... To convert measurements in Kelvin to Jy (and vice versa) the global function convert_flux is needed. ... The function knows the basic parameters for some frequencies and telescopes, but the user may need to supply the aperture efficiency, telescope diameter or the Jy/K factor. ASAP> scans.convert_flux # If efficency known ASAP> scans.convert_flux(eta=0.48) # If telescope diameter known ASAP> scans.convert_flux(eta=0.48,d=35) # Unknown telescope ASAP> scans.convert_flux(jypk=15) # Alternative . ...

... The spherical aberration affecting the HST primary mirror (Burrows et al. 1992) can seriously alter the core brightness profile of elliptical galaxies. ... In this paper we test the performance of deconvolution in recovering the original surface brightness profile in the case of elliptical galaxies observed with the HST Planetary Camera (PC). ... Keywords: Elliptical Galaxies, Deconvolution . ...

In this gallery are many images of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies which have recently been discovered and analyzed. ... The central surface brightness of this galaxy is 24.28 . Malin 2 This galaxy is another huge disk galaxy with a scale length of 15 kpc and a redshift of 15000 km/a. The high surface brightness knot in one of its spiral arms actually has the same color, luminosity and H-alpha equivalent width as the entire Large Magellanic Cloud . ... Truly it is a Low Surface Brightness Galaxy. ...

The parameter brief (with its actual uncertainty sbrief) is the mean effective surface brightness in B-band , i.e. the mean surface brightness inside the effective aperture (the circular aperture enclosing one-half the total flux). It is expressed in mag arcsec -2 . ... 2) from the mean surface brightness "LV" inside the effective isophote (elliptical isophote enclosing one half the total flux) measured by Launberts&Valentijn (1989) . ... Effective radius . ... HyperLeda . ...

... Meta Index / Home Page This section documents the parameters recognized by this task (if any). ... yes . ... If `user', the task looks for the name of the mask image set in the parameter maskset . ... Where the background level of the image is visible, the default value (= black) is preferable; however, in the case that large areas of the image fall outside the mask (but see also the parameter expandtomask ), a value of 1.0 may be better, if only to save ink on printed output. expandtomask . ...

... Guider functions . ... Guide Sensor Performance . ... Guide Sensor Sky Coverage/ Star Availability . Guide Star Selection Criteria . ... Guide fiber organization and reach at plug plate . ... Plug plate holes for guide stars are identical to those for science FO . ... FOV for each of 9 guide stars is 7.4 arcsec dia. (0.45 mm FO, Sumitomo IGN-05/10) . ... Selected guide stars must have no neighbor stars within TBD (5 arcsec) radius that have a brightness within TBD (5 mag.) of guide stars . ...

... Calculations of at least two runs with different values of a parameter are required in order to discover to what extent the results depend on the , if at all. ... In order to study how the final statistical distributions depend on the initial functions, the method of Green functions is used. ... Then we can restore any distribution on this parameter (with a certain accuracy) by summing the results for each interval with the appropriate weight. ...

The night sky brightness, together with number of clear nights, seeing, transparency, photometric stability and humidity, are some of the most important parameters that qualify a site for front-line ground--based astronomy. ... Night sky at ESO-Paranal (Chile). ... Night sky brightness data . ... UBVRI night sky brightness at ESO-Paranal during sunspot maximum (A 2003, PDF) . ... The Dancing Sky: six years of night sky observations at Cerro Paranal (Starlight 2007 conference proceedings, PDF) . ...

ALMA | ... Phase Correction Algorithms | ... On this page, we describe what the phase correction algorithms set out to do and the framework we have developed to optimally use all of the available information. ... We are developing a Bayesian framework to combine all the information we have about the current and future meterological conditions (which are naturally accommodated as priors in a Bayesian scheme) with detailed physical models of the atmosphere. ...

THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL MODELS. ... The surface brightness of Mercury was measured Danjon (1933, 1949, 1953) and Harris (1961) in phase angle 3o-123o. The analysis of the various data of the integral photometric gives the results of determination of the main photometric constants for Mercury. ... THE PHOTOMETRIC RESEARCHS OF THE MERCURY'S SURFACE: S.G. Pugacheva The surface brightness of the Mercurian images was established on the geologic map Mercury. ...

Physical and dynamical parameters of particles in outbursting Comet 17 P/Holmes . ... The time depending offset between the center of brightness and center of mass of the comet nucleus has been determined on the ground of positional observations of the comet. ... The motion of these particles allowed subsequent offset between the center of brightness and center of mass of the comet nucleus to be obtained from positional observations. ... comet, dynamical model, outburst, brightness. ...

... 18-1 74 40.5 0.52 Cas A . 18-1 75 38.5 0.49 Cyg A . ...

The NAIC-NRAO School on Single-Dish Radio Astronomy Techniques and Applications -- July 2005 The Measurement Process with Fully-Filled Apertures Chris Salter (NAIC) Accuracy in Radio Astronomy · Pulsar Periods: 1 part in 1012 · HI Redshifts: For z 0.1, about 1 part in 104 · Source Intensities and Polarization Parameters: Typically ±10% 1 Basic Definitions A: Intensit y/Surface Brightness: B: Brightness Temperature : 2 C: Flux Densit y D: Distance Dependencies 3 The ...

... Field size . Object name . ... Map size . ... Field size: the approximate size of the map in the Y direction. ... Galaxies: . ... Galaxies, which size exceeds some value depending on the field and map sizes, are displayed with their real positional angles and sizes by 25m isophote. ... In the "tools" fields there are links to the several famous AVO (Astrophysical Virtual Observatory) resources: NED and Simbad databases and DSS2 (Palomar Digitized Sky Survey) images of the corresponding sky area. ...

... IRAF supports two kinds of parameters, auto parameters and hidden parameters, which are treated differently. auto parameters are updated every time a task is run. ... Parameters for each task are contained in `parameter files' in the uparm sub-directory in `myiraf'. ... im > imhead.longheader=yes # explicitly setting <task.param>=<value> im > eparam imhead # Edit the parameter file to update one or more # parameters at the same time # see next section . ...

... 0,50-0,59 (0,50-0,59) µm . ... Swath Width . ... at end of visibilty area . ... Visibility Area Width . ... Ground Resoultion in Nadir: . along swath . ... across swath . ... Ground Resolution at End of Visibilty Area: . ... 200 lines per second . ... at least 200 . Ground resolution corresponds to normal flihgt altitude 650 km. For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

New reduction of minor planets photographic plates obtained with Pulkovo Normal Astrograph A.A. Berezhnoy Pulkovo Observatory of RAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Minor Planet observations at Pulkovo Periodical observations of 14 bright asteroids named Selected Minor Planets (SMP) were performed at Pulkovo since 1948 within the international framework started by works of B.V. Numerov and D. Brouwer. ... 108 133 113 74 124 67 97 88 14 84 64 5 20 19 Epochs (YYYY.MM) 1200 Mean values of total obs. ...

Next: Program use Up: Description of program searchdup Previous: Description of program searchdup . Parameter input is done with a graphic user interface. ... Input file: Name of the input catalog file. It has to be formatted, one record per source/observation, according to the format used in the Arcetri observations and source archives. ... Minimum number of observations per source Source with less than this number of independent observations are not included in the output file . ...

... Dark current e - /s/pix . ... OH continuum photon/s/m 2 /arcsec 2 / m . ... Imager: . ... Adaptive Optics: . ... Object signal e - /pix . Sky thermal signal e - /pix . Sky OH continuum signal e - /pix . Sky OH line signal e - /pix . Telescope thermal signal e - /pix . AOS thermal signal e - /pix . Cryostat signal e - /pix . Dark signal e - /pix . Total signal e - /pix . ... This tool models the performance of the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) . ...

... Main page . ... Parameters . ... Modes: . ... Long-slit . ... Back to SAO web page . ... This page is designed by A.V. Moiseev . ... The SCORPIO-2 project: . Spectral Camera with Optical Reducer for Photometric and Interferometric Observations - 2 . The SCORPIO-2 main parameters . ... Spectral range . ... Spectral resolution . R=500-4000 in long-slit mode . R=4000-15000 in scanning FPI mode . The CCD detector . ... The quantum efficiency measurements for CCD detector ...