2.5m Preflight Check . ... Preparations for Science: . ... If not already done, set Az and Alt brakes. Check that nothing is around/on the telescope which would interfere with altitude or rotator motion. ... Make an Alt move. Combine motion test with drive surface checking/cleaning to allow access to entire surface.* Set the Alt fiducial ( start at 14.5 and move up at 5000 cts/sec until crossed, put alt in hold then set fiducial ) Return Alt to ~18.5 deg when done. Set Alt brake. ...

... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....

... Donate to Support Science Literacy . ... 2016 Annual Awards . The ASP is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. ... Shop the AstroShop . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for the organizationтАЩs national annual awards which recognize special achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Public Surveys . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Archive Facility . ... Science Announcements . ... Published: 17 Oct 2014 . ... Additional to the previous announcement , data from all three MUSE commissioning runs (February, April тАУ May and 25 July тАУ 03 August 2014) are now available for download together with calibration files....

Next: Release of 1 Dec. ... Fixed 04Jan98 RCW. Fix translation of VLA bandwidth code into an actual bandwidth. ... Fixed bug in SETFCAT, the routine that chooses the frequency catalog entry to use. ... Cleaning up code relating to setting scan times (before optimization). 17feb99 RCW. Count the number of times the tape stops. ... MINPAUSE causes the use of continuous tape motion if the tape stop time would between 2 scans would be less than MINPAUSE times the speed up factor. ... 26Feb99 RCW . ...

... SciSim release covered by this note . ... Data-Analysis-with-SAS in a simple and standardised way, and should allow calibration experts to re-assess the reliability of the different elements of XMM-Newton simulations. ... Also, a release of all calibration files to be used in the reduction, through the SAS, of SciSim generated data, is coordinated with this release. ... Furthermore, two SAS tasks (odffix and epicproc) had to be updated to make possible a proper SAS data reduction of simulated data. ...

... Mt Stromlo will resume its mantle as the home of Australian astronomy through the planned redevelopment, which includes the placement of two telescopes on Mount Stromlo and one at the ANU Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, reconstruction of heritage buildings and enhanced viewing facilities for the public, including a new virtual reality theatre. ... Mt Stromlo is not just an icon of Australian science, it is the workplace of number of the world?s leading researchers,? ...

... Please note the scripts for configuring radio clock drivers do not work. ... Machine OS Comp Notes ------------------------------------------------------------ VAX-11/785 4.3 tahoe cc none Sun3 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.1 gcc all REFCLOCK drivers (dm 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 4.1.3 gcc all REFLCOCK drivers Sun4 SunOS 5.1 gcc no REFCLOCK (pb 93/10/25) Sun4 SunOS 5.2 gcc no REFCLOCK (dm 93/11/20) Sun4 ...