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A satellite view of the COAST telescope . ... How the COAST telescope works . ... Four telescopes are focused on the object of interest and the image from each telescope passes through aluminium tubes into the beam combining building . ... The incoming light is reflected from the siderostat mirror onto the primary mirror, which focuses the light on a small mirror. ... Part of each light beam is used in the guiding system which makes sure the telescopes are kept pointing at the object of interest. ...

... For reducing data from ESO instrumentation it is assumed that the FITS headers conform the standards set by the document ``ESO Archive, Data Interface Requirements''. ... As an example, in the ESO case the exposure type is stored in the ESO hierarchical FITS keyword `HIERARCH ESO GEN EXPO TYPE'. ... To fill the CCD keywords with the telescope and instrument setup parameters, like name of the telescope, CCD used, read-out noise, frame size, etc. the command LOAD/CCD can be used. ...

home publications > mercury . ... Buying a Telescope . ... By following some easy guidelines, you can purchase the ideal telescope for you or that special someone on your gift list. by Phil Harrington, author of Star Ware and several other astronomy books . One of the most important decisions that you will make as a stargazer is selecting a telescope. ... In this article, veteran amateur astronomer and author Phil Harrington outlines the three major types of telescopes on today's market. ...

Find Similar Abstracts (with default settings below ) . ... Also-Read Articles . ... Speckle interferometer of the 6 m telescope . Authors: . ... Izvestiya Spetsial'noi Astrofizicheskoi Observatorii) (ISSN 0320-9318), Vol. 56, p. 102 - 114 (2003) . ... Instrumentation: Interferometers, Techniques: High Angular Resolution, Techniques: Image Processing . ... 102M A description of the 6 m telescope speckle interferometer is presented. ... Keywords (in text query field) . ... Query Form . ...

About us . ... Telescopes . ... Apart from the 6-meter telescope BTA two small telescopes are operative at SAO: the 1-m and 0.6-m telescopes, both manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena, are located near the BTA. ... These telescopes are used for adjusting the equipment and techniques of observations used at the BTA. ... The observational time allocation and also a brief description of the equipment of the 1-m telescope, which is used either permanently or mainly on this telescope, are presented below. ...

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 . ...

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... September 1, 1996 . VLT: A New Largest Optical Telescope . Credit and Copyright: European Southern Observatory . ... Dubbed the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is building four 8.2-meter mirrors in Chile which together will act as a single telescope with a mirror diameter of over 16-meters. The first of these telescopes should be completed in 1997, and all four should be completed and working together sometime in the year 2000. ... About APOD | ...

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... While "First Light" was achieved at the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (UT2) ahead of schedule, UT1 produced its sharpest image so far. ... It had long been ESO's intention to provide "real" names to the four VLT Unit Telescopes, to replace the current, somewhat dry and technical designations as UT1 to UT4. ... The participants were left with the impression of mounting expectations, just four weeks before the first VLT Unit Telescope, Antu (UT1), will receive the first visiting astronomers. ...

The Planewave Instruments 20-inch (0.5-meter) f/6.8 corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope at Moore Observatory in Kentucky and its identical companion at Mt. ... The CDK20 North at Moore Observatory has been our primary platform for developing technology for remote and robotic operation in the Shared Skies program. ... g'r'z'i' filter wheel . ... Axis quad video server to send realtime video to the remote observer . ... Telescope monitor camera in the dome also on the video server . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Projects . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Donations . ... In 1995, Hughes Danbury Optical Systems (now Goodrich Optical and Space Systems Division, Electro-Optical Systems) donated to Winer a 2/3-m (26.5-inch) Corning Ultra Low Expansion ULE lightweighted mirror. Using this donation as a basis, we entered into a project with a private, non-sectarian school to design and build a telescope for the school and one for us. ...

... XIX IAO . Optical Design . ... Telescope Type . ... Focal Length . ... Focal Ratio . ... Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 (mm) . ... Magnification of Eyepiece 1 . ... Highest Useful Magnification . ... Lowest Useful Magnification . ... Optical Coatings . ... Optical Tube Length . ... Total Telescope Kit Weight . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System . arfgen (arfgen-1.70.4) [xmmsas_20060628_1801-7.0.0] . Meta Index / Home Page / Usage and Examples . To return the unvignetted ARF the source position needs to be forced to be the position of the optical axis. This can be achieved by defining it in telescope coordinates. arfgen spectrumset=spectrum.ds withsourcepos=yes sourcecoords="tel" sourcex=0 . ... XMM-Newton SOC/SSC -- 2006-06-28 ...

Wide-angle telescopes for photometry and polarimetry in optical and infrared ranges . ... Investigation of the Earth’s atmosphere, comets, interplanetary and interstellar medium with brightness and linear polarization measurements of extended sources and sky background in optical and infrared spectral ranges. ... The devices are small diameter telescopes with CCD-detectors for optical and infrared spectral range with spectral and polarization filters. ... 15-cm telescope with cooling down to 80 K . ...

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... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Site Info . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. Hey, it's either this or one of those really irritating PayPal donation buttons here. Sky and Telescope is the premier magazine for people who are serious about amateur astronomy. It's also really good for those who want to learn more about astronomy in general. I have been a fan for a long, long time, so it was a thrill to be asked to write for them. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...