... To be read in conjunction with Section 7.6 of the WFPC2 Instrument Handbook , Version 4.0 Dithering is the act of displacing the telescope between observations either on integral pixel scales (to assist in removing chip blemishes such as hot pixels) or on sub-pixel scales (to improve final image resolution). ... In particular, at the time of the last writing, our experience in removing cosmic rays from singly dithered data (i.e., only one image per pointing) was quite limited. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Activities > PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members > Thesis Topic: High-mass Star Formation at High-Angular Resolution . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... This project aims to obtain a better understanding of high-mass star formation by performing a comparative study of sites of high-mass star formation that display SiO maser (radio laser) emission. ...

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. ...

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. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Coronado€о Solar . ... Spotting Scopes . ...

... Navigation in the near planetary space, Mars and Phobos observations. ... navigation in the near-planetary space based on images of Mars, Phobos and the starry sky; . Phobos high resolution imaging; . ... angle               angle . ... Number of TV-cameras                     2                       2 KNM — Mars Observation Camera — is being designed as the scientific instrument of the Phobos-Grunt mission. ... Both instruments are developed for Russian Phobos-Grunt project. ...

IBIS - The Interferometric BIdimensional Spectrometer . The I nterferometric BI dimensional S pectrometer (IBIS) is a next generation bidimensional spectrometry instrument based on a dual Fabry-Perot interferometric system. ... This will allow it to address a variety of observational programs in solar physics. ... Cavallini, F., Berrilli, F., Cantarano, S., Egidi, A. and Baffa, C.: 1999, IBIS: A New Instrument for Solar Bidimensional Spectroscopy , JOSO Annual Report 1999 , 29 , p. 99 . ...

Next: Storage format Up: File Formats Required Previous: Column label: MOONALT . Information specific to a particular instrument is not so easy to categorize. ... Columns BAND and NBAND . Column FILTCODE_ n . Column NDVALUE . Column NDETUSED . Columns REDLEAK, RLTYPE, and MAKER . Instrument descriptors . ... Character descriptor FILTCAT . Character descriptor FILTSTAT . ... Columns NDET and DETNAME . Column DETCODE . Column DET . ... A simple photometer . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Two observations of HD 32633 obtained at close phases, one with NARVAL (Phase 0.689, taken 17 Dec 2006) and one with ESPaDOns (Phase 0.700, taken 26 Jan 2008). ... In this paper we describe and evaluate new spectral line polarisation observations obtained with the goal of mapping the surfaces of magnetic Ap stars in great detail. ...

... We have started a programme of observations of nearby starburst and AGN galaxies with MICHELLE, with the aim of investigating the spatial extent of "Unidentified Infrared Bands (UIB)" emission in these galaxies, and in particular relating these to multi-frequency matched resolution radio maps. ... The spatially integrated MICHELLE spectrum of NGC 7469 in the 8 - 11.5µm range shows an equivalent width of 11.3µm UIB feature which is much smaller then measured by ISO. ...