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... The Miriad task uvgen can be used to simulate a variety of observing modes. ... Simulating a telescope approximately, let alone in some detail, requires a good many parameters. uvgen takes an appreciable number of parameters and input files to describe the telescope, correlator and source. Fortunately keyword and set-up files for some common situations exist ( e.g. simulating the ATCA and VLA). ... For example, to load typical parameters for the ATCA, use miriad% source $MIRCAT/uvgen.def.atca . ...

FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 7: FGS AstrometryData Processing > 7.2 Exposure-Level Processing . ... 7.2.2 Observing Mode Dependent Processing . ... After pipeline initialization and data quality assessments, successful observations (i.e., those that acquired the target), are processed according to the FGS observation mode: Position or Transfer. ... The corrections applied to the FGS data are as follows: . ... Transfer mode . ...

. Next: EPN_REDIST Up: EMOS_REDIST Previous: Generation from Ground Calibration Contents . Many calibration observations of celestial targets have been used to measure the response function of the MOS detectors as a function of observing date. The response has evolved, particularly at low-energies, and is currently modelled by an empirical formula designed to give consistent results between the EPIC-pn, EPIC-MOS and RGS cameras. Michael Smith 2011-09-20

... User: your name, a1963, select Spectral Line. ... Load/Save State: load the setup file (a1963_hiline.gui for spectral line observations, a1963_beammaps.gui for continuum maps). ... Enter R.A. and Dec (from Martha's schedule file n2903_yymmdd.txt in /share/obs4/usr/a1963/. Look for the line that starts with "Source ra,dec:"). ... The schedule files are generated by Martha and are good for a particular declination strip, observing mode (spectral line or continuum), on a given night. ... ALFA Rot. ...

... Calibration and analysis of this observation posed very interesting challenges for the authors, in particular dealing with an exciting new instrument whose on-orbit calibration was not yet well defined. ... Five mosaic positions were observed during five consecutive orbits as well as observations for dark and flat calibration. ... Darks and flats had to be created from contemporaneous reference observations and problems within the calibration process had to be resolved. ...

Next: GOCG Pre-Observation Products . Previous: RadioAstron Mission Element Overview . ... Observation Summary File (OSF) . GRT (Ground Radio Telescope) Schedule Files . ... How: The long-term schedulers will produce two files: GSTS-file (General Space Telescope Schedule) to be used by GOCG and LTS-file for all mission elements. ... What: The RSOG will produce schedule files for all GRTs participating in a particular observation, in the format required by each GRT. ...

The run progress pages document the execution of Service Mode and Visitor Mode observing runs carried out at the Paranal Observatory. A summary of the run's characteristics is given, as well as a time-stamped list of all Observation Blocks (OB) that were executed until now. ... If reduced data for the given run exist, those are also reported in both the OB Summary table and in the details. ... Reduced : information shown only if pipeline-processed reduced data exist for the OB . ... OB ID . ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . Research results on fast active processes General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases ... Distribution of the recorded spikes in duration . ...