STScI . ... Phase I Proposing . ... Astronomer's Proposal Tool . ... STScI solicits proposals for HST Observing, Archival Theoretical Research. ... HST Cycle 24 Phase II Proposal Deadline . The Call for Proposals (CP) invites the astronomical community to propose for observing time on HST in a given cycle (nominally one year in duration). It summarizes the policies and procedures for proposing in that cycle of HST observing, including requests for funding research on archival HST data. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Instrumentation Development . ... Science Users Information . ... La Silla Paranal Observatory . ... Paranal Instrumentation . Decommissioned Instruments . ... VLT/VLTI Science Verification . ... ESO exercises strict control over the interfaces between the VLT observatory and its instruments. ... The instruments below are now maintained (and documented on the ESO web) by the Directorate of Operations/La Silla Paranal Observatory: . ...

Next: Calibration Frames and Up: CCD Reductions Previous: General Overview of . ... However, apart from a few cases the keyword setting itself is not modified: principally, keywords can only be changed by the SET/CCD command. ... After (partially) having finished a CCD reduction the user may want to store the current keyword setting. ... The keyword setting can be restored by the command INIT/CCD red_table , where red_table is the reduction table containing the CCD keyword setting, previously saved. ...

... There are still a few items on a punch list of things to be completed. ... Sometimes recovery is quick and other times the instrument self corrects itself just by sitting idle. ... As of August 30, 2013, the 3.5-m has implemented a TAI time standard in all the instrument headers. ... ARCES . ... 2015-11-30: The slitviewer computer problems appear to be intermittent but are quickly resolved by the observing specialist. ... The instrument is available again . ... 2015-10-26: Vacuum not soft. ...

Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

... Workpackage Status 2006/10/12 . Proc. SPIE paper on downselect . ... Due Date . ... P4S combiner optimization . ... P4S switchyard optimization . ... P8 combiner optimization . ... P8 (internal) switchyard optimization . ... Due 2006/07/31 . 70% done . ... P4S/P8 spectrograph optimization . ... I4S combiner optimization . ... I4S switchyard optimization . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROI/ScienceInstrumentDownselect) ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

The following are useful tcsh completions I use, which should mostly be fairly standard for any unix platform, so you can just drop them into place. # directories complete cd 'C/*/d/' complete rmdir 'C/*/d/' complete lsd 'C/*/d/' # signal names # also note that the initial - can be created with the first completion # but without appending a space (note the extra slash with no # append character specified) ...

Filename completion is only available if the the environment variables EDITOR and/or VISUAL are set to either emacs , gmacs or vi . For example: EDITOR=emacs . ... To complete a file or directory name with emacs or gmacs set press the ESC key twice. ls -l on<ESC><ESC> line_help . If the filename is not completed enter more characters until the filename can be uniquely identified. ... To complete a file or directory name with vi set press the \ (backward slash) key. ls -l on\ line_help . ...

Contents and Select Excerpts . ... Winter 2009 . ... Complete content for online Mercury is available to ASP members and institutional subscribers . ... Dark Night, Rowena Davis . ... The International Dark-Sky Association is leading the movement to save our starry skies. ... Imaging the Universe Online, Paul Deans . ... Time-Domain Astronomy, John Avant . ... Astronomy in the News . ... Editorial, Paul Deans . ... Night Sky Brightness . ... Sky Sights, Paul Deans . ... Reflections, Paul Deans . ...

... Комментариев нет 22 августа 2010, 13:58 Blogger , English , Астрономия . ... Neptune will finally complete its first full orbit of the sun since it was discovered in 1846a approximately one year from now, according to NASA estimates. ... Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-21 . ...

... Meta Index / Home Page / User-visible functionality The OAL provides functionality to expand a pair of two or a tuple of four identifiers into a valid ODF data set name which can then be used to physically open the set, e.g. with the dal open method. The corresponding OAL routine receives a string which is either a valid data set name or of the form . odf(<instr>, <mode>[, <expnr>, <ccdnr>[, scheduledFlag]]) . ... For data sets for which the field is not applicable a value of 0 must be given. ...

... Alfred Merrill Worden . NASA Astronaut (former) . ... Married to Jill Lee Worden (Hotchkiss). ... He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 flight and as backup command module pilot for the Apollo 12 flight. ... Scott and Irwin collected approximately 171 pounds of lunar surface materials on their three expeditions onto the lunar surface; and Worden logged 38 minutes in extravehicular activity outside the command module, "Endeavour." ...

XmCCD ----- This distribution includes source code to utilize the Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface program to control SBIG astronomical CCD cameras. ... The latest SBIG library is available from http://www.sbig.com However, the version included here is known to work with this program. ... XmCCD software is offered under the GNU Public License. ... It provides standard FITS library support for the image file format in xmccd. ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

Next: A. Christou, Research Astronomer Up: C.J. Butler, Research Astronomer Previous: Phenology . The HLF, DCAL and EHS-funded telescopes and telescope domes restoration project has been in progress throughout 2003. Work was completed on the main building, the 1827 Dome, and the Robinson Dome. The 15-inch Grubb Reflector has been restored with a new tube and mirror, and a new dome for the Calver Telescope has been constructed. This work is ongoing, and should be completed during 2004. ...

... Should be broken out by telescope within a facility.) ... Should be broken out by telescope within a facility.) - # programs allocated time ґ number of programs with non- staff PI's ґ number of programs with observatory staff as PI's ґ number of thesis programs ґ number with U.S. PI's ґ number with foreign PI's ґ information on geographic distribution - # states, # institutions, characterization of institution (R1, PUI, etc), if information ...

... Space Research Institute . Main . ... Main results of the experimental and theoretical research completed in 2010 . ... Moon's topography is shown based on LOLA laser altimeter data, white contour shows a permanently shadowed region and a white rhomb indicates LCROSS spacecraft impact location. ... Ultra deep survey of the sky in hard X-rays, performed by INTEGRAL observatory . INTEGRAL observatory has completed the first and the most sensitive survey of the sky in hard X-ray energy band. ...

... After delivery of all engineering models and SRT test sets to LA main ASC activities were moved to LA as well. ... Special attention was paid to the problem of tests on the electromagnetic compatibility between service and scientific on-board payload. ... The SRT was attached to special supporting frame, and LNA cooling system (NSOTR) was installed on the Focal Container. ... FC Focal Container - hermetic package with the scientific payload; it contains receivers, . ... TVT Thermo-Vacuum Tests . ...

Multibeam Survey Working Group . ... The two main projects, which require large amounts of telescope time and which have already underway are the HIPASS and the ZOA surveys. ... Data and analysis papers written by HIPASS/ZOA 1 team members before January 1, 2001 will normally list as co-authors all those HIPASS/ZOA members who have actively participated at some stage in the system design, preparation, observations, analysis or interpretation of the survey data. ... HIPASS: . ... HIPASS/ZOA 1 . ...