Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 7: FGS AstrometryData Processing > 7.4 Epoch-Level Processing . ... 7.4.1 Parallax, Proper Motion, and Reflex Motion . 7.4.2 Binary Stars and Orbital Elements . ... This is true whether the goal is to determine the parallax, proper motion, or reflex motion of an object measured in Position mode, or the orbital elements of a binary system observed in Transfer mode. ...

... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

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). ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Support . ... Software & Firmware . ...

CIMA is more than just the observing tool - in fact, the observing tool is just a part of a bigger package called the CIMA software package. ... There is also a another package called the CIMA WAPP software which contains the WAPP software, the special Tcl/Tk interpreter used by CIMA and support libraries. ... All CIMA software components recognize the following general options that are part of the CIMA version selection system: . ... The select_cima script can be used to set up a default version. ...

... 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. ...

XmTel is intended for interactive remote telescope operation. It is not primarily a robotic telescope control system, but rather a "hands-on" remote telescope interface with a server that permits remote operation and robotic control by making use of INDI for command line, scripted, and and interactive operation. ... We have adapted this telescope to the Galil controllers, and the Galil driver included here will operate a wide class of telescopes with that modification. ...

The NIFS layout is based on the realisation that significant cost savings will arise from packaging NIFS in an identical container to that used for NIRI. NIRI is the near-infrared imager being constructed by the University of Hawaii for Gemini North. ... The NIFS integral-field spectrograph will replace the NIRI camera on this face. ... The OIWFS will use a Rockwell 1024 1024 detector and an SDSU-2 detector controller , as does NIRI. ...

... HealthCheck Monitor . ... Users Guide . ... plot information . ... The Health Check Monitor provides quick feedback on the performance of the VLT/VLTI instruments. ... The Health Check monitor is a component of the real-time QC system. ... It extracts QC information from the daily calibration data stream. ... The Health Check system . ... compares the new QC information to existing data (trending) . ... The Health Check system is designed to provide QC information in a fast and condensed form. ...

The ULF instrument for measuring electric and magnetic fields in the ULF frequency range is designed for collecting and processing information on 3 components of magnetic field and one component of electric field. ... Three-component magnetic sensor is a component of the instrument KEM (Czech Republic). Main characteristics of the instrument: . ... number of analyzed components: 4. ... Transmission of all 4 components with the rate of 20 kbits/s or 40 kbit/s with the digitizer frequency of 280 Hz. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . Login . See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... They also provide consulting services in the general area of scientific data acquisition and visualization. ... Listed Since February 16, 1999 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

OptInt PmWiki . Pm Wiki / . ... Wiki Farm Terminology . administrators (intermediate) There are many ways to configure PmWiki:WikiFarms , and some of the documentation uses different terminology to describe the same things. ... All of the wikis in a farm are more or less the same, except the "home wiki" is a wiki that is located in the same directory as the PmWiki software. ... Some authors have used this to mean the directory that contains most of the shared components on a wiki farm. ...

... Archives . ... The PCA and ICA is used for separating mixed components with some assumptions. ... The need of source separation methods in astronomy has led various adaptations of decomposition methods available. ... I rarely come up with a paper which gathered and summarized component separation methods applicable to astronomical data. In that regards, the following paper seems useful to overview methods of reducing dimensionality for astronomers. [arxiv:0805.0269] . ... Chandra Blog . ...

The ATOMS (Australia Telescope Observatory Management System) project was proposed in 1995 as an upgrade path for the observatory control/management software and hardware. ... The lower level C and C++ code running the new ACCs was developed for the pSOS operating system, mainly because the Epping electronics group was already using this product. ... While at Narrabri, George was forced to take on his middle name due to an excess of Daves confusing all conversations.) ...

Cameras for Electron Microscopy Princeton Instruments, the leading manufacturer of cooled CCD cameras for scientific applications worldwide, offers a complete line of cameras for electron microscopy. ... We offer CCD arrays from EEV, Kodak, and SITe. ... Special Applications Computer Interface and Software As a leader in high performance digital imaging, Princeton Instruments offers digi- Superior Systems at a Lower Cost Princeton Instruments is the world's largest manufacturer of cooled CCD cameras. ...

... 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 ). ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... ISS Russian Segment . Steps of ISS Assembly . ... Five new devices of the total mass of ~42 kg (instead of 6 devices of the total mass of ~101 kg) are installed in the guidance, navigation and control system of the new series vehicle. ... liquid thermostatting of GN OC devices is provided by installation of three cold plates in the vehicle instrument module (IM); . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 orbit June 28, 2006 Abstract Create a FITS timeseries \HK-like" le from the ODF Spacecraft Reconstructed Orbit File. ... Both sets of values will be written into a standard OGIP-compliant FITS binary extension table with a TIME column value, derived from a start, stop and sampling interval time, each speci ed by the user. ... StartANDEndNotInODFRange (error) Start AND End times selected not congruent with input ODF obs times. ... SAS ODF must be properly set. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...