... Let us first find out which way -- rise in spectral resolution with some loss in the S/N ratio or increase in the S/N ratio with a fixed spectral resolution -- is better for the purpose of reduction of equivalent width determination errors. ... N -- number of counts for 1 ? ... line equivalent width, . ... Thus if the spectral resolution is managed to be increased (i.e. to decrease )without loss in the number of counts falling at 1 ?, the equivalent width measurement error is then proportional to . ...

FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Appendix B: FGS1r PerformanceSummary > B.2 Angular Resolution Test . ... At the time of the test, the predicted angular separation of the components was 0.085" (Franz and Wasserman, private communication). ... By rolling the HST in 6 increments, the projected separation along the X axis varied from the predicted angular resolution limit of FGS1r (~6 mas) to the resolution limit of FGS3 (~20 mas). ...

WPLTN Technical Workshop . ... WPLTN-2012) . ... of the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 . ... Having an opinion that the collocation of various space geodesy measurement technologies has a fundamental role in increasing the accuracy of fundamental and applied positioning, navigation and timing provision, the International Scientific Technical Conference WPLTN-2012 has come to the following conclusions: 2.1. ... Web-page . ... Resolution of the conference WPLTN-2012 . ...

... We will consider the rms, (K), for observations with a receiver of system temperature, T , frequency resolution, per polarization, and total integration time per observing cycle, . ... For ``in-band'' frequency switching, the line under investigation is always in the observing band. ... Position Switching or ``Out-of-Band'' Frequency Switching: Here the line is only observed for one half of the time, with noise being present all of the time. ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

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... From Hayo Hase (IfAG) That the APT and APSG; recognizing the need for a high precision global reference frame for APT and APSG regional projects, understanding that modern space techniques ( VLBI , SLR, GPS, PRARE, DORIS) together with other measuring techniques (gravimetry, seismography, meteorology, tide gauging) contribute in the most efficient way, when all ...

... Publications with ESO Data . ... The tools have been developed for ESO by a team of astronomers at the Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics at the University of Innsbruck, as part of an in-kind contribution to ESO , which includes as well a model of the sky emission and transmission spectrum at Cerro Paranal. ... Skycorr provides an advanced instrument-independent sky-correction tool that removes sky emission in science spectra by means of sky spectra taken at a different time and sky location....

Next: *xexamine* examine Up: *display, xdisplay, xexamine* - Previous: To display other sizes . The following command will display a .qp file in the original detector coordinates. In this case a ROSAT PSPC image is used so it is also blocked to a reasonable size: . xp> xdisplay ``xdata$rp110590.qp[block=30, key=(detx, dety)]'' . ... xp> xdisplay ``xdata$rp110590.qp[block=15, key=(detx, dety)] [1:512,1:512]'' . ...

Next: Data reduction Up: Spectral observations and data Previous: SAO 6m observations . Further follow-up spectroscopy was made during nights May 30 - June 4, 1995, using the Boller & Chivens spectrograph attached to the Cassegrain focus of the Calar Alto 2.2m telescope. ... The observations were complemented by standard star flux measurements, lamp exposures for wavelength calibration, dome flats, bias and dark frames. ...

Next: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: W.M. Napier, Senior Research Contents . Dr John Butler has carried out activities in the following main areas: . ... Bag?, has started a project on the link between solar activity and cosmic rays on clouds and their possible influence on the Earth's mean temperature. ... The proceedings of the meeting were edited by C.J. Butler and J.G. Doyle and published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in their conference series. ...

The TCC supports the following coordinate systems: . ICRS: the current RA/Dec standard. The default date of observation is J2000. ICRS is FK5 J2000 (for all practical purposes) but has no date of equinox . ... The date specifies both the date of equinox (usually J2000) and the date of observation . ... The date specifies both the date of equinox and date of observation . ... Warning: the following coordinate systems are rarely used (except Mount for parking the telescope). ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

. Search for a cluster by name: . Otherwise, search within a radius: . RA: . Dec: . Radius (arcmin): . Download the catalogue of AMI results (FITS format)

This thread illustrates how to evaluate if your RGS observation is affected by pile-up; if so, how to deal with it in some special cases; and how to prevent it occurring. ... Pile-up will cause two coincident first order . ... Thus, pile-up may differ between RGS1 and RGS2 and may abruptly vary between CCD locations due to the nominal event pattern distribution variations over the detectors. ... Migration of photons from 1st to 2nd order (or from 2nd order to 3rd order) . ...

... European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) was launched on 17 July 1991, and the follow mission ERS-2 (with the same sensors and an Ozone monitoring instrument added) was launched on 21 April 1995. ... ERS-2 has a fixed repeat cycle of 35 days, and follows ERS-1 tracks with one day's delay. ... Swath width is 102.5 km (telemetered), spatial resolution is about 25x25 m. The Advanced SAR (ASAR) instrument is carried by ESA's ENVISAT satellite launched on 1 March 2002. ... Swath . ... Spatial Resolution...

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