To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

... Design of Imaging Optics . Analyzing Optics . ... The high resolution near infrared camera (CONICA) for the first VLT unit telescope is under development. It serves as a multi-mode instrument for the wavelength region between 1.0 and 5.0 microns, providing diffraction-limited spatial resolution when combined with the adaptive optic system NAOS of the VLT (Rosset et al. ... VLT instrumentation, ALADDIN InSb detector, NIR imaging, NIR spectroscopy, re-imaging optics, IR optics . ...

... Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 3: ACS Capabilities, Design and Operations > 3.3 Instrument Design . ... The nonfunctioning HRC has a 1024 x 1024 SITe CCD, with 21 x 21 µm pixels that provided ~0.028 x 0.025 arcsecond/pixel spatial resolution with critical sampling at 6300 е. This gave the HRC a nominal 29 x 26 arcsecond field of view. ... The ACS design incorporates two main optical channels: one for the WFC, and one which is shared by the HRC and SBC. ...

The Australia Telescope Compact Array ( ATCA ) is a radio interferometer consisting of six 22-m antennae aligned along a 6-km-long, east-west track. ... The ATCA Upgrade , which is part of the Major National Research Facility ( MNRF ) program, will allow astronomers to observe at even higher frequencies, around 22 GHz (12 mm) and 90 GHz (3.5 mm). ... The ATCA Upgrade will open a number of new opportunities; these are set out below. ... The ATCA Upgrade involves the following projects: . ...

... After hearing and discussing Rocket-Space Corporation Energy General Designer U.P.Semevov's report on the fulfilling the flight program of the orbital complex Mir and proposals on its further exploitation, the Council draws attention to: . ... According to the Russian Government Resolution No. 76 of January 21, 1999 a large amount of work to find and attract Russian and foreign investments to provide the further exploitation of the orbital station Mir was carried out. ...

... Imaging Spectrograph For Visible And Near Infrared (NIR) Spectral Ranges n High-Efficiency Holographic Grating n First Direct-Sight C-Mount Imaging Spectrograph n Polarization Independent n Specim Ltd. ImSpectorTM Ima ging Spectr o g raph General Description The ImSpector adds spectral resolution to conventional imaging cameras via a standard Cmount. ... The ImSpector N17, Specim's latest imaging spectrograph, is designed for NIR imaging in 900 - 1750 nm with InGaAs matrix cameras. ...

... 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. ...

... 400mm f/2.8 Nikor lens: images the sky on the entrance slit. ... The optical system maintains image quality along the slit length so that each row of the image is a spectrum of that spatially selected region of the sky. 180mm f/2.8 Nikor lens: collimates the light from the slit. ... The auxiliary optical platform on WISPI now accomodates a short focal lens and a guiding/imaging video system that may use sub-pixel corrections to provide feedback to the tracking drive motors. ...

ARNICA (ARcetri Near Infrared CAmera) is the imaging camera for the near infrared bands between 1.0 and 2.5 m that Arcetri Observatory has designed and built as a general facility for the Tirgo telescope. The scale is 1 arcsec per pixel, with sky coverage of more than 4 arcmin times 4 arcmin on the NICMOS 3 (256 X 256 pixels, 40 m side( detector array. ... Arnica progress report : performance and technical results obtained in the last years at Tirgo , Not , and Vatt . ... Arnica and Longsp data: . ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... MRAO Telescopes . RYLE . ... The Ryle Telescope, formerly known as the 5-km Telescope, was originally designed as an 8-element E-W interferometer with the objective of mapping individual radio sources with an angular resolution as good as that of large optical telescopes when it was built in 1971. ... The Ryle Telescope in a compact configuration. (б© Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1995.) ... For information on other MRAO telescopes, follow the links on the left. ...

Static Fourier spectrometers are often used for spectral measurements of the ionosphere emissions. There are two main advantages of Fourier spectrometers (FS) - large geometric factor and high spectral resolution; these parameters are two orders better than for grating spectral instruments. ... In scanning Fourier spectrometer optical and electric modulation of signal is used to avoid this problem, for static Fourier spectrometer there are no such ways. ...

High resolution IR-spectrometer . ... Determination of concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane) from ground-based or spacecraft platforms. ... Compact eschelle spectrometer is built by autocollimation scheme with diffraction grating operating in high orders of diffraction, allowing thereby to reach the resolution up to ?/ 20 000. ... For observations at the ground-based platforms and aboard the ISS the instrument modification RUSALKA will be used. ...

Next: CCD Operation Up: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) Previous: Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) . ... However it is only now that a number of important X-ray astronomical applications of CCDs have reached critical development stages, so that this is an appropriate time to review the application of space-borne CCD instruments to cosmic X-ray astronomy, and highlight the particular concerns which are being addressed for X-ray instruments, as distinct from optical applications. ...

MICROSCOPES . ... In the last three to five years, LOMO has developed new lines of products, including new families of biological, fluorescent, and polarizing microscopes, night vision devices, consumer Maksutov telescopes, etc. ... 1939 Company introduces its first student and biological microscopes. as well as its first manual movie camera . ... 1956 LOMO produces its first wide-screen-format movie projector and introduces its first fluorescent microscope for chemical structure analysis. ...

... Дни открытых дверей к юбилею САО РАН (12-14 апреля 2016 г.) . Международная конференция "Dark Ages and White Nights (Spectroscopy of the CMB)" (20-24 июня 2016 г.) . ... Международная конференция MULTI-SPIN GALAXIES - 2016 (26-30 сентября 2016 г.) . Международная астрономическая конференция "Физика звезд: от коллапса до коллапса" (3-7 октября 2016 г.) Архив . ... Подробнее.. ... 10.02.16 . ... БТА в реальном времени . ... Цейсс-1000 в реальном времени . ... Последнее обновление: 22/03/2016 ...

... 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. ...

Telescope Tip-Tilt Secondary Mirror The tip-tilt secondary mirror on the ANU 2.3 m telescope · Measures and adjusts image position at 30 Hz · Corrects image blur produced by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere · Both the tip-tilt secondary mirror and the 2.3 m telescope were designed and constructed by RSAA ...

... Telescopes ћ Binoculars ћ Microscopes . How to Select the Right Binocular . Meade Sports Optics Support . ... Most commonly, binoculars utilize either porro prisms or roof prism s for this purpose. ... Example: The Meade 8x42mm Waterproof roof prism binocular has a field of view 367 ft. wide for an object 1000 yards distant from the observer, yielding a field of view specification of 367 ft. at 1000 yds. ... Example: Meade 8x21mm Folding Roof Prism. ... Meade Binoculars Instruction Manual . ...

... The collecting area is increased by nesting concentric mirror pairs, all having the same focal length. ... Figure shows the largest optical element being ground at HDOS. ... X-ray testing demonstrated that the CXO mirrors are indeed the largest high-resolution X-ray optics ever made; the nominal effective area (based on the ground calibrations) is shown as a function of energy in the left panel of Figure , along with those of their Einstein and ROSAT predecessors. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . ... The software run under Windows 95, 98 NT, including Paraxial and Seidel . ... and Energy Distribution, Optical Layout, Optimization, Tolerancing etc. ... Listed Since August 20, 2005 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...