... The proper procedure to set up the wind baffle and enclosure to be powered by the emergency generator in the event that both commercial and site emergency generator power is lost. ... The enclosure should be open with telescope in an un-stowed position. ... Wind baffle (WB) control power switch ; Location : ?; ... Enclosure power switch box ; Location : ?; ... Change the WB manual pendent connector in WB control box to ALT Axis Brundy, make sure the "pot" is at "000" and the palm switch is depressed...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

Optical Filters . The WFPC2 camera configuration and filter set require a substantial number of apertures for full utilization of its capabilities. ... An additional set of aperture names have been defined for use with the WFPC2 filters which require partial rotations. ... The pixel coordinates of these apertures will be reviewed on a regular basis to reflect changes in CCD and filter cosmetics. ... The aperture name is generally the same as the (rotated) filter name. ...

These are the horn locations sitting on top of the rotatary floor and looking toward the secondary. ... The beam positions on the sky are reflected through the center pixel. Pixel 1 is lower in za (closer to ao lattitude) on the rotatary floor. On the sky pixel one is farther away from ao lattitude than pixel 0 (eg if az was north/south then the declination of pixel 0 is closer to aoLattitude than pixel1). home_~phil ...

Eclipses on Mars . Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos . ... They are also much closer to Mars than the Moon is to the Earth. ... These phenomena are particularly sensitive to observer location on the surface. ... In context: The Beagle 2 mission . An experiment of this kind will be attempted early in 2004 by instruments on the Beagle 2 lander. ... It should be noted that Phobos itself can be eclipsed by Mars (a phenomenon analogous to lunar eclipses on Earth) and does so almost every night. ...

... Cassini Approaches Saturn . ... Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997 by NASA, is close enough now to resolve many rings and moons of its destination planet: Saturn. ... NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery . ... Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. ... NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse . ... The Eskimo Nebula from Hubble . ... Startling Star V838 Mon . ... NGC 869 and NGC 884: A Double Open Cluster . ...

... VLBI Schedule . ... Observers Wiki . Schedules . ... Main / . Locate VNC session "pksvnc1", to be found on (usually) the left-most screen of the 4-headed control room machine. ... On the leftmost desktop in this session find the "oprin" window and type; . ... To start a new observing schedule type the following; . ... The second of the four connected displays (on "bourbon") is displaying the VNC session "vlbi's PkMk5B ", which is running on pictor:2 using the vlbi VNC password. ...

... Get to Know the Night Sky . ... If you could get close enough to the Sun and hang out a microphone that wouldn't melt, would it pick up any sound from our star? ... The Sunт??s music reaches us not as sound but as . ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Get full access to StarDome PLUS . ... If you are already registered on Astronomy.com, please log in below. ...

Operations in Point operations use the pointer to query sets about points, delete points in a set, and move points. In all cases where interaction is required, pressing the right mouse button with the pointer in the drawing area cancels the operation. ... Report on a point in a set . ... Press the left mouse button. ... Press Delete point with the left mouse button to activate. ... Move the pointer to the new location and press the left mouse button again to register the point's new location. ...

... Status . ... Roof State . CLOSED . 2457488.173634 . 0D:3H:27M:34S . Roof closed at 2016.04.09 16:10:02 . Roof Position . ... Weather State . ... 0D:21H:8M:0S . ... Roof Control (Software) . ... 2457458.425995 . 29D:21H:24M:9S . ... Roof Control (Hardware) . ... Roof UPS State . ... GPS State . Engineering Page Winer Graphical Data Server Page(s) . Time of Last Reboot: 29 Days, 21h:26m:00s . ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

... The Apollo Spacecraft . ... The LM Cabin . ... The Suit Circuit . ... In the Open position, oxygen flowed freely out of the Suit Circuit into the cabin; while, in the Closed position, no flow could occur. ... The fail-safe position was Pull/Egress which closed the valve and prevented the flow of oxygen out of the suit circuit, through the valve, and into the cabin. ... Oxygen flowing out of the Suit Gas Diverter valve returned to the suit circuit through the Cabin Gas Return valve. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

... SPECIAL HONORS: Eagle Scout; Sam Houston Area Council 1976 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award ; Presidential Medal for Freedom, 1970; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; two Navy Distinguished Flying Crosses; 1967 FAI De Laval and Gold Space Medals (Athens, Greece); the American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award ; City of New York Gold Medal in 1969 ; City of Houston Medal for Valor in 1969 ; the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences special Trustees ...

Positions of the carriage and focus, 2013. ... South . ... South+Flat reflector . ... Focus . ... 910 . ... 890 . March . ... Feed cabin N2. 02/2013: carriage 1131000 - old position; 2861000 - new location (when the adjusting device close to the center). ... found 18.02.2013 . ... 12516 from 7r (19.04) . ... 2863000 carriage . ... Positions of the carriage and focus, 2012. ... beginning of March - 898 mm . ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... Magnetic field experiment on Vega - 1 and 2 spacecraft. ... Two spacecrafts, Vega-1 and Vega-2 have been launched aboard Proton rockets from Baykonour on 15 and 21 December 1984, respectively. ... For magnetic field measurement two-sensor fluxgate system was used. ... During the cruise phase from Earth to Venus both Vega-1 and Vega-2 spacecrafts had one-axis orientation i.e. Bx of magnetometer was directed to the Sun, By and Bz axes were rotated around Bx-axis. ... Vega-1 magnetic data for 1984 . ...

... Version 2.25 - 2001-11-16 -------------- +(src/) Removed code that adds an exposure image map to the product file (fixes SPR 2639). ... Version 2.4: 26 March 1999 removed accuracyLevel=LOW Version 2.3: 10 December 1998 updated dependancy file RE:mssllib Version 2.2: 7th Oct 98 message call changed to warning (line 725) Version 2.1: 17 Sept 1998 intParameter( tol ) changed to realParameter( tol ) appended || exit 1 after omatt command (test/testomatt) ...

... The HST uses an onboard model of its orbit to perform in real-time various control functions relating to spacecraft operations and observation support. ... New coefficients for the ephemeris are updated every other day, and are archived as FITS keywords for each HST observation data set. Using these coefficients,an observer can perform a variety of calibration and characterization calculations relating to the orbital position and velocity of the telescope. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 December 10 . Cassini Approaches Saturn . Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997 by NASA , is close enough now to resolve many rings and moons of its destination planet: Saturn . ... Many features of Saturn's rings and cloud-tops now show considerable detail. ...