... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

... One of the instruments, the Troughton equatorial telescope, is maintained at constant temperature and relative humidity, to reduce the rate of deterioration. ... 3.1 Troughton Equatorial Telescope . Figure 1 shows the equatorial telescope constructed by J E Troughton of London and which was erected in the west dome of Armagh Observatory in 1795. ... Troughton, J. E.: c.1790, Instructions for Adjusting the Troughton Equatorial Telescope, Armagh Observatory Archives , M17.2, 3pp. ...

Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... PubliУ? le 17/10/2010 par Christian Ribas . Date : 21/08/2010 . Lieu : TOULOUSE . ... MatУ?riel de prise de vue : C9 CELESTRON. CAMERA DMK 41AU02AS+BARLOW TELEVUE X2+BARLOW X2 CELESTRON STANDART. Commentaires : METEO EXCELLENTE,TRANSPARENCE,STABILITE DE L AIR,REMARQUABLE,MON PERMIS DE TRAIVAILLER A F40!. MAIS MALGRE UNE COLLIMATION PARFAITE L INSTRUMENT DIFFUSE,IL EN RESULTE UNE PERTE DE CONTRASTE.. ... MatУ?riel de prise de vue : MEME CONDITION. ...

SETUP : For service mode observations within the SOLARNET Access Program, ROSA and IBIS can be utilized either as stand alone instruments, or combined together. ... PROPOSAL STRUCTURE: Proposals should include up to max 2 pages, including a scientific rationale and technical requests (detailing i.e. spectral filters and wavelength sampling). ... For the case of joint IBIS and ROSA observations, proposals should indicate which instrument is to be considered as the primary one. ... SOLARNET Access . ...

... Tools . ... The H?i data cube provided below was observed with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and covers an area of about 2 ? 2 around the galaxy NGC 55. The data cube has been deconvolved, but does not include single-dish data. Moment maps of the ATCA cube are provided as well. Please see Westmeier et al. (2013) for a description of the data reduction process and the properties of the final data cube. ... H?i data cube . ... 1.42 GHz . ... 2016 Tobias Westmeier Contact | ...

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... The instruments engineer and technical support subdivision consists of the engineer support group: 4 senior engineers, 5 engineers and 14 staff members of service personnel. Head: Zavorin A. V. The main subdivision's instrument is the Incoherent Scatter Radar . The instruments engineer and technical support subdivision's main task is technical support of Irkutsk IS radar experiments. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This company makes 8 inch and 5.5 inch Schmidt Camera telescopes similar to the ones Celestron use to make. I believe the optics come from Celestron and Epoch performs assembly. ... Listed Since October 21, 1998 . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Instruments . ... last 10 years in ADS) . in SAO press releases . ... Back to SAO homepage . Last update: . ... moisav sao.ru . Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Photometry of . ... SCORPIO Multimode focal reducer. SCORPIO-2 Multimode focal reducer (the project) . ... Longs-slit spectroscopy . Multi-slit spectroscopy . ... MPFS Multi Pupil Fiber Spectrograph (integral field) . MOFS Multi Object Fiber Spectrograph . ...

... SUN MOON MERCURY VENUS MARS, JUPITER SATURN . ... Moon . ... Moon Maps . ... Is Jupiter's Moon Amalthea ever visible in amateur instruments? If so, what aperture and magnification are needed, and when is a good time to try? ... American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Amalthea on September 8, 1892, using the 36-inch refractor at Lick Observatory in California. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Pluto's largest moon may have once had an ocean . ...

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