... Some WFPC2 programs have critical target positioning constraints (i.e. the target must be as close as possible to a specified aperture). ... This section provides some guidance in doing that, and indicates the level of residual error that can be expected. ... Thus, for the same coordinates and aperture, the pixel position of a target in an image taken before April 1994 could be nearly 3" different from its position in later images, due to aperture updates. ... 7.7.1 - Absolute Pointing Accuracy . ...

... connection points . ... The point P3 is the connection between the horizontal and vertical actuators and is the axis of rotation for the tail gunner motion. processing: survey/020204/reduc We can compute P3,P5 (the moveable points) in dome centerline coordinates if we have the actuator distances and we know the positions of the above connection points in dome centerline coordinates for a given position of the tertiary (say the nominal focus position).(see actuator distances to dome centerline ). ...

Next: Catalog Construction Up: Observations and Analysis Previous: Source Detections . ... It was assumed that the highest signal gives the most likely position of the source. ... Comparing the summed map with the maps from the individual energy ranges, the one which produced the smallest error box was chosen to represent the source position, as long as was greater than 4, a level chosen to reflect a reasonable degree of confidence in the detection. ...

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Operations in Point operations use the pointer to query sets about points, delete points in a set, and move points. In all cases where interaction is required, pressing the right mouse button with the pointer in the drawing area cancels the operation. ... Report on a point in a set . ... Press the left mouse button. ... Press Delete point with the left mouse button to activate. ... Move the pointer to the new location and press the left mouse button again to register the point's new location. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

. XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . arfgen (arfgen-1.75.6) [???] . Meta Index / Home Page / Usage and Examples . Here is another example with an explicit source position - (1000,-1000) in DET coordinates - specified: . arfgen spectrumset=spectrum.pha . withsourcepos=true sourcecoords=det sourcex=1000 sourcey=-1000 . See also 7.4 for details of why the task needs the source position, and how to change it. XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2008-10-22

... Step 1: The magnetic field line tracing from the satellite position up to magnetic equatorial plane using IGRF magnetic field model. Step 2: Tracing back from the point (produced on the Step 1) to the Ionosphere (by using only dipole magnetic field) . ... The magnetic field line tracing from the satellite position up to the Ionosphere (the stop trace altitude 110 km) using Main (dipole) + Extraterrestrial magnetic field model (for example, Tsyganenko [1987], or [1989], or [1990] ) . ...

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WCSLIB љ 5.15 . ... sph.h File Reference . Go to the source code of this file. intљ . sphx2s (const double eul[5], int nphi, int ntheta, int spt, int sxy, const double phi[], const double theta[], double lng[], double lat[]) . ... sphs2x (const double eul[5], int nlng, int nlat, int sll, int spt, const double lng[], const double lat[], double phi[], double theta[]) . ... sphdpa (int nfield, double lng0, double lat0, const double lng[], const double lat[], double dist[], double pa[]) . ...

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... At Keck we use the graphical tool sky to plan observations and to control the telescope. ... The user controls the telescope by clicking on stars and an overlayed view of the instrument detectors. ... To point the telescope, the sky user selects a pointing origin with the mouse and then drags and rotates the instrument field until the desired orientation appears on the display. ... To point the telescope, the sky user specifies two points: a sky location and a detector location . ...

Next: A Region mask for Up: To produce a region Previous: Select a circle around . select cursor and box . The three mouse buttons have been redefined as: . LEFT - moves the center of the box to the position of the arrow point. MIDDLE - sizes the box. ... Release the button to fix the size of the box. save the results by typing `s' while the mouse is in the display window. select region and write , to write the saved regions into a file for later use (as above). rsdc@cfa.harvard.edu . ...

... 24 } Line { SrcBlock sin SrcPort 1 DstBlock func1 DstPort 1 } Line { SrcBlock Fcn SrcPort 1 Points [0, -55] DstBlock func DstPort 1 } Line { SrcBlock (G*M) ^1/2 SrcPort 1 Points [25, 0] DstBlock func DstPort 3 } Line { SrcBlock func SrcPort 1 Points [40, 0] Branch { ...

... Positions in 2000 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2001 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2002 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2003 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . Positions in 2004 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec . ...

IBIS Data Analysis . ... IBIS . ... Flat Fielding - Introduction . The images obtained by IBIS will have intensity variations across the field of view that are not due to the solar image, but rather caused by instrumental effects that alter the observed intensity in each point of the field of view. ... IBIS Flat Fielding Techniques . ... Therefore, it is desirable to obtain the flat field measurements center on a point along the equator near the heliographic center of the solar disk. ...

... int feof(FlLE *file_pointer) - Check if end of file occurred on a stream. int ferror(FlLE *file_pointer) - Check if any error occurred during file I/0. int fflush(FlLE *file_pointer) - Write out (flush) buffer to file. int fgetc(FlLE *file_pointer) - Get a character from a stream. int fgetpos(FlLE *file_pointer, fpos_t current_pos) - Get the current position in a stream. char *fgets(char *string, int maxchar, FILE *file_pointer) - Read a string from a file. ...

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. ...

... Credit Copyright: SOHO - LASCO Consortium, ESA , NASA Explanation: In astronomical parlance , an interior planet is at superior conjunction when it is located on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. Mercury , the solar system's innermost planet, zips past this point in its orbit today. In fact, this recent picture from a solar coronagraph on board the the space-based SOHO observatory shows Mercury positioned very close to the Sun as seen from a near Earth vantage point. ...

polimplot -- Plot a polarization vector map . ... inpol = "" [name] . Input linear polarization image (in %) to plot. inpopa = "" [name] . Input image for position angle of linear polarization vectors (degrees). poi_err = "" [boolean] . ... Name of corresponding polarization position angle error image (degrees). ... This task is a flexible tool for plotting a polarization vector map from two images of the polarization and the position angle of the polarization vector. ...