VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures Version 2.0 - August 2006 Science Verification Observations An integral part of the Commissioning of a new VLT instrument is a series of Science Verification (SV) observations. ... All SV Observations are conducted in Service Mode and usually some members of the SV Team are present at Paranal Observatory for a prompt reduction of the data, and the selection of the observations to be executed. ...

... Proposing for VLBI Time at Arecibo . ... Documentation (Field System, VLBA4 terminal, Mark 5 system) . ... In 2001, the Arecibo Observatory received its hybrid VLBA-MARK IV (VLBA4) data acquisition system, and currently NAIC commits Arecibo to support VLBI observing up to a maximum of 4% of the 305-m's observing time. ... Tracking Time (h:mm) . ... The inclusion of the 305-m Arecibo radio telescope can dramatically boost the sensitivity of VLBI observations, even with its limited source tracking...

... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б  . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...

... 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. ...

Next: The Schedule File Up: THE SCHED USER MANUAL Version Previous: Satellite Tracking Contents . This chapter covers the main input files that SCHED reads. ... See the SCHED Input and Output Files section of this manual for brief descriptions of the files and pointers to the standard versions. ... Summary List of SCHED Parameters . ... List of Frequency File Parameters . Setup Files . Standard Setup Files . ... Summary List of Setup File Parameters . Details of Setup File Parameters . ...

... Previous: Filtering KPNO LaTeX Observing Proposals with Perl . ... The Planning and Scheduling Tool was designed allow the user easily to take advantage of all available resources of the four telescopes (LASCO's three coronagraphs and the EIT Telescope) to maximize the use of the telemetry downlink. The Planning Tool allows users to develop customized observing sequences while monitoring compression factors and on-board processing times to realistically work within the limits of the instruments. ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Edit Page | Page History | Attach | ... MROI Delay Line Design Contract . ... Document Management . ... Design Documentation . ... Released FDR Documents . ... MROI DL Production SW Contract . ... MROI Fast Tip-Tilt Contract . ... Design Documents . ... MROI . ... MROI FTT Contract Private Material . Contract Documents . ... MROI DL Design Contract Private Material . ... AP local page . ... Include Other Pages . ... Page last modified on December 01, 2009, at 06:39 AM . ...

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 . ...

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 . ...

... Average resolution at altitude H=668 km . ... Swath width at H=668 km and inclination of beginning of swath 20.48 degrees . ... Resolution at H=668 км . ... Наименование параметра . ... 1 канале . ... Полоса обзора при H=668 км . ... 1-5 спектральной зоне, не более . ... 1 спектральной зоне . 0,48-0,52 мкм . ... 0,915-0,997 мкм . ... 1-4 канал . ... 1-4 каналов . ... Спектральные характеристики каналов (по уровню 0,5): . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Choosing the Right Microscope . ... On most microscopes the specimen glass remains fixed while the microscope's objective lens and eyepiece move as a unit up or down to focus the image. ... Eyepieces of varying powers work with objective lenses of varying powers to yield a range of microscope magnifications. ... Magnification: The effective magnification of a microscope is determined by multiplying the eyepiece power by the objective lens power . ... about meade |...

home news . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Beginning in 2005, all conference proceedings published by the ASP Conference Series during 2004, and all future volumes, will include full text electronic access. ... Visit the e-Books site for select free preview volumes . ... Organizers of upcoming conferences who wish more information about publishing their proceedings through the ASP Conference Series should contact Interim Managing Editor J. Ward Moody at jmoody@byu.edu . ...

... Browse on Line . ... To get this to work, add a macro menu item which calls open_include() . ... Oops. ) return } # # We have a filename ; now run through our list of paths see # if we can open the file . # include_path = $g_ include _path path_separator = : bpos = 0 epos = search_string( include_path , path_separator, bpos ) while( epos bpos ) { path_bit = substring( include_path , bpos , epos ) if( open_with_test (path_bit / ...

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). ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Short history of IKI with respect to it's directors and main missions . ... Main results . ... Venue: Space Research Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences . ... The interview with the director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academician Lev M. Zelenyi . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, Russia, 117997...

Next: Origin of Stars Up: Highlights Previous: Highlights Contents . The solar physics group has continued to study topics including ultraviolet (UV) explosive events on the Sun, (UV)/X-ray bright points, and evidence for magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere, using the impressive suites of instruments on board both the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) and the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) satellites. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Meteors and Meteorites . ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... This famous depiction of the Leonids was based on a first hand account of a meteor storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner. ... In the autumn the Great Square of Pegasus is visible in the southern night sky. ... I hope this guide to the November night sky is helpful and have fun star sight-seeing! ... Tweets that mention The Leonid meteors: highlights of the November night sky | ...

ApnFilterWheel.h: interface for the CApnFilterWheel class. Copyright (c) 2007 Apogee Instruments, Inc. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #if !defined( AFX_APNFILTERWHEEL_H __ 6B02FF9C_AB8E_4488_A166_04C6B378E35E __ INCLUDED _) #define AFX_APNFILTERWHEEL_H __ 6B02FF9C_AB8E_4488_A166_04C6B378E35E __ INCLUDED _ #include Apogee.h class CApnFilterWheel { public: CApnFilterWheel (); virtual ~ CApnFilterWheel (); bool Init( Apn_Filter FilterType, ...

As it proposed by the Statutes/Regulations of the International Astronomy Olympiad, the first part of preparing application to participate in the coming IAO is presenting of a short report of National Astronomy Olympiad of the current year for the Advisory Committee. ... Date of receiving report from the country . ... July 18 - August 7 . ... August 31 . ... Date of receiving draft report (or not full report) . ... Date of receiving official application . ... Done after receiving ANRAO application) . ...

Text can be included in the shell script by using a here document, a special form of input redirection. The << symbol is used to indicate that text should be read up to a given mark. For example: #!/bin/sh # this script outputs the given text before it runs cat << EOF This shellscript is currently under development, please report any problems to Danny (danny@cornflake.ed) EOF exec /usr/local/test/bin/test_version . ...