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 . ...

Motif and X-Windows . It is possible to execute a Motif application on a computer around the corner or around the world and redirect the input and output for the application to your workstation. There are files located on the Science Cluster to help you position and display windows from a remote VMS system. ... Copy two command files: . ... From one of the workstation windows, have the remote system execute the x command file and create the display on your workstation by using this command: . ...

... 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 . ...

Chapter 11. Specifying OpenGL Environment Variable Settings . ... Several antialiasing methods are available and you can select between them by setting the __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable appropriately. ... To see the available values for __GL_FSAA_MODE along with their descriptions, run: nvidia-settings --query=fsaa --verbose . The __GL_FSAA_MODE environment variable uses the same integer values that are used to configure FSAA through nvidia-settings and the NV-CONTROL X extension. ...

... Up: Data Analysis Applications . ... The general-purpose data reduction package FIGARO is now available to be run from the IRAF CL, and more Starlink applications will follow in due course. ... A system has been developed to enable packages written for the Starlink Software Environment to be run from the IRAF CL so that an IRAF user can mix and match application tasks from the two environments as required to process data, all under the control of the IRAF CL. ...

... Observing . ... Observer's Wiki . ... Xtightvnc :1 -desktop X -auth /home/atcaobs/.Xauthority -geometry 1600 1000 -depth 24 -rfbwait 120000 -rfbauth /home/atcaobs/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/ -co /etc/X11/rgb -alwaysshared . ...

... The application manager . ... Other CDE desktop tools . ... Windows and the Window Manager . ... In order to use Solaris and most other Unix Systems you will need to be familiar with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). ... CDE supports the running of applications from a file manager, from an application manager and from the front panel. ... Users can drag-and-drop application icons from the file manager or application manager to the popups for addition of the application(s) to the associated menu....

... The submission of a formal application to the Board of Graduate Studies for admission as a graduate student in the University of Cambridge in Physics. ... Your application must be completed and submitted to the Board of Graduate Studies as soon as possible; students who are applying for admission in October 2016 should make sure it arrives sufficiently early that we can assess it at the same time as we receive our internal Astrophysics Group application form (i.e. by March 2016, see below). ...

... At the ESO Web you'll find a range of different file formats - from HTML to PostScript/PDF and MPEG movies. See below for a list of helper applications or viewers to display those formats on your MS Windows, Macintosh or Unix computer. ... You can use Ghostscript and ghostview/GSview to view PostScript files (available for MS Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms). ... MPEG is a way to code audio-visual information a digital format. For Unix platforms, you can use UC Berkeley's mpeg_play . ...

... International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics -- Call for applications . ... Тема: International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics -- Call for applications . Call for applications - please forward to potential students *** Dear Colleague, The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics (IMPRS) in Garching/Munich (Bavaria, Germany) is soliciting applications for its PhD program. ... International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics . ... MAO NASU . ...