... The time taken to read through a quadrant on the array sets a fundamental limit on the fastest electron collection rate which can be achieved by resetting all the pixels. An inherent consequence of the methods of operating the NICMOS array detectors in the ACCUM, MULTIACCUM, and RAMP modes is therefore that there is a minimum possible exposure time, ~ 0.6 seconds (0.302 for MULTIACCUM), set by the time required to read the array. ... Figure 15.1 illustrates the operation of bright object mode. ...

Minutes of OM Photometry Meeting Jan 10, 2000 at MSSL ==================================================== Attendees: Alice Breeveld, Igor Antokhine, Christopher Brindle, Jon Mittaz, Simon Rosen, Antonio Talavera, Rudi Much List of Actions: ================ a090101.1 Rudi: Redo colour transformation splitting the full range into colour intervals. ... It is needed to extend the colour transformation towards blue colours. ... The colour transfromation of hte main sequence are executed by default. ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

Supernova cosmology : legacy and future Bruno Leibundgut ESO Congratulations! for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae Supernova Cosmology · Required observations ­ light curve ­ spectroscopic classification ­ redshift · Required theory ­ cosmological model ­ ( supernova explosions and light emission) · ... 2009 Union2 data set (557 SNe Ia) Goobar & Leibundgut 2011 Supernova Cosmology ­ do we need more? ...

Next: Stars Up: File Formats Required Previous: File Formats Required . ... It is not so obvious that planning and reducing photometric observations also require information about the telescope used. ... This information is needed both for planning observations and reducing data. ... Many instrumental details influence the methods that must be used in reducing photometric observations, because the data-reduction process must accurately model the instrument's performance. ... Instrumental data . ...

... You are here: start €Ё correlator €Ё geodetic . ... correlator:geodetic . ... fourfit . aedit . Creating the files required by aedit . Running aedit . ... The data is required to be submitted in a particular format. ... This contains the geodetic environment variables: export HOPS_STATION_CODE=/nfs/apps/vlbi/lba_locations/hops_station_code.txt export DEF_CONTROL=/nfs/apps/vlbi/lba_locations/fourfit_control.txt export PATH=${PATH}:/nfs/apps/vlbi/hops/x86_64-3.8/bin export HOPS_QUIET='SHH' . ...

... For these observations night-time is required. Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­ 2 Days Needed at This Interval Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text) LST 0700 0700 0930 1715 Range - 1145 - 1300 - 1300 - 2000 Nights Notes 19 NGC 2577/UGC 4375 + Leo I Group 6 NGC 2577/UGC 4375 + Leo I Group + Abell 1367 51 Leo I Group + Abell 1367 89 Local Void (complete in second semester ) Constraints on scheduling: The Turn On Galfa Survey ( TOGS ) operates commensally with ...

... This paper describes various methods for the analysis of spectroscopic data, particularly as they relate to wavelength calibration of echelle-format spectra. ... Keywords: spectroscopy, Hough transform, wavelet transform, robust regression, echelle, wavelength calibration . ... Wavelet transform can be useful in complementing robust techniques for multiresolution analysis, and Section 4 presents an application of the Mexican hat transform to the detection of spectral features. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

Once students get the hang of it, they can find and measure the brightness of Delta Cephei in a few minutes. ... of Delta Cephei . ... Oct. ... The following table lists the measurements of Delta Cephei made by one amateur astronomer in autumn 1990. ... 4.0 . ... This activity is a simplified version of one that appeared in Hands-On Astrophysics, a series of activities prepared by the American Association of Variable Star Observers with support from the National Science Foundation. << previous page | ...

... 2012 August 6 . Nocturnal: Scenes from the Southern Night . Video Credit: Colin Legg ; Music Credit: Nocturnal (Redux) by Unkle . Explanation: Have you ever seen the night sky change? ... Frequently featuring an artistic human sculpture in the foreground and the southern sky in the background, the video closes with a time lapse clip of a total lunar eclipse . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices . ...

Next: AXAF Recipes Up: ROSAT HRI Recipes Previous: Quantum Efficiency Correction (a.k.a. For some observations, a significant amount of data may have been rejected during SASS processing because the background level was higher than the calculated threshold for rejection. ... REJECTED EVENTS . ... The recipe will allow the user to include rejected events in the generation of a new qpoe file and filter on the background level. ... This creates a qpoe file with standard + rejected events. ...

... Copyrightї1997 Bob Yen (byen@ix.netcom.com) (http://www.comet-track.com/hb/hb.html) . ... Information on Comet Hale-Bopp for the Non-Astronomer Hale-Bopp rotates about twice a day (3/14/97) . ... The Comet Observation Home Page was been selected to receive the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of February 2 - 8, 1997 for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web. ... Typically, about 1,000 individual users/computers access this page every day. ...

Images and text 2003 Paul Valleli . While up at Stellafane for pre-convention preparations, I spent some early morning times, experimenting with different videography setups on the 13" F/10 Schupmann at the McGregor Observatory. ... Mars was too bright and would have required neutral density filters. ... Next time, I will try 12mm and 9mm projections. ... I aquired about ten thousand frames by 3AM, at which time a breeze picked up and the seeing went to Hellas! ... 2003 Paul Valleli . ...

... 2.3 Establishing the Extragalactic Distance Scale . ... 2.3.2 The Second Rung: Distances to stellar clusters . ... 2.3.4 Distances to Local Group Galaxies . ... The Luminosity Function of Planetary Nebulae . ... 3.2.2 Clusters of Galaxies . ... 4.2 Evidence for Dark Matter as a Function of Scale Size . ... 4.3 Other Dark Matter Indicators for Galaxies . ... What is the nature of the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe as traced by the three-dimensional galaxy distribution? ...

... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. ... The seasons, the seeing ( a clear sky is not always associated to calm , stable air ) and most important how dark your observation site is. ... Therefore a dark site for observing is at least as important for deep sky observation as the diameter of your scope. ...

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 1999gn in NGC 4303 (= M61 ) Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main supernova page. Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the Supernova links web page. ... SEDS has a Supernova 1999gn page . ... Seiichi Yoshida has a 1999gn page . ... Kopernik 's M61 and supernova 1999gn page . ... vsnet-alert 3835 ] SN 1999gn in NGC 4303 = Messier 61 . ...

OptInt PmWiki : Pm Wiki / Access Keys . ... On Windows with Internet Explorer, press ALT + the access key. With Firefox, press SHIFT + ALT + the access key. ... Example: <a href="http://example.com" accesskey="x">Example</a> would create a link to example.com that could be triggered by clicking on the linked word "example" or using the access key Akey+x. That same action key link could be created in PmWiki markup by typing %accesskey="x"%[[http://example.com|Example]]%% , like this: Example . ...

Galileo showed convincingly that heavy objects fell no faster that light ones. ... If an iron ball was pulled down with a much greater force than a wooden one of the same size, why didn't it fall any faster? ... 1) It is harder to lift. ... It is the fact that the loaded wagon has a greater mass that gives it a larger inertia , a larger tendency to oppose any change in its state of rest or of constant motion in a straight line. ... One important quantity was the body mass of the astronauts. ...

... MASTER Net is 56 square degrees per 1 exposition . ... 06 Dec 2015: GRB 151205B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18665 . ... 18 Nov 2015: GRB 151118A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18613 . ... 12 Nov 2015: GRB 151112A: MASTER-NET optical limit GCN18591 . ... 07 Nov 2015: GRB 151107A: MASTER-NET optical observations GCN18565 . ... 31 Oct 2015: Five OTs detected by Global Robotic MASTER Net ATel8232 . ... 02 Oct 2015: GRB 151001B: MASTER-NET early optical observations GCN18380 . ...