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... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

... A significant amount of effort was devoted to the question of the properties and observability of meteors in the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. ... The work on meteors in the atmosphere of Venus complements earlier work by Christou (Planetary & Space Science, 47, 1475, 1999) which investigated the possibility of meteor showers on Mars. ... Figure 4: Comparison of Mutual Events Data obtained from Armagh Observatory (red dots) and Nyr?l? Observatory, Finland (green dots), on 15 March 2003. ...

Next: Standard On Up: Spectral-Line Observing at AO Previous: RECEIVER CHOICE . The readily available observing procedures, and those we strongly encourage observers to use, are the procedures available with the observing gui. ... Second - you MUST be aware that since you are observing using a non-standard procedure, the software may not exist to aid you in your data reduction, and the overworked computer department at Arecibo is under no obligation to write software for you. ... Standard On . ...

home publications > mercury . ... Let Venus Be My Guide . Mercury, July/August 1997 Table of Contents . ... Earth's simmering sibling burns through our early evening skies in July and August. ... Venus's bland, dense, cloudy atmosphere does not allow us to see the surface. Astronomers in the 1930s, looking at the sunlight reflected from Venus, discovered that its atmosphere is rich in carbon dioxide. ... Venus's atmosphere, 96 percent carbon dioxide, is a