... User Portal . ... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Phase 2 Preparation > The User Support Department . ... Service Mode Philosophy . ... Service Mode: User Feedback . ... The User Support Department (USD) of the ESO Data Management and Operations Division is based in Garching bei MУМnchen, Germany. ... Operation of a helpdesk system ( usd-help@eso.org ) where users can address questions and request assistance on all aspects of ESO telescope Service Mode operations. ...

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... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

ACS Insturment Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 7: Observing Techniques > 7.9 Parallel Observations . ... Parallel observing allows HST to operate several other instruments while the prime instrument is executing its observations. While the primary instrument observes a fixed target at user-specified coordinates, the parallel instrument observes at coordinates 5 to 10 arcminutes away, depending on the parallel instrument. ...

... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

... We have been upgrading the software front-end to WASP (Wideband Autocorrelating SPectrometer, operating from 800 to 4000 MHz) from Lynx-OS to Real-Time Linux and will discuss Real-Time software aspects. We are using a standard parallel ``PIO'' card to receive data from the spectrometer and standard GPIB interfaces that drive a frequency synthesizer for bandpass calibration. WASP and its front-end computer are fully mobile and can be taken to any suitable radio telescope. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... with the organization and carrying out observing schools. ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ...

The Arecibo telescope is a versatile instrument with multiple receivers, backend processors, and telescope scanning modes. ... Observing modes are implemented at Arecibo through the Control Interface Module for Arecibo (CIMA). ... In this case, the observer is encouraged to submit a proposal for a new observing mode. ... Proposals for new observing modes will be evaluated by a technical review panel consisting of Arecibo technical and scientific staff. ... Flow chart. ...

... GSAOI Home . Instrument . ... Other Links . NIR Camera Links . NIR IFU Spectrograph Links . Other NIR Spectrograph Links . NIR Instruments by Observatories . NIR Survey Links . Mid-Infrared Instrument Links . ... NIRI on Gemini . ... ISAAC on the VLT . ... Omega-Prime from MPIA, Heidelberg . ... IRCAM3 on UKIRT (InSb) and here . UFTI for UKIRT ( pictures ; UKIRT links here; ; and here ) . ... Gemini instrumentation . ... UKIRT instrumentation ( Future Instruments ) . ...

... Observing . ... Select Pulsar, Expert mode and if desired an appropriate Recall state file (click on the arrow to browse). ... TCS may be operated in local mode or schedule mode. ... Schedule files are stored in @@$HOME/tcs/sched/. Select a schedule file (Sched file/Own). ... TCS maintains two log files in $HOME/tcs/logs/ giving a history of the observations. ... Parameters for polyco files ( TEMPO1 ) or pred files ( TEMPO2 ) generation should be entered in $HOME/runtime/psrcat/obscat.db . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Integration of the NIRSpec instrument . ... SKA AAVS0 array . ... One of the major milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been, in September 2013, the completion by ESA of NIRSpec, the first multi-object spectrograph to be operated in space. ... Cambridge, and in particular the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, is heavily involved in NIRSpec by hosting one of the Instrument Science Team members (R. Maiolino). ...

. Next: A. Christou Up: C.J. Butler Previous: Phenology Contents . 3-9 August, 2004. The youngest late-type stars. High-resolution spectroscopy with the GIRAFFE (Grating Instrument for Radiation Analysis with a Fibre Fed ?chelle) ?chelle Spectrograph on the 1.9m Radcliffe Telescope at the SAAO (with D. Garc?a-Alvarez and J. Drake, Harvard).

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

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... 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. ...

. [Russian version] . M a i n p a g e . Future seminars . P a s t seminars . Seminar council . " The INTEGRAL Mission " . Dr. Christoph Winkler (Astrophysics Mission Division Research & Scientific Support Department ESA, Netherlands) . Abstract: . It will provide an overview about the spacecraft, instruments and the ground segment. Then the scientific objectives and the observing programme will be described. The current status of the mission shortly before launch and the next milestones will be described.

... Observing . ... Voyager instrument cooling after heater turned off . ... In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASAт??s Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than 41ТА Fahrenheit (23ТА Celsius). ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Columns can be re-named, added, or deleted; various operations can be performed on column contents, and the results stored in a new column; and so on. ... When you create a table from an ASCII file, the width of the table column is (by default) the width of the field in the original *.dat file. ... You can avoid this problem by specifying a width wider than the original ASCII field by using (say) C*32 instead of just C for the column in the format file, when you create the table. ...