The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

Superconducting Integrated Submm Spectrometer for Laboratory Applications Specification: · Input frequency range : 200 ­ 700 GHz (covered by four exchangeable sensor modules each one covering range of about 100-150 GHz ); · Output frequency (IF) range : 1-2 GHz · Receiver noise temperature: below 500 K (direct ... The SIR chip is a superconducting integrated circuit comprising a quantum-noise-limited SIS mixer and a tunable Josephson local oscillator (LO). ...

... As a result of this discovery, it is possible to contemplate an instrumental extension which results in the recovery of a major portion of lost resolution due to the blurring effects of the PSF. Implementation of the instrumental extension and the resulting resolution enhancement is independent of prior knowledge of or access to the observed data. The method is applied to HST images as well as several one dimensional spectral data sets. ... Image and Spectrum Recovery . ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...

... We present several applications of the AIPS++ environment as applied to the development of the Green Bank Telescope as well as current astrophysical problems. ... In particular, the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) project requires AIPS++ as an analysis environment. To accommodate and facilitate the GBT development, several sets of tools have been fashioned within AIPS++ at several points along the data path, from general calibration routines and data quality assessment to analysis and modeling. ...

... Pre-application form . Excel file with explanations how to fill; please, save the table in format not later Excel-1997-2003.) ... Rules and Regulations for a participant of the Olympiad that have to be translated into native languages of participants (if using Word, please, save the translation in format not later Word-1997-2003), attention for additions during last years ( blue and red text ): . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...