap between the Sun and the horizon. ...

... HST Phase II Proposal Instructions for Cycle 20 > Chapter 12: Cosmic OriginsSpectrograph (COS) > ACQUISITION MODES > 12.3 Mode = ACQ/PEAKXDConfig = COS/FUV . 12.3 Mode = ACQ/PEAKXD . ... ACQ/PEAKXD Mode invokes a procedure in the COS onboard flight software that places the target near an optimal position within the selected aperture in the cross-dispersion direction on the detector. ... The special requirement POSition TARGet <X-value>,<Y-value> is not permitted on ACQ/PEAKXD exposures. ...

... 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...

. After collecting data for 3 years, the WMAP team has produced a new, more detailed picture of the infant universe. The white bars show the new data: the polarization direction of light in the cosmic microwave background. The colors indicate minute temperature differences in the CMB; red corresponds to warmer temperatures, and blue corresponds to cooler temperatures. NASA/WMAP Science Team

... Main mirror assembly consists of: . mirror cell structure . ... relief mechanisms . ... central bed Main mirror is fixed in the mirror cell in axial direction by three rigid supports. ... The butt relief of main mirror is implemented according to Lassel and involves 18 relief mechanisms, three of which are replaced by rigid fixing supports after the adjustment. The side relief is similar with the relief mechanisms working in both directions since mounting points are glued to the mirror. ...

INFRARED FOURIER-SPECTROMETER SICH-F . ... Instrument work regimes: 1) Inside. 2) Calibration at inside standard sources 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 3) Calibration at "free space" 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 4) Infrared radiation measuring 10 - 40 min. per a rotation. ... Spectrometer consists of the photodetector block and the block of signal processing and control. ... Diagnostic information and attach data will transfer by state telemetric channels. ... Detector temperature. ...

Next: Polarization efficiency: size/shape/orientation effects Up: Optical properties of cosmic Previous: The 2175? feature . To model the interstellar polarization one needs to calculate the forward-transmitted radiation for an ensemble of non-spherical aligned dust grains. ... Let non-polarized stellar radiation passes through a dusty cloud with a homogeneous magnetic field. ... The angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field is ( ). ... where the angle is connected with and ( ). ...

... In the first page of this chapter, Eddington computes an effective temperature of 3.18 K, but this has nothing to do with the 2.725 K blackbody spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) . Here is a quote of what Eddington actually said: . ... We shall first calculate the energy density of this radiation. ... It is clear that Eddington's model fits the optical data, but that Eddington did not anticipate either the CMB (red curve) or the interstellar dust (ISD, green curve). ...