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To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

The On-The-Fly Calibration (OTFC) system, publicly released in Dec. 1999, calibrated data at the time a user requested data from the archive. ... The On-The-Fly Reprocessing (OTFR) system replaced OTFC on May 16, 2001. ... UCHCOORD and OTFR. ... To address this issue, a new header keyword, PROCTIME, has been added to OTFR data to record when the system processed the data. ... OTFC . OTFR . ... POD file (original telemetry file) is retrieved from HST archive and passed to OTFR system. ...

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RATAN-600 radio telescope . ... In the "radio-Shmidt telescope" mode the antenna system the South sector of the main mirror with the flat mirror ("South+Flat") of the RATAN-600 radio telescope is used. ... The antenna system the South sector with the flat mirror. ... The flat and circular mirrors of the RATAN-600 form the basis of the system. ... In the case of antenna system "South+Flat" the planoid is flat mirror, the circular reflector of RATAN-600 is the second mirror. ...

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Next: Recording Systems Control Up: Recording Systems. ... SCHED was originally written in about 1979 as the scheduling program for global VLBI observations using the Mark II recording system. That was a system capable of recording 4 Mbps on video tape recorders. ... The wide band recording system in use for VLBI for many years was the Mark III system. ... However, SCHED was capable of scheduling Mark III observations on systems that used the VLBA control files (VLBA, VLA, and Green Bank). ...

... Gallery . ... The 9" Oddie refractor, 188?- ... Sidebar Left . Sidebar Top . No Sidebar . Sidebar Bottom . Sidebar Right . ... Title: Oddie drive system - 1993 . Description: NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. File name: Oddie_drive1993.jpg . ... Oddie drive system - 1993 NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. ...

Next: Three-dimensional Data Analysis in IRAF and ZODIAC+ . ... A data analysis system has been developed at SRON, which has been designed to allow rigorous control of the quality of its processed data products. ... This means recording all parameters of all steps which lead to the establishment of the final data products (Figure 1 ). ... Figure: A processing pipeline is a sequence of tasks with several input/output files and parameters, which pass data from one task to the next. ...

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. ... A program becomes an XPA-enabled server by defining named points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with other client programs (and users). ...

The Equatorial Inertial (GEI) coordinate system: . The X GEI axis is directed to the point of the spring equinox, . The Z GEI axis is coincide with the Earth's rotation axis, . The Y GEI supplements the right three. The Geographic (GEO) coordinate system: . ... The Solar Magnetic (SM) coordinate system: . ... About space physics coordinate transformation see Russel [1971] and Hapgood [1992] . ... M.A. Hapgood , Space physics coordinate transformations: A user guide // Planet Space Sci. ...

... Coordinate system . It is necessary to specify the coordinate system for the drilling of plug-plates so that the drilling file (currently named plPlugMap), plate drilling, cartridge, rotator wrap and the rotator itself are compatible. ... The TCC rotator angle (object system) is defined to be 0 degrees for this orientation. ... Thus, the rotator angle gives the conventional astronomical position angle on the sky of the y axis (although Russell won't acknowledge this necessarily). ...

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From the dawn of history until the beginning of the 17th century the known universe consisted of only 8 bodies: . ... In Europe, the prevailing view was the Ptolemaic system with the Earth at the center and the other bodies revolving around it. ... The number of bodies in the solar system increased dramatically in the 19th century with the discovery of the asteroids (464 of which were known at by 1899) but only 9 more "major" bodies were discovered. ... Helene 1980 Laques et. al. ... Chronology .. ...

The project of the informational system creation on the problem of evolution of radio galaxies, as a part of the "Big Trio" project aimed on studing of distant radio galaxies, is designed. This system allows a user to operate with simulated curves of spectral energy distributions (SED) to estimate ages and redshifts by photometry data. Authors use SEDs of several models for different types of galaxies. ... The HTTP and e-mail access is organized to this system. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Last week, our tour outwards made a stop at our own home planet. Permit me to hold our tour a bit longer, to linger and gaze upon the Moon. ... Complex molecules floated in the water, but the concentration of these compounds wasn't high enough for them to get any further along than making amino acids and the like. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! ...

Next: Stellar models Up: Introduction Previous: Photometry Contents . In a hierarchical stellar system, the separation between two neighboring stars is always much smaller than the separation of this pair from the next companion in the system, be it another pair or a single star. ... They are also numerically easier to handle than non-hierarchical systems, since each pair can be described with the standard orbital parameters, and each star with a small number of physical parameters. ... System . ...

... PUL VLBI Analysis Center . ... Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) is located at the Pulkovo Observatory . ... Processing of VLBI , GPS, and optical observations aimed at analysis of the Earth rotation, station displacement, and celestial reference system. ... Celestial Pole Offset (CPO) and Free Core Nutation (FCN) . Four daily updated CPO and FCN series (models) are provided. ... File fcn1.dat contains the ZM1 FCN model with variable amplitude and phase. ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day . High Energy Stereoscopic System II . ... Image Courtesy: H.E.S.S. Collaboration Explanation: The largest of its kind, the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) II telescope stands in the foreground of this photo. ... Now beginning an exploration of the Universe at extreme energies, H.E.S.S. II saw first light on July 26 . ... As the gamma rays impact the upper atmosphere they produce air showers of high-energy particles. ... Publications with words: telescope . ...