Within the framework of the "Phobos-Grunt" mission the Department has developed, produced and tested instruments for the scientific and housekeeping complexes, including the TV system for navigation and observation ( TSNN ), a star tracker (BOKZ-MF) , an optical solar sensor (OSD) and a system for scientific payload information support (SIOK) . ... Housekeeping and scientific tasks of the "Phobos-Grunt" mission . ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

... Up: Data Processing Systems . ... We demonstrate the latest Starlink software, including ORAC-DR pipelines, new Java applications, and distributed pipeline processing. ... An example of its use is the TOPCAT application ( http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat ), shown in part in Figure 2. ... Of course the final result can also provide estimates of errors and data quality, pixel by pixel, because the Starlink applications, Classic as well as the new ones, automatically keep track of these. ...

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 ppssumm January 10, 2003 Abstract Produce an HTML summary page for any XMM instrument, or produce an HTML summary of the pipeline processing of an observation (including PNG or PS product le links). ... The product and processing information for the PPS Catalog information. ... NoLogoBanner (warning) (warning) corrective action: corrective action: No LOGO to be written to HTML le.NoINSTSUMMtoHTMLNo INST- SUMM records written to HTML. ...

... CentralProcessor 0.11 documentation . BETA Processing Pipelines . ASKAPsoft is the suite of processing software developed by the ASKAP computing team to handle the pipeline processing of ASKAP observations. ... BETA processing uses a slightly different approach, particularly in the calibration method, and the set of scripts detailed here are designed to demonstrate a BETA reduction approach with ASKAPsoft. ... ASKAPsoft processing of BETA data . ... How to run the BETA pipelines . ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT  INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... Radioastrophysical Department , Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Science. ... Head of Laboratory dr. Gubin A.V. LABORATORY of INFORMATION SUPPLY and METHODOLOGY of RESEARCH . ... Head of Observatory Kitsanov S.V. SIBERIAN SOLAR RADIO TELESCOPE . Siberian solar radio telescope data at 5.7 GHz in I SOHO EIT 171 SOHO EIT 195 SOHO EIT 304 MDI Continuum MDI Magnetogram . ...

... Research of an atmosphere of the Earth and other planets of Solar system by optical methods . ... The long-term experience of study of atmospheres of planets of Solar system in a department of physics of planets has defined directions and methods of researches spent for laboratory . ... The tasks of laboratory are researches by optical methods of structure of a Terrestrial atmosphere, namely study of spectra of absorption of its compound radiation of natural and artificial sources. ...

WFC3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 2: WFC3 Instrument Description > 2.3 Spectral Elements . ... 2.3.1 The Filter Selection Process . ... Both WFC3 channels are equipped with a broad selection of spectral elements. ... The UVIS channel has a selectable optical filter assembly (SOFA) that contains a stack of 12 filter wheels housing a total of 48 elements: 42 full-frame filters, 5 quad filters, and 1 UV grism. ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . Meade Ultra-High Transmission coatings (UHTC ) Group . ... Meade Standard Coatings: The optical surfaces of all Meade telescopes include high-grade optical coatings fully consistent in quality with the precision of the optical surfaces themselves. ... These specialized, and extremely advantageous, coatings are offered here as the Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) group, a coatings group available optionally on many Meade telescope models. ...

The activities of the group started at the end of 70's with the building of FIRT: the photometer of the National Infrared Telescope ( TIRGO ). The group has also developed a large amount of software and procedures in order to define all the relevant parameters of the systems. ... See also the local Labir4Giano pages. ... In addition to the development of the above instruments, we also carried some observations in collaboration with the science groups of Arcetry Observatory. ... Giano Local Page . ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Bruce McCandless II (Captain, USN, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (former) . ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-1/SL-2). ... A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. ... With the completion of this flight McCandless logged 191 hours in space (including 4 hours of MMU flight time). ...

NAIC Guidelines for ALFA Consortia Proposals (Draft May 7, 2004) R. L. Brown At the May 6, 2004 teleconference of the ALFA System Advisory and Planning (ASAP) committee several issues were identified as being critical to informing the process by which guidelines are developed by NAIC for handling the ALFA consortia proposals. ... Planning for shared-risk precursor observations, a primary purpose of which is to demonstrate the readiness of the survey teams to conduct their planned survey observations. ...

TESTING . ... The ground experimental development of complex N1-L3 included: . ... testing of mechanical and pyrotechnic separation and docking systems, pneudraulic systems of LV stages and system L3, instruments and equipment of control and measuring systems, power systems, fixture, life support systems, high temperature and thermal-vacuum tests, investigation of gas-dynamic processes during launch and stage separation; . ... The tests included: . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

Chiaki Kobayashi, Ralph Sutherland How galaxies did form and evolution? - to answer this unsolved problem, we are simulating the formation and evolutionary history of galaxies in the Universe, including star formation, supernovae feedback, and chemical enrichment. Comparing the spacial distribution of elements within galaxies with observations, we will examine fundamental physical processes that drive galaxy formation. ... COALA : Universe Galaxy AGN Star Planet ...

... Non-linear dynamics of optical and spin waves in magnetically ordered layers and layered structures. ... Magneto-optics: interaction of propagating light and spin waves in ferromagnetic films and layered structures (including non-linear waves). ... The technology of these components utilises recent physical achievements in the fields of spinwave and vibration processes in solid state layered structures. ... Telecommunications. ... Physics Department, Joule Laboratory, Salford University, UK . ...

XmCCD ----- The programs provided here offer a Linux graphical user interface to astronomical and scientific CCD cameras. ... It is the latest one they offer and the files included allow support for Android and Mac OS X. This distribution of XmCCD includes source code to utilize the SBIG shared library libsbigudrv.so with a Motif-based graphical user interface. ... The XmCCD source package includes and will install: SAOimage ds9 xpa cfitsio SAOimage is the primary image display for XmCCD. ...

... Institutes of Chernogolovka . The largest of all the scientific institutions of the center is the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka , where fundamental problems of chemical physics are studied: kinetics and mechanisms of chemical and biological processes; processes of combustion, explosion, and polymerization; and mechanisms of elementary reactions involving high energy particles. ... Developments and Technologies . ...