... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Home . ... Data . ... Calibration . ... Data Analysis . ... The Photometry with the WFPC2 paper details the various methods for performing photometric measurements with the WFPC2. ... The WFPC2 Photometry Cookbook provides examples of performing various types of photometry on WFPC2 data. ... The WFPC2 Photometry directory contains an STSDAS demo for performing aperture photometry with the WFPC2. ... The Guide to WFPC2 SYNPHOT Tables describes the use of the STSDAS task SYNPHOT for WFPC2 photometry. ...

home education > resources . ... Astronomy Education Bibliography . ... Black Holes: An Introductory Resource List . ... Space Science Education Resource Directory . ... Many general books and articles on astronomy include brief coverage of black holes these days. The list below is a selection of non-technical resources that you may find useful if you want to begin exploring the world of black holes in more detail. ... Some Science Fiction Stories with Good Science about Black Holes . ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Mopra radio telescope . ... Online Resources . ... A Comparison of Discrete Sources in Radio and H surveys of the Magellanic Clouds - and the Potential for the New H Survey . ... Previous Section: Discrete Sources towards the . ... The comparison of the radio and H surveys resulted in the discovery of 180 sources common to both surveys. ...

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... Up: VO Resources . ... Monkewitz, S. & Good, J. 2003, in ASP Conf. ... We describe the architecture of a general cross-comparison engine capable of spatially matching sources in one astronomical source catalog with those in another. ... Support is provided for common catalog formats and data sources (e.g. local disk, database servers), and the addition of support for custom data formats and sources is simplified by the modular architecture employed. ... Data Access: . ... Source List Processing: . ...

... Astrophysics Group . Research . Optical Interferometry . ... COAST Interferometer . Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer . ... Very Large Telescope Interferometer . ... These pages describe the research activities of the optical interferometry sub-group of the Cavendish Astrophysics Group . ... To this end, we are primarily involved in two optical interferometer projects, the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI), and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). ...

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Examples of pipeline processing . ... This page presents examples of "on the fly" processing of FITS astronomical data available on the WEB using the HyperLeda pipeline tools. ... In many cases, raw data are archived and a consisten description of the file (FITS header) allows to process them on the fly. ... This first command makes a "pre-view" display of the image. o=fa:L93111HP1/00147&z=vg . ... The result of a pipeline processing is a FITS file that you can read as a normal disk file. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... December 2005 resources . FROM THE December 2005 ISSUE . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

... SNe Atlas . ... Charts . ... On supernovae physics.. ... Photographic atlases of galaxies.. ... The Color Atlas of Galaxies by James D. Wray; 1988; Cambridge University Press, The Pitt Building, Trumpington St. Cambridge, CB2 1RP, UK; a CCD color atlas of galaxies bny a professional astronomer using telescopes at McDonald Observatories and Las Campanas. some 600 images of galaxies with excellent resolution of the nuclear regions. ... Great for deep sky work or CCD hunting with a large telescope. ...

Overview of Large Surveys and Data Access Issues: A Personal View . Outline of the Survey Planning Process (requires investment of resources?success oriented) . Parties with an Interest in the Surveys, AKA ?the Stakeholders? Keys Steps to a Successful Survey (1) . Key Steps to a Successful Survey (2) . Data Access Issues: Conflicting Interests . Survey ?Riskholders? ... Concluding Concern for the Survey Consortium: Prevention of Infectious Diseases . ... Best viewed with . ...

intro , disclaimer , faq & g-list , mailing lists , usenet , www , gopher , ftp & mail-ftp , credits ] . There are a lot of resources on the net available to Gravis Ultrasound ("GUS") users. ... GUS Forum . GUS MIDI FAQ WWW page . ... Australia . Australia alternate . ... James Andrews ( james@maths.ex.ac.uk ) : GUS MIDI FAQ WWW page . ... Lee McLoughlin ( lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk ) : European FTP site and WWW page . ... Matt Perkins ( matt@poodle.mpx.com.au ) : Australian FTP site and WWW page . ...

... The world's largest optical telescopes, the VLT (Very Large Telescope Array) are located in Chile, country that was recently hit by the 7th most powerful ever recorded earthquake, which, very sadly, is now counting many fatalities. ... You would wonder, did the mirrors survive such a strong earthquake? ... Tom Barclay , PhD student at Armagh Observatory, is about to go observing there in two weeks. ... All ESO buildings are earthquake-proof" , answered Tom. ... 28 Feb 2010 23:01 . б© 2010 OASES . ...

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... Home Articles Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers ? Part 1: Beginning Observers Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers ? Part 3: Advanced Observers . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 2: Intermediate Observers . Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 3: Advanced Observers . Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 4: Magazines and Miscellany . ...

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This document explains some of the directives provided by the core server which are used to configure the basic operations of the server. ... Process Creation . Network Configuration . ... User . ... A single control process is responsible for launching child processes which listen for connections and serve them when they arrive. ... The User and Group directives are used to set the privileges of the Apache child processes. ... The child process creates multiple threads to serve requests. ...

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