... Up: Future Instruments and Telescopes, Tools . ... New Generation Astronomical Telescopes (NGAT), a class of telescopes designed to be operated remotely and robotically, require efficient methods for communicating images over heterogeneous and low-bandwidth data networks such as the Internet. ... Methods researched thus far involve the classification of astronomical images based on object parameterisation, progressive image transmission, and evaluation of existing image compression schemes. ...

... This task operates on event data in an event list. ... In the first two cases, the celestial coordinates of the reference point are taken respectively as the values of the RA_NOM , DEC_NOM or RA_OBJ , DEC_OBJ values in the input event file header. ... Although the OM attitude information may be more accurate, it will not be present throughout part of the observation, and as such, the default source for the attitude data should be "ahf". ...

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 . ...

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... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Autostar Computer Controllers . 497 Autostar . ... One of the most important advances in telescope control in the past 25 years, the Meade #497 Autostar Computer Controller turns the ETX into an automatic celestial object locating system. ... The #497 Autostar Computer Controller plugs into the control panel of ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC telescopes and enables automatic location of more than 30,000 celestial objects. ... about meade | ... Meade 4M | ...

... 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. ...

... This chapter describes the functions that allow a plug-in to display a message on the status line, get agent information, and check on the current version of the Plug-in API and Communicator. ... Displaying a Status Line Message . ... The Communicator and Plug-in API major version numbers represent code release numbers, and their minor version numbers represent point release numbers. ... Differing version numbers may mean that the current Plug-in API and Communicator versions are incompatible. ...

... Display (spectra, total power). ... Using the data archive. ... entering cmds, editing cmd lines, input from files, batch, run. constants, variables,arrays, structures, operators, procedures, functions. programming in idl . ... A user would call arch_gettbl() to input the table (or a subset of it). corfindpat() can create subsets of the table. arch_getdata() or arch_getonoff() can be used to read in the spectra. ... input the data (spectra) for a subset of the archive table: arch_getdata () . ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

dfos = Data Flow Operations System, the common tool set for DFO . ... phoenix: the process . ... Internal data products (IDP) . ... When this process was terminated in October 2011, it was replaced by a service to associate science data to quality-checked and certified master calibrations. ... The main goal remains - creation of science-grade data products, hence a master calibration phoenix project is normally always followed by an IDP project. ... Data product standards . ...

Operations in Point operations use the pointer to query sets about points, delete points in a set, and move points. In all cases where interaction is required, pressing the right mouse button with the pointer in the drawing area cancels the operation. ... Report on a point in a set . ... Press the left mouse button. ... Press Delete point with the left mouse button to activate. ... Move the pointer to the new location and press the left mouse button again to register the point's new location. ...

Program: PLATE Purpose: snips raw data from tape(s) to custom plate Category: IRAS Author: Do Kester File: plate.src Keywords: INSTRUME= give instrument identification [] a combination of observation mode SURVEY SPLINE AO PO FLASH UNKNOWN and band number 12 25 60 100 LRS BPHF 1 2 3 4 ( 2 letters suffice ) PO is an alias for AO; AOs, POs and UNKNOWNs are collectively known as pointed observations. ... Only scan(snip)s which pertain to the same area and instrument can be stored in the same IRDS. ...

Region markers can be moved, resized, rotated, zoomed, deleted, and can change geometric type. ... For example, markers placed on astronomical catalog positions should be fixed so that one cannot accidentally move them off the specified position. ... Parameters can be fixed using the fix option of the regions public access point (for fixing classes of markers) or by means of a fix keyword in the definition of an externally loaded marker. ... In the command: echo "regions fix all -position -size" | ...

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University The idea behind this project is rather simple: using CGI scripts as processing tools and WWW browser as user interface, display the structure and content of typical anonymous FTP server in a convenient, easily navigated form. ... search through file/directory names, descriptions and README files; . ... The current goal of FTPdig project is to build University-wide network of ftp servers unified by the same interface and database. ...

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). ...

OptInt PmWiki : MROI Fast Tip Tilt / Tech Meet 12 . ... Open Design Issues . Choose ISS interface flavour: "C" (threads/processes)/"C-no-threads" (event loop) . ... GraphicalInterface and LocalDataCollector grouped into single process . ... ISS Data Collector probably not suitable as LocalDataCollector (e.g. issues with retrieval of recorded data), and unlikely to be ready in time . ... Printable View of http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/projects/OAS/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/MROIFastTipTilt/TechMeet12) ...

... 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. ...

... Browsing the HST Archive with Java­enriched Database Access M. Dolensky, A. Micol and B. Pirenne Space Telescope ­ European Coordinating Facility, Karl­Schwarzschild­Str. ... Our Web interface to the HST archive (WDB) was substan­ tially augmented during the past few months: A seamless integration of Java applets and CGI interfaces to the database now allows basic manip­ ulation and visualization of data. ... Inspecting FITS Image with the Java Applet JIPA Figure 3. ...

XmTel ----- XmTel is a Motif-based telescope control program based on INDI, the Instrument-Neutral Distributed Interface. ... See the files LICENSE and COPYRIGHT for the details. ... About Epoch ----------- XmTel assumes that the telescope is set to "Epoch of Date", which means that it is using ideal celestial coordinates precisely aligned today. ... XmTel assumes that target coordinates entered from the keyboard are in the Epoch that the telescope coordinates are currently displayed in. ...

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