The NIFS layout is based on the realisation that significant cost savings will arise from packaging NIFS in an identical container to that used for NIRI. NIRI is the near-infrared imager being constructed by the University of Hawaii for Gemini North. ... The NIFS integral-field spectrograph will replace the NIRI camera on this face. ... The OIWFS will use a Rockwell 1024 1024 detector and an SDSU-2 detector controller , as does NIRI. ...

lsst.mirrorCtrl љ 1.0.13 . ... mirrorCtrl: Interface to Galil mirror controllers . ... This package adds the following capabilities to the Galil mirror controllers: Command mirror orientation (piston, tilt and translation) to the extent supported by the actuators. The Galil supports commanding actuator mount, not orientation.) ... The controller has a model of where the actuators, encoders and fixed links are attached to the mirror (at one end) and to the stationary frame (at the other end). ...

... Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are currently by far the most widely used type of detector in astronomy. ... After a brief introduction to the VLT Control System, the VLT CCD Detectors Control Software is presented. The VLT Control System is a distributed system consisting of a set of UNIX Workstations, dedicated to high level operations, such as coordination of sub-system activities and interface to the users, and VME-based Local Control Units (LCU), dedicated to the control of sub-systems hardware. ...

At Arecibo we have a variety of optical instruments that we use to study terrestrial airglow emissions. ... As a complement to the airglow instrumentation we also maintain a set of optical instruments, called lidars, used for "active" remote sensing of the atmosphere. That is, we generate our own source signal using lasers and measure the characteristics of the light scattered back from the atmosphere. ... An operations manual for the Optical Laboratories is currently under major revision. ...

XmTel uses the XPA interface for extensible connection to the operating system and scripting. ... Support for several commercial telescopes and controllers under Linux .. ... Software Bisque Paramount ME (requires RTS2 library) . ... In the current version of XmTel .. ... Offers command line and scripted operation using XPA . ... Version 7 includes the XPA server, telescope drivers, a client, utility software, and a standalone option that does not use XPA. ... Previous versions and support for INDI . ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... ESO Acronyms . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Star Clusters . ... Stars@ESO . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... Mounted Images . ... VISIR . ... ESO 3.6-metre telescope . ... VISIR was mounted on the third VLT telescope "Melipal" on April 27th 2004. The approximately 1.6 tons of VISIR appear much smaller once mounted behind the enormous 8.2-m diameter mirror of Melipal. ...

... The central portion of the OTA F/24 beam is intercepted by a steerable pick-off mirror attached to the WFPC2, and is diverted through an open entry port into the instrument. ... Then the light falls onto a shallow-angle, four-faceted pyramid located at the aberrated OTA focus, each face of the pyramid being a concave spherical surface. ... WFPC2 is focused by moving the OTA secondary mirror, and then other science instruments are adjusted to achieve a common focus for all the HST instruments. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... NIRI Cryostat . ...

MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 FTTNAS-FTTA.odt Page 1 of 7 MRO FTT / NAS FLC ICD FTT / NAS Electronics to FTTA Controller ICD MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 The Cambridge FTT Team Rev 1.0 9 May 2013 Cavendish Laboratory JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK MRO-ICD-CAM-1100-0108 FTTNAS-FTTA.odt Page 2 of 7 ICD Description ... 2.1 Signal definitions.. ... The analogue input interface in the FTT-NAS electronics interface is to accept the full range of output available, specifically: 1. ...

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... BOM2 and the basic block of solar limbograph including pointing and control systems ? ... Fine tracking platform (FTP) for Sun tracking by the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... Tracking system frequency ? ... Controller of the control system and solar fine tracking of the sight axis of the limbograph; . ... The basic relative construction of the elements and instrumental blocks of the "Astrometria" space experiment is shown on the block diagram of units within the complex of SL-200 solar...

The drawing presented in Figure 6 suggests a cryo-mechanical design based on a cylindrical vacuum shell, with total size dictated by total length of the optical system and wheels diameter. ... internal support structure for cold optics and detector; . cold optics, focal masks and filter wheels; . ... The detector, in thermal contact with the cold plate, will have an active temperature control, with an RDT sensor and a heater, both connected to an independent temperature controller. ...

... Both sets of objective transmission gratings consist of hundreds of co-aligned facets mounted to supporting structures on 4 annuli (one for each of the four co-aligned mirror pairs) to intercept the x rays exiting the HRMA. ... The two sets of transmission gratings, attached to the mounting structure are shown in Figure . ... An individual facet has 0.43-m-thick gold grating bars with 50% filling factor and 9920- period, resulting in 1.15-/mm dispersion. The HRC-S is the primary LETG readout. ...

The picture above was made with this demo POV file and this Mirror object POV file . ... This is a magnifying mirror with a light around it, on an articulated arm, designed for wall-mounting. ... Behind this mirror in the image are two more mirrors, one above showing the front, and one below showing the arm in a bent position, and the whole thing roated so that you are effectively looking "up" at it. ... The two images below show details of the base, and the back of the mirror. ...

... Image Quality of the VLT . Total Optical Control . First light for the ESO VLT unit telescope 1 occurred during the workshop. ... The image shown (Figure 1 ) here was obtained with the VLT on May 16, 1998, in red light (R band), i.e. while the mirror was still uncoated. ... In this diagram (FIgure 2), the measured image quality of the VLT UT1 astronomical images is plotted versus the ``seeing", as measured by the Seeing Monitor, a small telescope also located on top of the Paranal Mountain. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . The Troughton equatorial, 2-inch aperture, 3-feet focal length, arrived in December 1795 and was mounted, in the English style, under the south dome on two stone piers resting on a massive pillar, round which the staircase of the dwelling house winds. ... The correction of observations made with equatorial instruments was the subject of a study by T. R. Robinson the results of which were published in the Trans. ...

... It was with this spirit that Norman Oberle suggested that area amateurs should have the benefit of a large aperture (25 inches or larger) telescope with sufficient focal length for excellent visual work. ... Norm Oberle and Jim Thomas spent 2,000 hours grinding and polishing to work the mirror into an oblate spheroid. ... Norm worked with Jim Thomas in a basement workshop. ... The Richland club is situated in the Hidden Hollow camp ground, and has long held meetings in the clubhouse on the grounds. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

Moscow State University Sternberg Astronomical Institute Specification 2.5 m telescope with enclosure version 7.6 |Number|Item description, type |Quanti| | ... 1000 |2.5 m mirror telescope system |1 | ... lightweighting) must provide the short time of | ... stations (ports) must be provided. ... 1006 |Nasmyth focal stations must be provided with a deployable| | ... must be provided. ... Telescope control system and environment conditions | ... 2005 |Camera shutter must provide unvignetted CCD field, | ...