1. Calibration and Performance Control for the VLT Instrumentation
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. ...
2. Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook
... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 6: Writing a Phase II Proposal > 6.4 Overheads . ... Table 6.5, Pos Mode Overheads lists the estimated overheads associated with guide star acquisitions, the initial configuring (standby to operate) of the FGS for science observing, the time for slewing the IFOV from target to target in the observing plan, the acquisition of target stars, and finally configuring the FGS at the end of the observing sequence (operate to standby). ...
3. DFO publications
Quality Control and Data Flow Operations : . ... Quality control and data flow operations of the survey instrument VIRCAM " by W. Hummel et al. (in "Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III", SPIE San Diego 2010) . ... The physical model in action: quality control for X-Shooter " by S. Moehler et al. (in "Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III", SPIE San Diego 2010) . ... Quality Control and Data Flow Operations of NACO " by W. Hummel et al. ...
4. http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~ivan/gmt/man/gmt.html
... Detailed information about each program can be found in the separate manual pages. blockmean L2 (x,y,z) data filter/decimator blockmedian L1 (x,y,z) data filter/decimator blockmode Mode (x,y,z) data filter/decimator filter1d Filter 1-D data sets (time series) fitcircle Finds the best-fitting great circle for a set of points gmtconvert Convert between ASCII and binary 1-D ... Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith, 1991, Free Software Helps Map and Display Data, EOS Trans., ...
5. IKI IPL home page
You can also see this page in Russian with using KOI8 (X Windows) or CP1251 (MS Windows) Cyrillic coding. The Laboratory supports the space TV experiments, mainly in the planetary exploration missions. ... Image Co-registration . ... PHOBOS mission - Martian satellites investigations. Phobos on the Martian limb, the image from Phobos-2 probe from 02/28/89. ... Russian Space Bulletin. ... Last modified at June,26 1997 Alexey Kuzmin: akuzmin@mx.iki.rssi.ru . Back to IKI home page ...
6. Astronomy HyperText Book: Stellar Evolution
... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...
7. http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/sas/6.5.0/doc/ppssumm.ps.gz
... The product and processing information for the EPIC instrument. ... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints pindex yes dataset none valid le name The Pipeline Processing Summary Index File obspage yes string none valid le name Output observation summary page . ppspage yes string none valid le name Output pipeline processing summary page . epxpage yes string none valid le name Output EPIC instruments processing summary ... Pipeline processing HTML summary le. ...
8. http://www.iki.rssi.ru/ofo/pdf/BOKZ_e.pdf
BOKZ Star Instrument Family In-orbit processing results The operating star trackers BOKZ and BOKZ-M can be considered prototypes for the instruments should which provide for controlling s/c angular motion parameters in nominal operation conditions without any support by other systems of the s/c housekeeping system. ... There are bright natural objects (the Sun, the Earth and the Moon) within the instrument's field of view. ...
9. http://www.arcetri.astro.it/science/irlab/doc/adass_94.ps
Distributed Software for Observations in Near Infrared V. Gavryusev 1 and C. Baffa Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri E. Giani Dipartamento di Astronomia, Universit`a di Firenze Abstract. ... The processes denoted for control of hardware (telescope and other instruments) should be executed currently on PC dedicated for this task under DESQview/X, while all other components (user interface, tools for the data analysis, etc.) can work also under Unix. ... 1993, Di Giacomo et al. 1993). ...
10. Introduction
Next: Nature of CCD Up: CCD Reductions Previous: CCD Reductions . ... It is clear that the MIDAS CCD reduction software should be able to cope with these improvements and hence requires compatibility with the hardware as it is offered to the community. ... it should offer flexible reduction procedures; . ... The MIDAS CCDRED context is partly based on the current status of the ESO Archiving project as well as the Data Organizer Context, in particular with regard to exposure types and naming of files. ...
11. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/atuc/2002nov/LOFAR-technologies.pdf
LOFAR in Australia A Brief Engineering Perspective By Dr Peter J Hall, CSIRO SKA Program Leader 11 October, 2002 Background LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) is a proposed radio telescope designed to operate in the approximate frequency range 30 - 200 MHz. ... In both cases, the instruments would be built and operated by intern ational consortia; Australia is a founder member of the 11 -member SKA consortium and may join the USA and Europe in the LOFAR endeavour. ...
12. Methods and instruments to measure/monitor major site properties
... 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. ...
13. Processing Pictures - "InformChaos" Software
... Information processing in nonlinear systems with dynamic chaos // Доклады Международного семинара "Нелинейные цепи и системы".- ... The idea and the method for using one-dimensional nonlinear dynamic systems for storing and processing information were proposed in [1, 2]. ... The main part of the preprint is Section 4, where the "InformChaos" software pack, accomplishing the above principles of storing and processing visual information, is described in detail. ...
14. Meade Instruments - Telescopes, Solar Telescopes, Binoculars, Spotting Scopes
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 . ...
15. Radioastrophysical department ISTP RAS SB
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 . ...
16. ARC 3.5m | Instrumentation
... ARC 3.5m | Instrument Summary . ... ARCES (Echelle) : the ARC Echelle spectrograph, a high resolution (R~31,500) echelle spectrograph that observes the entire wavelength range from 3200 е to 10000 in a single image on a 2048x2048 CCD. This instrument is permanently mounted at the NA1 port. ... In addition to the facility instruments, several visitor instruments have been used at the 3.5m, and some of these are available to the ARC observing community by contacting the instrument PIs: . ...
17. Alsvid - Python Programs for Processing FITS Astronomical Image Data
The Python programs offered here result from the development of methodology for processing image data with high precision, in a flexible command line system useful for astronomical and laboratory image processing. ... Alsvid is efficient in robotic and automated or scripted server processing of astronomical images, and also in interactive command line processing for research and visualization. ... In large part it replaces IRAF and IDL when scripted image processing is required. ...
18. Processes
When you enter a command it invokes a program. While this program is running it is called a process . It is important to grasp that although there is only one copy of a program held in the file system , any number of processes can be invoked which run this program. When the operating system is started after a boot , a single process is started. ... Any processes that are started from within your shell - such as entering a command - are the children of this process. ...
19. ION AND ELECTRON ENERGY DETECTOR PAN-2
ION AND ELECTRON ENERGY DETECTOR PAN-2 . ... The energy and angular distributions of charged particles can bring further information on the nature and spatial scales of magnetospheres processes. ... It permits the fast measurements of energy and angular parameters of charged particles in the range 40eV-40keV. ... The sensor unit is an electron electrostatic, axially symmetrical, toroidal analyzer. ... The energy range for both types of charged particles must stepped according to the logarithmic scale. ...
20. GALFA Documentation
Description and Specifications (html) ( pdf ) . System Block Diagram (pdf) . ... GALFA Spectrometer Setup, Operations, Basics Manual (pdf) . GALFA Diagnostic Software Overview . ... Polyphase Filter Bank . ... Design of Quadrature Downconverter Board (pdf) . Design of Low-Pass Filters (pdf) . Design of 16-Channel DAC/Gain Control Board (pdf) . ... Design of Digital Decimating FIR Filter (pdf) . ... Quadrature downconverter (August 9, 2004) . Spectrometer board (September 1, 2004) . ...