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When environmentalists first began to attack plastic grocery bags, they offered paper bags as the green alternative. When researchers pointed out, leaving aside consumer's desire for plastic bags over other choices, that paper bags were as or more harmful to the environment as plastic bags, environmentalists were temporarily stymied in their assault.
Then they turned to pushing reusable bags made from either paper or cloth. I have written concerning the weaknsses of the arguments against plastic bags and for reusable bags as an alternative. I noted some of the environmental, economic and health costs of reusable bags.
Now, the unsettling, human health threats posed by reusable bags are getting even more notice. It seems they are the bearers of the stomach flu.


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Edwin's Favorite Places in Indy
With the historic running of the 100th Indy 500 coming up, many families are packing the car and flocking to Indianapolis! While the race may only last a few hours, Indy has more than enough attractions to entertain the whole family for days. So pack up, leave early and stay late -Indianapolis awaits!
Stuck on where to start? Being an Indy native himself, Edwin knows the ins and outs of what the city has to offer and wants you to know what he loves most!
Here are a few of Edwin's favorite places:
- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway – It's only right that the IMS tops the list! It's the highest-capacity sports venue in the world and has a museum, event venue and golf course on the infield alone. Edwin loves the bird's eye view.
- Main Street, Downtown Carmel – Other than his home nest, Edwin loves this main Carmel drag for all of its fun shops, restaurants, ice-cream parlors, salons, and parks. With easy access on the Monon Trail, it's a great destination for families who want to get outside and take a walk or bike ride. Whether you shop around, get some food, or just admire the street art, it's easy to see why Main Street made Edwin's list.
- The Indianapolis Children's Museum- At 472,900 square-feet, and 11 major galleries, it is the largest children's museum in the world. Edwin loves exploring all the exhibits while learning about science, history and world cultures. He especially loves the dinosaur exhibit. Come see what the "peaking dinosaurs" are looking at!
- The Canal Walk- Like all good ducks, Edwin loves canals! Especially when they're lined with sidewalks, restaurants, cafés, museums and gondolas!
- The Indianapolis Zoo – Last, but certainly not least, is the Indy Zoo. Come and see over 250 species of Edwin's exotic friends! This zoo is the first to be accredited as a zoo, aquarium and botanical garden! The only thing greater than its state of the art exhibits are its strides in animal conservation.
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Wall Street needs a September to remember to avoid the worst quarter for investment banking and trading revenue since the start of the financial crisis.
Analysts say that tablet computers are eating into sales of laptops.
Varanasi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor K C Chakrabarty has said that there are plans to cover all the villages through mobile banks by 2015, reports PTI.
Every villager would be financially included in the next five years, Mr Chakrabarty told reporters yesterday.
A mobile bank is a facility under which vehicle authorised by a particular bank with officials reaches a particular village on specified time.
The vehicle with bank official or authorised person provides limited services like deposit or withdrawal to villagers.
The RBI has prepared a road map to open a bank branch in the villages where there is appropriate space, he said. It has been decided that all the areas having population strength of 2000 should get access to banking facility, he said.
In his budget speech this year, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had spoken of the decision to provide appropriate banking facilities to habitations having population in excess of 2,000 by March 2012.
Speaking about circulation of fake currency, Mr Chakrabarty said, it is an issue related to security and police is being trained to deal with this.
All the banks have been informed about the security features of Rs500 notes, he said.


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PIERRE – Arrest rates in Pennington and Minnehaha counties are much higher for youths who are American Indians and blacks than for those who are white.
The state Council on Juvenile Services decided Wednesday to send $60,000 apiece to those two counties to better address that disproportionate minority contact with the justice system.
The council also started a new program offering grants for juvenile delinquency prevention.
Aberdeen, Watertown, Rapid City, Spearfish, Sturgis, the Winner area, Huron, Brookings and Sioux Falls-area communities will be invited to apply for $5,000 planning grants to be used for making application for delinquency-prevention grants in amounts up to $50,000.
The delinquency grants will be awarded on a competitive basis with a total of $200,000 available statewide.
The council and state Department of Corrections together oversee administration and distribution of grants through the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
The council was formed in 2003 at the direction of the Legislature in the wake of the juvenile-corrections controversies under the Janklow administration. A current member of the council, Arlene Ham-Burr of Rapid City, was a senator and a co-sponsor of the legislation.
"We've come a long, long way," she said during a presentation Tuesday night on the delinquency-prevention grants. "It feels like we need to forge ahead in a systematic way."
In recent years Pennington and Minnehaha counties used diversion programs to significantly reduce the numbers of youths being kept in detention because of criminal-type offenses.
But arrest rates remain abnormally high for American Indian and black youths in those counties, especially in comparison to their populations.
The diversion concept, known as juvenile detention alternatives initiative or JDAI, was initiated through work by the state council with the national Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Since the switch to JDAI, the average daily count in Minnehaha County juvenile detention center dropped from an average of 41.28 youths per day in 2009 to an average of 10.59 per day in 2012, according to Ken McFarland, the county administrator.
He said many of the youths who are detained in the center aren't from Minnehaha County. The savings allows for $340,000 of other juvenile services to be funded by the county for 2014.
The Rapid City detention center saw its average daily population of Pennington County youths decrease from19.13 in 2011 to 9.19 in 2012, according to Liz Heidelberger, the county's JDAI coordinator.
Juvenile arrests in Minnehaha County during 2012 were 1,132 whites; 413 blacks; 107 Hispanics or Latinos; 34 Asians; 483 American Indians; and 49 others.
For Pennington County the youth-arrest numbers in 2012 were 907 whites; 60 blacks; zero Hispanics or Latinos; six Asians; 1,280 American Indians; and one other.
Those statistics are why the council is making grants available for work on disproportionate minority contact in those two counties.
Minnehaha County plans to use $44,500 of its $60,000 grant for contracting to have a program director. Another $4,457 will be available for vouchers to pay for services to youths that otherwise aren't covered, and the remainder will go for travel, supplies and equipment.
Pennington County will use $25,000 for paying a part-time person to assemble data kept on paper records in the state's attorney office. The other $35,000 will be available for service vouchers to help youths who don't qualify for government assistance otherwise and whose families can't afford to pay.
Getting the data collected and then analyzing it are the first steps necessary in Pennington County, according to Heidelberger.
The person to be hired will work for State's Attorney Mark Vargo, a long-time federal prosecutor who was newly elected to the county post last year. The person also will be paid through a separate county contract to collect data for other purposes by the office.
"We don't really know the severity of a lot of things going on, because it's all in-house," Heidelberger said.


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Detecting and measuring faint point sources with a CCD
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1 Detecting and measuring faint point sources with a CCD Herbert Raab a,b a Astronomical ociety of Linz, ternwarteweg 5, A-400 Linz, Austria b Herbert Raab, chönbergstr. 3/1, A-400 Linz, Austria; tars, Asteroids, and even the (pseudo-)nuclei of comets, are point-sources of light. In recent times, most observers use CCDs to observe these objects, so it might be worthwhile to think about some details of detecting and measuring point sources with a CCD. First, this paper discusses the properties of point-sources, and how they can describe them with a small set of numerical values, using a Point pread Function (PF). Then, the sources of noise in CCD imaging systems are identified. By estimating the signal to noise ratio (NR) of a faint point source for some examples, it is possible to investigate how various parameters (like exposure time, telescope aperture, or pixel size) affect the detection of point sources. Finally, the photometric and astrometric precision expected when measuring faint point sources is estimated. Introduction Modern CCD technology has enabled amateur astronomers to succeed in observations that were reserved to professional telescopes under dark skies only a few years ago. For example, a 0.3m telescope in a backyard observatory, equipped with a CCD, can detect stars of 0 mag. However, many instrumental and environmental parameters have to be considered when observing faint targets. Properties of Point ources In long exposures, point sources of light will be smeared by the effects of the atmosphere, the telescope optics, vibrations of the telescope, and so forth. Assuming that the optics are free of aberrations over the field of the CCD, this characteristic distribution of light, called the Point pread Function (PF) is the same for all point sources in the image. Usually, the PF can be described by a symmetric Gaussian (bell-shaped) distribution (figure 1) [1]: 0 0 ( x x ) + ( y y ) σ I ( x, y) = H e + B (1) I (x,y) is the intensity at the coordinates (x,y), which can be measured form the image. By fitting the PF to the pixel values that make up the image of the object (figure 1), the quantities x 0, y 0, I, σ and B can be found, which characterize the point source as follows: Width In equation 1, the width of the Gaussian PF is characterized by the quantity σ. In astronomy, the width of the PF is frequently specified by the socalled Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM). As the name implies, this is the width of the curve at half its height. The FWHM corresponds to approximately.355 σ. Although a number of factors control the FWHM (like focusing, telescope optics, and vibrations), it is usually dominated by the seeing. The FWHM is the same for all point-sources in the image (if optical aberrations can be neglected). Most notably, it is independent of the brightness of the object. Bright stars appear larger on the image only because the faint outer extensions of the PF are visible. For faint stars, these parts drown in the noise and are therefore not visible. Background During the exposure, the CCD not only collects signal from the object, but also light from the sky background and the thermal signal generated within the detector. These signals result in a pedestal (B) on which the PF is based. Ideally, the background signal is the same over the whole field for calibrated images. In practice, however, it will vary somewhat over the field. Position The position of the object in the CCD frame can be expressed in rectangular coordinates (x 0, y 0 ), usually along the rows and columns of the CCD. Fitting a PF to the image will allow to calculate the position of the object to a fraction of the pixel size. Intensity The height of the PF (H) is proportional to the magnitude of the object. The total flux of the objects corresponds to the integrated volume of the PF, less the background signal (see below). Figure 1: Image of a star on a CCD (left), and the Gaussian PF fitted to the image data (right).
2 ignal and Noise As briefly mentioned above, the CCD not only collects light from celestial objects, but also some unwanted signals. The thermal signal, for example, can be subtracted from the image by applying a dark frame calibration, but the noise of the thermal signal remains even in the calibrated image. In addition to the thermal noise, the readout noise is generated in the detector. External sources of noise are the photon noise in the signal from the sky background, as well as the photon noise in the signal of the object under observation. The Poisson noise in a signal (that is: the standard deviation σ of the individual measurements from the true signal) can be estimated as the square root of the signal, i.e. σ = () where is the signal (for example, the thermal signal), and σ is the noise level in that signal (in that example, the thermal noise). The total noise from the four independent noise sources mentioned above add in quadrature to give the total noise: σ σ + σ + σ + σ = (3) B where σ is the total noise, σ B is the background noise, σ s is the object noise, σ T is the thermal signal, and σ R is the readout noise. The ignal Noise Ratio (NR) can be calculated from: T R NR = (4) σ Where is the signal from the object, and σ the total noise. By combining equations to 4, it is possible to calculate the NR in one pixel: NR = (5) + B + T +σ Here, is the signal from the object collected in the pixel, B the signal from the sky background and T the thermal signal collected by the pixel, respectively, and σ R is the readout noise for one pixel. If equation 5 is applied to the brightest pixel in the image of the object, the result is the Peak NR for that object. The Peak NR is important, as software (or humans) can detect faint objects only if at least the brightest pixel has a NR over some threshold that is set to avoid false detections in the image noise. Usually, a Peak NR of ~3 is considered to be a marginal detection. In other words, this would correspond to the limiting magnitude of the image. For unfiltered or broadband images, the dominant source of noise is usually the sky background, even under very dark skies. With modern, cooled CCDs, the instrumental noise is generally less important, and object noise is only significant for very bright objects. R Figure : Growth of ignal, Noise, and ignal to Noise Ratio with increasing exposure time. Figure shows the growth of ignal, Noise, and ignal to Noise Ratio (NR) with increasing exposure time t. Note that, in this example, the background signal B is stronger than the signal from the object under observation. The background noise is σ B, the object noise is σ. The readout noise is independent of the exposure time and it is therefore not drawn. (For sky-limited exposures, it can practically be neglected.) The signal grows linear with increasing exposure time, as do the background signal B and the thermal signal T. Fortunately, the background noise (σ B = B) and the thermal noise (σ T = T) grow slower. Doubling the exposure time will increase all signals (,B,T) by a factor of, but the noise levels (σ s, σ B, σ T, σ) by a factor of only, so the NR increases by =. With increasing exposure, the faint object will eventually emerge from the noise, even though the background signal is always stronger than the signal from the object in this example. Estimating the ignal to Noise Ratio With a few, mostly very simple calculations, it is possible to estimate the ignal to Noise Ratio that can be expected for a stellar object of known magnitude with a certain equipment. In this chapter, one example is described in some detail. Further examples in the following chapters will be used to compare various telescope setups, and the gain (or loss) in the NR. The telescope used in this example is a 0.6m f/3.3 reflector, with a central obstruction of 0.m. As a detector, a CCD with 4µm square pixels (corresponding to.5 at the focal length of 1.98m), a dark current of one electron per second per pixel, a readout noise of ten electrons per pixel, and a mean quantum efficiency of 70% over the visible and near infrared portion of the spectrum (400nm to 800nm) is used []. We assume a stellar object of 0 mag as the target of the observation, the brightness of the sky background to be 18 mag per square arc second, and the FWHM of the stellar image to be 4. In that spectral range, we receive about photons per second per square meter from a star of 0 mag [3]. A difference of 1 mag corresponds to a factor of.5 in the brightness, so there will be only , or about 440 photons per second per square meter from our target. The light collecting area of the 0.6m telescope is 0.5m², so it will accumulate photons in a 100
3 second exposure. With a quantum efficiency of 0.7, this will generate about electrons in the CCD. Assuming that the PF of the object can be described with equation 1, and that the peak brightness is located exactly at the centre of one pixel, this pixel collects about 9% of the total light, or about photons, which will generate 33 electrons in that pixel. The Poisson noise of this signal is 33 ~ 47. In analogy to the stellar flux, we can estimate the flux from the sky background (18 mag per square arc second) to be , or about 748 photons per second per square meter. The telescope therefore collects about photons from each square arc second during the exposure. Each pixel covers 6.5 square arc seconds, and therefore, about photons from the sky background will be collected during the exposure in each pixel. This will generate about electrons, with a Poisson noise of ~ 548 electrons. During the exposure, the dark current will generate 100 electrons in each pixel, and the dark noise is therefore 100 = 10. The readout adds further 10 noise electrons. Using equation 3, the total noise in the brightest pixel can be calculated by adding the object noise in the brightest pixel, the sky noise, the dark noise and the readout noise in quadrature, i.e. (47² + 548² + 10² + 10²) ~ 550. The Peak ignal Noise Ratio is now found to be ~ 4.1. Obviously, the 0 mag object is only marginally detected in this example. Although this is a simplified calculation (e.g., no attempt to correct for atmospheric extinction was made, and no attention was given to the saturation of pixels, etc.), it is still a reasonable estimate. ome further telescope setups will be compared in the next chapters, and the results are compared. All calculations are summarized in table 1 in the Appendix. Exposure Time In the previous chapter, a star of 0 mag is only marginally detected with a 0.6m f/3.3 telescope in a 100 second exposure. In the next example, the exposure time is extended to 600 seconds to increase the ignal Noise Ratio of the object. The calculation, which is summarized as example in table 1 in the Appendix, shows that the NR of the brightest pixels increases from 4.1 to It has been noted previously that increasing the exposure time by a factor of n will raise the NR by a factor of n. In this example, the exposure time has been increased by a factor of 6, and the NR was raised by a factor of 6 ~.45. The limiting magnitude of an image can be defined by the brightness of the stars reaching some minimal NR, for example, 3.0. A factor of.5 in brightness corresponds to one magnitude, which closely matches the increase in NR due to the longer exposure. To increase the limiting magnitude by one full magnitude, the exposure time would have to be extended by a factor of 6.5, i.e., to 65 seconds. Pushing the limiting magnitude down by one more magnitude, another increase by a factor of 6.5 would be necessary: the exposure time would increase to about 3900 seconds, or 65 minutes (figure 3). Figure 3: Relative exposure time required for increasing the limiting magnitude. Telescope Aperture In the next example, we will expand the telescope aperture from 0.6m (as used in the previous examples) to 1.5m, with a central obstruction of 0.5m in diameter and a focal length of 7m. For the environment (sky background, seeing) and the detector, the same values as in the previous examples are used, and a exposure time of 100 second (as in example 1) assumed. The result of the calculation, which is summarized as example 3 in table 1 in the Appendix, is somewhat surprising: Although the 1.5m telescope has 6.5 times more light collecting area than the 0.6m instrument, the Peak NR is now only 3.4. Compared to the Peak NR of 4.1 that was found for the 100 second integration with the 0.6m telescope, this is a loss of ~0. mag in limiting magnitude. How can this be? Due to the long focal length of the telescope, each pixel now covers only Compared to the 0.6m telescope from the previous examples (pixel size.5.5 ), this is only 8% of the area. By combining the increased light collecting power, and the smaller pixel scale, we find that each pixel receives only about times the light collected in one pixel of the CCD by the smaller telescope. As both the light from the object and from the sky background (the dominant source of noise in these examples) drop by the factor of 0.5, the NR should decrease approximately by a factor of ~ 0.7. The true factor found by comparing the NR calculated in examples 1 and 3 is only about 0.8, because the PF is a non-linear function (equation 1), concentrating more light in the centre of the pixel than in the outer regions that were lost due to the smaller angular size of the pixels in that example. Does this mean that it makes no sense to use larger telescopes? Of course not! Apparently, the problem is related to the pixel scale, so pixel binning might be of some help: By using binning (example 4), a Peak NR of 6.4 is obtained, which corresponds to an increase in limiting magnitude of about 0.5 mag as compared to the 0.6m telescope in example 1, or of 0.7 mag as compared to the 1.5m telescope with the CCD used without binning (example 3). caling the FWHM from 4 to (by improving the telescope optics, the focusing, the mechanics or the seeing, if possible in some way) would be even better than binning: The peak NR would grow to 1.7, and the gain
4 in limiting magnitude is about 1. mag, as compared to example 1, or 1.4 mag as compared to example 3. Pixel ize and ampling Apparently, the relative size of the pixel to the FWHM of the stellar images is an important factor in obtaining the highest possible NR. By performing calculations similar to the NR estimates in the previous chapters, it can be shown that the highest Peak NR is obtained when the pixels are about 1. FWHM in size (figure 4). Figure 5: Undersampled (left), critically sampled (center) and oversampled (right) stellar images (top row), and the PF fitted to the image data (bottom row). Error Estimates Figure 4: Variation of peak NR for various pixel scales. The pixel size is measured in units of FWHM. With such large pixels, most of the photons are collected by the single pixel on which the PF of the stellar image is centred, whilst only the fainter, noisy wings of the PF fall on the neighbouring pixels, resulting in a high NR. However, with almost all the light concentrated in a single pixel, it would be very difficult to distinguish real objects from image artefacts (like hot pixels or cosmic ray strikes), and it is impossible to calculate the precise position of the object to sub-pixel accuracy. To retain the information of the objects on the CCD image, the scale must be chosen so that the FWHM of stellar sources spans at least 1.5 to pixels [4]. This scale is called critical sampling, as it preserves just enough information that the original PF can be restored by some software analysing the image. With even larger pixels (i.e., less than 1.5 pixels per FWHM), the PF can not be restored with sufficient precision, and astrometric or photometric data reduction is inaccurate, or not possible at all. This situation is called undersampling. In the other extreme ( oversampling ) the light of the object is spread over many pixels: Although the PF of stellar objects can be restored with high precision in this case, the NR is decreased (figure 5). Critically sampled images will give the highest NR and deepest limiting magnitude possible with a given equipment in a certain exposure time, without loosing important information contained in the image. For applications that demand the highest possible astrometric or photometric precision, one might consider some oversampling. The same is true for pretty pictures, as stars on critically sampled images look rather blocky. Fitting a PF profile to a faint, noisy detection is naturally less precise than for bright stellar images with a high NR (figure 6). Position and brightness calculated for faint detections are therefore expected to be less precise than for bright objects. Figure 6: Gaussian PF fitted to a faint (Peak NR ~4) and a bright (Peak NR ~100) stellar image. The fractional uncertainty of the total flux is simply the reciprocal value of the ignal to Noise Ratio, 1 NR (sometimes also called the Noise to ignal Ration). By converting this uncertainty to magnitudes, we get: PHOT 1 Log(1 + ) = NR Log(.5) σ (6) Here, σ PHOT is the one-sigma random error estimated for the magnitude measured, and NR is the total NR of all pixels involved (e.g., within a synthetic aperture centred on the object). By modifying equation 5, we can find this value from: NR = (7) + n ( B + T +σ ) In this formula, is the total integrated signal from the object in the measurement (i.e., within the aperture), and n is the number of pixels within the aperture. The other quantities are identical to equation 3. It should be noted that, as both and n will change with the diameter of the R
5 aperture, the total NR varies with the diameter of the photometric aperture, so photometry can be optimised by choosing the appropriate aperture [5]. Figure 7: The photometric error (in stellar magnitudes) expected for point-sources up to a NR of 50. Figure 7 shows the expected uncertainty in the magnitude for point sources up to NR 50, as calculated from equation 6. Equation 6 only estimates the random error in photometry due to image noise. It does not account for any systematic errors (like differences in spectral sensitivity of the CCD and the colour band used in the star catalogue) that might affect absolute photometric results. Provided that the stellar images are properly sampled, the astrometric error can be estimated using this equation [6]: σ PF σ AT = (8) NR Here, σ AT is the estimated one-sigma error of the position of the object, σ PF the Gaussian sigma of the PF (as in equation 1), and NR is the Peak ignal to Noise Ratio of the object. Note that σ AT will be expressed in the same units as σ PF (usually arc seconds), and that σ PF can be calculated from FWHM.355. calculated from equation 8. Again, equation 8 only estimates the random error in the stellar centroid due to image noise. It does not account for any systematic errors (introduced by the astrometric reference star catalogue, for example) that might affect absolute astrometric results. Returning to example 1, the astrometric one-sigma error expected for the point source with a Peak ignal to Noise Ratio of 4.1 and a FWHM of 4 can now be estimated to ~0.4, using equation 8. Adopting a photometric aperture with a diameter of 3 FWHM (covering 18 pixels), a total ignal to Noise Ratio of about 3.3 is found by using equation 7. From equation 6, the photometric error is estimated to ~0.3 mag. An astrometric error of ~1 is acceptable, particularly if it is a observation of a minor planet with a uncertain orbital solution or a large sky-plane uncertainty (for example, as in the case of late follow-up or recovery observations). Observations of the light curve of a minor planet usually require a precision of 0.05 mag or better, corresponding to a NR of 0 or higher. Obviously, photometric observations are much more demanding than astrometry. ummary and Conclusions This paper first described the characteristics of a Gaussian Point pread Function, and the sources of noise in the imaging system. A few examples, estimating the ignal to Noise Ratio obtained for faint point sources with various telescope setups, highlighted that environmental conditions, telescope equipment, and CCD detector must harmonise to operate at peak performance. Finally, the astrometric and photometric error expected when measuring faint point sources was estimated. Useful astrometric results can be obtained even for very faint targets at the limit of detection, particularly if the skyplane uncertainty for the object under observation is large. For photometric studies, a higher NR is desirable. References 1. Auer, L. H.; van Altena, W. F.: Digital image centering II, Astronomical Journal, 83, (1978). cientific Imaging Technologes, Inc: ITe cientific-grade CCD 3. Berry, R; Burnell, J.: The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, Willmann-Bell, Inc. (000) 4. Howell,. B.; Koehn, B; Bowell, E.; Hoffman, M.: Detection and Measurement of poorly sampled Point ources images with -D Arrays, The Astronomical Journal, 11, (1996) 5. Naylor, T.: An optimal extraction algorithm for imaging photometry, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical ociety, 96, (1998) Figure 8: The astrometric error (in units of the FWHM) expected for point-sources up to a Peak NR of 50. Figure 8 shows the expected uncertainty in the position (in units of FWHM) for point sources up to NR 50, as 6. Neuschaefer, L. W.; Windhorst, R.A.: Observation and Reduction Methods of deep Palomar 00 inch 4-hooter Mosaics, The Astrophysical Journal upplement eries, 96, (1995)
6 Appendix ignal to Noise Ratio Estimation Example 1 Example Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Telescope Mirror Diameter 0.60 m 0.60 m 1.50 m 1.50 m 1.50 m Obstruction 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.50 m 0.50 m 0.50 m Light Collecting Area 0.5 m² 0.5 m² 1.57 m² 1.57 m² 1.57 m² Local Length 1.98 m 1.98 m 7.00 m 7.00 m 7.00 m Focal Ratio Detector Pixel ize 4 µm 4 µm 4 µm 48 µm 4 µm Pixel cale.50 /Pixel.50 /Pixel 0.71 /Pixel 1.4 /Pixel 0.71 /Pixel Dark Current 1 e /s/pixel 1 e /s/pixel 1 e /s/pixel 4 e /s/pixel 1 e /s/pixel Readout Noise 10 e 10 e 10 e 0 e 10 e Quantum Efficiency 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % Integration Time 100 s 600 s 100 s 100 s 100 s Object and ky Object Magnitude 0 mag 0 mag 0 mag 0 mag 0 mag ky Background 18 mag / 18 mag / 18 mag / 19 mag / 19 mag / FWHM NR Calculation Object Flux 11'000 γ γ γ γ γ Object ignal e e e e e hare for central Pixel Object Flux in centr. Pixel γ γ γ γ γ Object ignal in centr. Pixel 33 e e e 5 09 e 5 09 e Object Noise in centr. Pixel 47 e 116 e 36 e 71 e 71 e Background Flux γ/pixel ' γ/pixel γ/pixel γ/pixel γ/pixel Background ignal e /pixel e /pixel e /pixel e /pixel e /pixel Background Noise 548 e /pixel 134 e /pixel 390 e /pixel 780 e /pixel 390 e /pixel Dark Current 100 e /pixel 600 e /pixel 100 e /pixel 400 e /pixel 100 e /pixel Dark Noise 10 e /pixel 5 e /pixel 10 e /pixel 0 e /pixel 10 e /pixel Noise in centr. Pixel 550 e 134 e 39 e 783 e 397 e Peak NR Table 1: ummary of the NR calculations mentioned in the text. Example 1 is described in some detail in the paper. Note that, for example 4, the pixel size listed in the table is not the physical size, but the site of the binned pixel, and all other data refer to the binned pixel.
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THIS IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE GAME BEFORE IT STARTED. TO GO TO THE CURRENT VERSION, GO TO: Falling Nations (Map Game)
This is my new idea of a Map Game. If at least seven people want to play this then I will announce a date on which the game will begin.
Current Map
These are the nations in existence so far. They will not change until more people join. When the game starts, borders may change after wars.
- Ganges Nation (Green) - DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 17:02, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Bosphor Republic (Pink) - Sunnyfireflame (talk) 17:08, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- New Ionian Kingdom (Purple) - Willster22 (User talk:Willster22) 17:25, October 20, 2012 (UTC) Flag is coming
- Lurestos (Red) - Bauglir Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All (talk) 18:33, October 20, 2012 (UTC) Wait for my flag!
- Blue - Requested by Zack 393 so I put it in for him. the rest is up to him now (unless he wants me to make a flag)
- Roman Republic (Darkish Red) - Sine dei gloriem (talk) 21:52, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Come on, guys! We only need a few more people... DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 09:21, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
The human race never entered the Dark Ages. Europe never colonised America, they both colonised each other. Antarctica is inhabited by humans. By 1590 every nation has firearms, most have explosives and Three superpowers have small scale nuclear weapons. By 1625, the different peoples have political disagreements, and the relationships became worse because of religious disagreements. By 1632 the Pacific islands mosly no longer exist, as the wars and testing of nukes have severely damaged them. 89% of all uranium supplies are exhausted, just for the nukes. By 1675, all nations are dissolved, a political map shows no countries, just the outlines of the continents. Coastlines have shrunk due to chemicals from weapons speeding up erosion and due to nuking of major coastline cities and harbors.
It is 1750. People now realise that they need a leader and nation to keep the world organised; they need a nation to give them a sense of identity. Whether it means another war or not.
No nukes until I think the nations have advanced far enough (Uranium supplies are depleted anyway).
Each turn is half a year.
You start with basic machines (such as radios and basic firearms).
If you do not post for more than seven days you are kicked from the game.
No sockpuppeting (Obviously)
Keep things plausible.
When/If you join, take a copy of the current map, (IN FULL SIZE) save it as .PNG, then put your nation on it. I will tell you if I think it is way to big.
Countries get bigger by annexing other nations or going on conquests.
Who would like to play?
If you like my idea and would like to play, put your name here, with why you like this map game.
Guys I want at least three continents to have nations before we start. Remember, in this game, humans have colonised Antarctica, so you can have a nation there!
I change my mind- first turn starts today! This page will be archived, and will therefore become: Falling Nation (Map Game)- Pre-Game Discussions DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 11:43, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 10:19, October 20, 2012 (UTC) I want to play this map game... Because I made it....
Zack 393: Its seems like a fun and original game that I haven't heard of before which seems really cool. Basically, the reason I would like to play this map game is because its an original fun and exciting game!
Thanks! What region of the world would you like? It can be anywhere, but it starts out small and you have to design a flag for it (.png format, 64x32), and you can name it whatever you like. DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 10:23, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Sunnyfireflame (talk) 11:09, October 20, 2012 (UTC) I would like to play.... Because I am DinosaurBoy789's sister. I have already told him which nation I want!
This map game seems interesting. I join! --TheMaster001 (talk) 13:43, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Not Unique, I have seen a map game basicly like this one. But I liked the concept and I played the other one. So we make our own nations and we start with limited pixels and tech. I can link the other map game if you want.Willster22 (User talk:Willster22) 14:21, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Shit! So you have heard of Radioactive Tide! Cool, their is a second one too.
Zack 393: I am not techy AT ALL so I am not sure how exactly to design a flag (embarrassment) but I do know that I would like the country of France. Not actual France but the place around France.
Who wrote that? DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 15:02, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Who is the Purple Nation? DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 15:02, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
First of all, I'm the purple nation and I wrote that. But why did you cross it out? Also the reason I knew that is because I was checking out what you have done so far on the wiki (not much). I've been here for a much longer time. Willster22 (User talk:Willster22) 16:36, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Oh... Sorry, I thought that it was another guy pretending to be me... I got confused because, like you said, I have not been on this wiki for a long time, so when i saw that post without the signature, I thought it was an unregistered person editing my page randomly. I am sorry.
Sunnyfireflame (talk) 17:14, October 20, 2012 (UTC) Lol it seems my sister was still logged on to our computer! DinosaurBoy789 (talk) 17:19, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Bauglir Zero: This game gives certain freedom at the hour of creating a nation, and is interesting. Bauglir Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All (talk) 18:23, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Sine Dei: I'm joining, I'm going to be in Italy muahahaha Sine dei gloriem (talk) 21:52, October 20, 2012 (UTC)


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terrain– from cameras,inkjet paper and online photofinishing to photo
kiosks and minilabs, X-ray systems and commercial printers.
As it makes the tough transition from analog to digital photography, Kodak is
slashing its payroll. By 2007, its work force is expected to drop by 12,000 to
15,000, from World War II-era levels of around 50,000.
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I have a licence for 12 tonnes and 17 seater bus. I revalidated with an fco course(in july on the indication of getting a job) in order to get work for the school bus service. however the local companies have changed their fleets and the smallest bus is now 18 seater....
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