... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Instrumentation Development > VLT/Instrument Interfaces . ... APEX Visitor Instrument . ... The interfaces between the VLT Unit Telescopes and the scientific instruments to be operated at the VLT Cassegrain, Nasmyth and Coudц© foci are well defined. ... Interface and numerous other relevant information for instrument builders is available in the "Requirements for Scientific Instruments on the VLT Unit Telescopes" , ESO doc. no. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

... The HST Data Handbook version 3 is the definitive reference manual for the reduction and analysis of HST data. ... It describes data sets produced by each instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope and techniques for reading, understanding, calibrating, and analyzing the data. ... Calibrating Hubble Space Telescope is the proceedings from the first HST Calibration Workshop, held at the Space Telescope Science Institute November 15-17, 1993. ... Maintained by the STScI Spectrographs Group . ...

... 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 ...

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. ...