... STAN - FOS Analysis | ... CONTENTS: - NEW VERSION OF RPS2 AVAILABLE - CALIBRATION WORKSHOP - FOS NEWS - INSTRUMENT SCIENCE REPORTS + Location of FOS Spectra: Cycle 4 (CAL/FOS 133) + Cycle 3 FOS Redside Superflats (CAL/FOS 134) - RECENT FOS PREPRINTS - APPENDIX: FOS CONTACTS ================================================================================ NEW VERSION OF RPS2 AVAILABLE ----------------------------- by Karla Peterson (PRESTO) A new version of RPS2 was released on February 21. ...

... 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 | ...

... 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 . ...

... To introduce you to the Python programming language, and its Visual module (VPython), which allows 3D simulation. The computer labs are held in room BOZO 112, not in the usual physics lab. ... This lab will use the Python programming language. ... Click on the Windows button in the bottom left, select "Programs", then the "A-Z" list of programs. ... Later in the course you will need to write your own VPython programs for assessment - this lab is your chance to make sure you can do this. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 16, 1996 . The Early Universe . ... The above animated frame is the result of such a calculation and shows how our universe might have looked when it was just a fracton of its current age . ... As time progressed, gravity caused slight gatherings of mass to accrete so that ever greater conglomerations formed. ... About APOD | ...

This is a preliminary version of a document which will hopefully evolve into a useful SCIENCE HELP page. This is meant to be an easily accessed directory of science software and data products which are available in the high energy division, primarily those which are maintained by "volunteer" scientists. ... The idea is to make this a cooperative venture - this document can be edited by anyone on the HEAD network (/proj/qedros2/QEDT/www/Science_guide/science_guide.html). ... LOCATION: /soft/ciao . ...

... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Phase 2 Preparation > Service Mode Guidelines . ... Phase 2 Instrument Table . ... Phase 2 Submission . ... This page and the links in the left menu provide the general information necessary to complete the Phase 2 preparation for Service Mode programmes at the VLT/VLTI, VISTA and VST. ... All investigators assigned Service Mode time should contact the ESO User Support Department in all matters regarding phase 2 preparation. ...

Princeton Instruments was incorporated in 1981 and has been building low light systems for its entire history. ... Princeton Instruments uses the latest in computer aided design to engineer the highest performance camera systems possible. ... We work with every major manufacturer of CCD arrays and image intensifiers in the world. ... From early in the company history, Princeton Instruments has offered complete detection systems for many different types of applications. ... Princeton Instruments, Inc. ...

... Bojan Nikolic web pages (r. 329) . ... Note however that the radiospec is built in the ?build? sub-directory of the directory you installed it to and is not installed ? ... Build radiospec wget http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~bn204/soft/radiospec-1.0.tar.gz tar --strip-components = 1 -xzvf radiospec-1.0.tar.gz PATH = $INSTALLDIR/bin:$PATH scons PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $INSTALLDIR/lib/pkgconfig/ . ... You will at least also need the numpy package for Python . ... Download & building of the radiospec package . ...

Preliminary results of astroclimate parameters measurements at the Sternberg 2.5m telescope installation site V.Kornilov, N.Shatsky, S.Potanin, O.Voziakova, B.Safonov Moscow, 2008 Acknowledgements A.Belinskiy M.Kornilov A.Tokovinin M.Kuznetsov P.Kortunov E.Gorbovskoy SAI administration some SAI students Pulkovo solar station (KHSS) staff RFBR support MAVEG Gmbh Why to study optical turbulence and some other relevant ... Mean seeing by DIMM data for this night is 1''5. ...

The telescope configured for measurements of exoplanet transit light curves is seen from the north side in this May 2010 photo. Lower portions of the dome have been insulated to reduce daytime heating by radiation from the warm metal dome. ... The interior of the dome is seen soon after the encoder upgrade in February 2007. ... Karen Collins, a research astronomer specializing in exoplanets, helped with the telescope installation in August 2006. ... kielkopf at louisville dot edu . ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . Books . ASP Conference Series . Monograph Publications . IAU Publications . Books of Note . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Mercury Magazine . ... VOLVELLES! Early Paper Astronomical Computers . ... People always have been fascinated by the movement of objects in the sky. ... Thus, events in the sky were important for the day-to-day life of many early civilizations. ... publications . ...

... Astronomy for Kids . ... Astronomy 101 . ... Astronomy Day . ... Astronomy and astrophysics rely heavily on computer modeling, but being neither a physicist nor computer scientist, I cannot relate to the term "computer model." What is such a model, and how do scientists build one? ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ... Finescale Modeler | ... Model Railroader | Model Railroader Video Plus | ...

... Data locations by computer . ... copy previous day to /share/phil/bkup/pnt via cron daily . ... end of each month info interpolated and stored in /share/megs/phil/x101/td/tds_yymm.sav idl save file. /home/online . ... written to /share/rfidat every minute by logging program. copy previous months data to /share/rfi/data/yNN when doing end of month processing (~phil/admin/monthproc.sc). rsynced to /share/usbbackup1/backups/share_rfi_data whenever manual backup to usbbackup1 disc is done. /export/home ...

... Up: Telescope and Instrument Control Systems . Previous: CFH12K: Control Software and Data Handling . ... The MERLIN 1 array is being upgraded with new correlator hardware and improved monitoring, operating and control software. ... The project aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of MERLIN operations by upgrading the real-time correlator control computer and providing new software for aiding astronomical data-quality and array subsystem monitoring. ... Display lag data in real time. ...

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 ...

Lab . Main page News People . ASA . Master . Master net Homepage . ... Lomonosov Moscow State University Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... MASTER . ... Lomonosov (ShOK) . ... About Space Monitoring Laboratory, scientific directions, instruments, contacts . People, who work in lab . Latest news and news archive . ... All news ...

ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . News | ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... The Australia Telescope consists of an interferometer array of six 22-metre diameter antennas near Narrabri, another 22-metre antenna at Mopra (near Coonabarabran) and the 64-metre antenna near Parkes (б“The Dishб”). ...

... 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" . ...

... A powerful tool, the Hubble Space Telescope's new STIS instrument, makes it possible to map out the cloud velocities - producing this false color "velocity map" for the central regions of NGC4151. Jupiter's Dry Spots . ... In December of 1995, Galileo's atmospheric probe descended into Jupiter's clouds and reported a surprising absence of water. ... Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin works on the first Lunar Roving Vehicle, before he and fellow astronaut David Scott take it out for a drive. ...