... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

Optics includes the surveys and adjustments to the reflectors as well as the pitch, roll, and focus measurements. ... 080515: platform/tiedown motion during vlbi cal scan . ... Surveying the primary reflector . Surveying the dome position from AO9 . ... year 2002:Td inches/platform inch, TdPos vs temp at platform focus position. dec03: platform corner height vs za when looking at tower. jan10: dynamic load on tiedowns from platform motion. 22feb10: fit tiedown tensions using 2008,2009 data . ...

Next: A Region mask for Up: To produce a region Previous: Select a circle around . select cursor and box . The three mouse buttons have been redefined as: . LEFT - moves the center of the box to the position of the arrow point. MIDDLE - sizes the box. ... Release the button to fix the size of the box. save the results by typing `s' while the mouse is in the display window. select region and write , to write the saved regions into a file for later use (as above). rsdc@cfa.harvard.edu . ...

... Applying the Lessons Learned from HST Operations to New Missions" , presented at SPIE's International Symposium Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation . ... Portable Astronomical Scheduling Tools" presented at the ADASS V Conference . A System for Long-Term Scheduling of Ground-Based Observatories" ( html , postscript ) presented at the Conference on New Observing Modes My technical papers, as well as those by STScI colleagues are available on-line. ... Spike planning and scheduling system . ...

... These include support for spectral coordinate systems, and compliance with FITS WCS papers I, II and III. ... Supported . ... Supported (all coordinate systems [including helio-ecliptic] and algorithm codes listed in papers I, II and III, with the exception of the ``STOKES'' and ``COMPLEX'' values defined in paper I, the ``CUBEFACE'' value defined in paper II, and the ``-TAB'' algorithm defined in paper III) . ... Supported (all systems, except ecliptic coordinates are currently assumed to be FK5) ....

... 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. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Applications are invited for fixed-term Research Studentships at the Armagh Observatory, starting 2016 September/October. ... An application pack including examples of possible projects may be obtained from the this web-site or by writing to: The Administrator, Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, Northern Ireland (Tel: +44-(0)28-3752-2928; Fax: +44-(0)28-3752-7174; e-mail: hr arm.ac.uk). ...

The SEARFE Project is a high-school education and Square Kilometre Array outreach project being coordinated by CSIRO ATNF, the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and the Faculty of Engineering in the University of Technology Sydney. ... Giving students hands-on experience in using radio-science equipment, making measurements and interpreting data; . ... The SEARFE Project will be launched on 21 June 2002 and we plan to have equipment into the schools involved in July. ... CSIRO ATNF . ...

... The source-list file produced by omdetect contains a list of the positions of all the detected sources, the parameterizations of their shapes, their extracted count-rates, and corrected count-rateswhich contain some of the corrections that are needed to convert the raw rates to the rates that can be used to compute instrumental magnitutes. ... For example, a source with a bad pixel and lying on or close to a read-out streak would have bits 0 and 1 set and thus have a quality flag value of 3. ...

... Established in 1996, the goal of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project (JSC OHP) is to capture history from the individuals who first provided the country and the world with an avenue to space and the moon. ... Alphabetical List A-B C-D E-G H-J K-L M-N O-R S-T U-Z Administrators Aviatrix Herstory Ballistics JSC OHP ISS OHP NACA OHP Experts OHP Space Shuttle Program Earth System Science NASA at 50 STS Recordation Chilean Miners Rescue Shuttle-Mir OHP SCA-SRB OHP C3PO OHP . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Flights Chronology . ... Sea Launch . ... Launches Chronology . ... Land Launch . ... From its headquarters located in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Sea Launch AG provides a customer-facing interface for the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launch system. ... Sea Launch AG contracts directly and exclusively with Energia Logistics Ltd. as its technical partner for the delivery and execution of Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launch services....