Lessons learned from the Thirty Meter Telescope site testing Tony Travouillon Sebastian Els, Angel Otarola, Reed Riddle, Matthias Schoeck, Warren Skidmore TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 1 Introduction TMT and its Site testing. Important choice before going on site. ... Considerations during analysis of the data. TMT.XXX.PRE.05.0XX.DRF01 2 Some Background about the TMT Site Testing TMT is a 30m, segmented, RitcheyChretien telescope design. ... ASCA Cloud Cover Analysis So how do we do it in practice? ...

Integration and performance of the flight configuration SIR on TELIS P. Yagoubov1, G. de Lange1, A. de Lange, M. Romanini, R. Hoogeveen1, V. Koshelets2, G. Wagner3, M. Birk 1Nation 3 al Institute for ... Netherlands 2Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, IREE, Russia 3Institute for Remote Sensing Technology, DLR, Germany Abstract TELIS (Terahertz and submm Limb Sounder) is a cooperation between European institutes, DLR, RAL and SRON, to build a three- ... LO frequency 624.93 GHz. ...

... BOM2 and the basic block of solar limbograph including pointing and control systems ? ... Fine tracking platform (FTP) for Sun tracking by the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... Tracking system frequency ? ... Controller of the control system and solar fine tracking of the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... The basic relative construction of the elements and instrumental blocks of the "Astrometria" space experiment is shown on the block diagram of units within the complex of SL-200 solar...

... It?s needs solution satellite?s orientation problem for defining location of sources of ionospheric emissions above Earth?s surface with necessary accuracy. There is possibility to define orientation of photometric devices by using TV images of star background. The CCD TV camera is designed for recording of images of star sky, Earth? limb and adjoining part of Earth? surface to fix the orbit point coordinates during the measurements by FAGOT and SICH-F devices. ...

Status of the EGSE updating with SCOS 2000 Nicola La Palombara INAF ­ IASF Milano XMM ­ EPIC Operation Meeting Mallorca, 29 March 2011 Status of the EGSE updating with SCOS 2000 Project overview Two on-ground EPIC Flight Spare instruments: 1 MOS camera at the Leicester University (UK) 1 PN camera at the MPE Panter facility of Munich (D) Both instruments are operated through the same Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) which was used for AIV tests before satellite integration. ...

... The versatile and efficient INVERTOSCOPE? combines the highest optical performance with unsurpassed mechanical quality, and is backed by LOMO's unique lifetime warranty, the most comprehensive in the industry. ... A 15X focusing eyepiece with two interchangeable reticles (a 10mm/100div scale and a 10mm x 10mm/400sq grid) for convenient measuring and counting. ... A set of stage inserts and extension plates to accommodate a variety of sample vessels such as Petri dishes, flasks, microtest plates, etc...

... Imaging control and image data flow registration is fulfilled by the onboard computer. This allows to control image acquisition in real time. ... The coordinate and time reference system (KKVO) has been developed for determination of s/c spatial orientation in real time as well as orbital parameters with a required frequency of spatial orientation and s/c postioning updatement. The data obtained by the system is used for s/c flight control and coordinate referencing of the remote sensing data. ...

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TESTING . ... The ground experimental development of complex N1-L3 included: . ... testing of mechanical and pyrotechnic separation and docking systems, pneudraulic systems of LV stages and system L3, instruments and equipment of control and measuring systems, power systems, fixture, life support systems, high temperature and thermal-vacuum tests, investigation of gas-dynamic processes during launch and stage separation; . ... The tests included: . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

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... Archives . ... When it comes to applying statistics for measuring goodness-of-fit, the Pearson ? 2 test is the dominant player in a race and the Kolmogorov-Smirnoff test statistic trails far behind. ... 2 test do not match the data. Perhaps, some astronomers want to try other nonparametric test statistics other than the K-S test. ... 2 test goodness-of-fit test statistic. ... Tags: goodness-of-fit test , nonparametric , normality , qq plot , tests . ... Comment ( RSS ) | ... Chandra Blog . ...

Truebloodb,g, K. Zelayab Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University, 140 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221 USA; bNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Street, Tucson AZ 85719 USA; cCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Casilla 603, La Serena ... USA ABSTRACT We describe the design, construction and measured performance of the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph ( KOSMOS ) for the 4-m Mayall ... Optical layout for KOSMOS and COSMOS. ...

adapted from Observe: Eclipses, published in 1979 by the Astronomical League and "Safe Solar Filters," by B. Ralph Chou, Sky and Telescope, August 1981) . ... Tape TWO pieces of film together into a sandwich, and tape this over the opening in the cardboard. ... The cardboard frame will act as a shade from the bright Sun, while you safely observe through the film sandwich. ... Undeveloped film is not safe. ... tape . ... At the end of one of the tubes, tape the aluminum foil, and make a tiny pinhole. ...

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Moscow State University Sternberg Astronomical Institute Specification 2.5 m telescope with enclosure version 7.6 |Number|Item description, type |Quanti| | ... 1000 |2.5 m mirror telescope system |1 | ... lightweighting) must provide the short time of | ... stations (ports) must be provided. ... 1006 |Nasmyth focal stations must be provided with a deployable| | ... must be provided. ... Telescope control system and environment conditions | ... 2005 |Camera shutter must provide unvignetted CCD field, | ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Stephen James O'Meara . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Test model of James Webb Space Telescope instrument ready . ... While engineers press on at full speed with building the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a test model of one of the telescope's major scientific instruments has gone on display today at its manufacturer in Germany, ready for shipping to NASA later this year. ... James Webb Space Telescope's "spine" now being built . ...

TOOLS OF TEST GENERATION FOR SATELLITES CONTROL PROGRAMS Andrey Tyugashev, Ekaterina Myasnikova, Elena Sopchenko S.P. Korolyov Samara State Aerospace University (National Reseach University) The paper presents a research in the field of test automation for testing spacecraft control programs. ... Programmers or designers of spacecraft systems write tests manually. ... Tests are carried out by issuing the control actions on the spacecraft and condition monitoring systems parameters of the spacecraft. ...

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... India (2011) 00, 1­8 Searching for fast optical transients by means of a wide-field monitoring observations with high temporal resolution G. Beskin1 , S. Karpov1 , V. Plokhotnichenko1 , S. Bondar2 , G. Greco3 , A. Guarnieri4 and C. Bartolini 1 2 3 4 4 Special Astropysical We discuss the strategy of search for fast optical transients accompanying gamma-ray bursts by means of continuous monitoring of wide sky fields with high temporal resolution. ... 8 G. Beskin et al Figure 4. ...

Easy DMT: Using the chInterface Class to Create/Upgrade DMT Monitors Rauha Rahkola, Univ. of Oregon LSC Meeting, August 19-22, 2002 LIGO Hanford Observatory Richland, WA LIGO-G020349-00-Z Easy DMT Introduction to the chInterface utility class ! ... Run through the data 1. for each channel, either: ! ... Final report LSC Meeting, August 19-22, 2002 Hanford 3 LIGO-G020349-00-Z Easy DMT The chInterface Model ! ... No Yes Yes Defaults to RMS of data addChannel addFilter New channel? ...