... Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are currently by far the most widely used type of detector in astronomy. ... After a brief introduction to the VLT Control System, the VLT CCD Detectors Control Software is presented. The VLT Control System is a distributed system consisting of a set of UNIX Workstations, dedicated to high level operations, such as coordination of sub-system activities and interface to the users, and VME-based Local Control Units (LCU), dedicated to the control of sub-systems hardware. ...

... HST . ... Data . ... HST Overview . ... Phase I Proposing . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . ... Phase II Cycle 23 . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... Data Analysis . ... Instruments . ... This page contains links to various software tools having applications to COS data. Software for analyzing COS data . ... Requests for COS data from the HST Archive always return data reprocessed with the current version of CALCOS and the best available reference files. ... Instrument Handbook . COS Data Handbook . ...

... The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre Roland Walter, Alain Aubord, Paul Bartholdi, Jurek Borkowski, Pierre Bratschi, Tomaso Contessi, Thierry Courvoisier, Davide Cremonesi, Pierre Dubath, Donnald Jennings, Peter Kretschmar, Tim Lock, St’ephane Paltani, Reiner Rohlfs and Julian Sternberg 1 INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Chemin d' ’ Ecogia 16, CH--1290 Versoix, Switzerland Abstract. INTEGRAL is a gamma­ray observatory mission of the Eu­ ropean Space Agency to be launched in 2001. ...

You can also see this page in Russian with using KOI8 (X Windows) or CP1251 (MS Windows) Cyrillic coding. The Laboratory supports the space TV experiments, mainly in the planetary exploration missions. ... Image Co-registration . ... PHOBOS mission - Martian satellites investigations. Phobos on the Martian limb, the image from Phobos-2 probe from 02/28/89. ... Russian Space Bulletin. ... Last modified at June,26 1997 Alexey Kuzmin: akuzmin@mx.iki.rssi.ru . Back to IKI home page ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 omthconv July 9, 2007 Abstract Converts OM tracking-history data into tracking-star count-rates time series 1 Instruments/Modes Instrument Mode OM TRACKING 2 Use pipeline processing yes interactive analysis yes 3 Description In order to perform accurate tracking throughout an exposure, software onboard the Optical Monitor(OM) selects n (up to 10) guide stars visible within the FOV and monitors their position and counts during the exposure. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Processed Calibration Files for VLT instruments Now Available . ... ESO Data . ... ESOReflex data reduction workflows can be used to customize the generation of the processed and co-added calibration frames and to apply them to the science files. A detailed step-by-step guide on how to automatically associate the appropriate calibrations, raw or processed, to the science files of interest is available . ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Launched in 2011. Hend (short for High Energy Neutron Detector) instrument onboard Mars Odyssey mission (NASA) to study Martian surface composition and to search for water ice on the surface and in the upper layer of the regolith in particular. ... Mars Express (ESA) mission for Mars remote sensing. ... BTN-M ?1 for BTN-Neutron experiment for fast and thermal neutron studies onboard Service Module within Russian Orbital Segment of International Space Station (ISS). ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

The ATNF -Parkes-Swinburne Recorder ( APSR ) Willem van Straten Andrew Jameson and Matthew Bailes Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Swinburne University of Technology Grant Hampson and Dick Manchester The Australia Telescope National Facility Second ATNF Gravitational Wave Workshop 13 December 2007 Outline · Baseband Recording and Processing Systems · Hardware Specification · ...

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: John R. Jack Garman O RAL H ISTORY: 27 March 2001 5 April 2001 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S. in engineering physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1966 NASA EXPERIENCE: NASA Manned Spacecraft Center / Johnson Space Center , Houston, TX (1966-1986) · Mission Planning and Analysis Division , Flight Support ... Garman, John R. "Forecasting Trends in NASA Flight Software Development Tools." ...

Distributed Software for Observations in Near Infrared V. Gavryusev 1 and C. Baffa Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri E. Giani Dipartamento di Astronomia, Universit`a di Firenze Abstract. ... The processes denoted for control of hardware (telescope and other instruments) should be executed currently on PC dedicated for this task under DESQview/X, while all other components (user interface, tools for the data analysis, etc.) can work also under Unix. ... 1993, Di Giacomo et al. 1993). ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corp. ... Software Downloads . ... Envisage Version 7.09 (released 9/9/10) . Envisage Version 7.09 is Meade's DSI camera control software. This latest version fixes several bugs with the previous 7.08x software and continues to support the DSI line of cameras on the following platform: . ... Copyright 2008 Meade Instruments Corp., ...

... Hardware Platform Hardware Platform IBM Cyclops System: · Very Dense Multi- Node HPC system · 3D grid configuration · Max size 24X24X24 nodes · Each node consisting of one multi-processor Cyclops chip · Each Cyclops Device contains 80 Dual Thread Unit Processing Elements, Dual ALU single FPMAC unit The Cyclops Processor Device Simplified Cyclops Diagram Cyclops Capabilities · 500 MHz system clock frequency · 80 GFLOPS peak ...

... Satellite data ] . ... SMIS IKI RAN has developed the software package which may be used both by owners of acquisition stations and individual users of satellite information. ... AVHRR instrument data processing. ... This enables the users who are not yet qualified in computer methods of satellite data processing, to get a quick start with the software. ... The basic software package enables a user to solve a wide range of tasks (in our server You can find the data processing samples ). ...

... Information processing in nonlinear systems with dynamic chaos // Доклады Международного семинара "Нелинейные цепи и системы".- ... The idea and the method for using one-dimensional nonlinear dynamic systems for storing and processing information were proposed in [1, 2]. ... The main part of the preprint is Section 4, where the "InformChaos" software pack, accomplishing the above principles of storing and processing visual information, is described in detail. ...

... Main . ... The RadioAstron is an international space VLBI project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. ... List of organizations which were taken part in developing of the project and now support the RadioAstron mission is presented here . The RadioAstron Newsletter # 29 , July 18, 2015. RadioAstron Announcement of Opportunity - 4 for observations from July 2016 to June 2017 inclusive. ... 2.7, December 17, 2015 : English version. ... Main ASC . ...

Next: IDL Up: Data Processing Previous: Quick Look Tools . The Lynxx software has its own quick analysis tools. ... As previously discussed, the images can be rescaled, but if intensities are to be measured, the images should not be rescaled. ... Before starting any analysis on an image, the calibration frames must be removed from the image. ... Meas intensity is the command that will measure the intensity of the object in a square region around a star. ... It is advised to use the SBIG software. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...