... A further spin off of this project is that more reliable pointing information for all exposures is provided. In 1995 the ST-ECF introduced, along with the CADC, the re-calibration on-the-fly (OTF) of archived HST exposures. ... By correlating the HST Mission Schedule and the time-tagged engineering telemetry data stream downloaded from HST it is possible to reconstruct with great accuracy the pointing sequence of any given scientific observation. ... taken within the same HST visit . ...

... Chapter 2: Association Keywords . ... Calibration Products . ... Looking at the ASN_MTYP and EXPNAME keywords for each extension of the n48o06020_jif.fits file, we see... n48o06020_jif.fits [1], ASN_MTYP = EXP-TARG EXPNAME = N48O06G9J n48o06020_jif.fits [2], ASN_MTYP = EXP-TARG EXPNAME = N48O06GAJ n48o06020_jif.fits [3], ASN_MTYP = EXP-BCK1 EXPNAME = N48O06GBJ n48o06020_jif.fits [4], ASN_MTYP = EXP-BCK1 EXPNAME = N48O06GCJ n48o06020_jif.fits [5], ...

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... Constructing and Reducing Sets of HST Observations Using Accurate Spacecraft Pointing Information A. Micol and B. Pirenne Space Telescope -- European Coordinating Facility, ESA/ESO, Garching D­85748, Germany P. Bristow 1 Space Telescope -- European Coordinating Facility Abstract. ... All this is possible thanks to the reliable HST pointing information provided by the jitter files which are a product of the Observatory Monitoring System software at STScI. ... The current format jitter files contain: ...

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The FITS archive & data processing pipelines . ... The archived data are broad band images (BBI) and long-slit spectra (LSS) plus their associated template and calibration files. The data in HFA can enter into the HyperLeda processing pipeline and the results can be freely downloaded. ... Definition of the file system (structure of the archive) . ... The coordinate systems must be updated when the data (pixel data, other keywords, related tables) are altered (eg. rebinning of the image). ...

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Largely automated science processing (working title: phoenix) Reinhard Hanuschik, 2012-05-10 Pre-conditions · · · all associations ( ABs ) already done, by standard QC workflow all associations point to certified and archived master calibrations (the ones to virtual calibrations can't be processed so they need to be filtered) we use only selected ... Issues: · which products do we select for ingestion? ... VM, standard vs. non-standard setups no processing: o o ECHELLE, SLICER (why not?) ...

... This thread contains a step-by-step recipe to extract MOS spectra of a point-like source observed in Imaging mode and to create associated response matrices, starting from a calibrated, concatenated event list (either produced with emproc or available as PPS product; here it has the assumed file name MOS.fits ). ... The users should note that the SAS metatask xmmselect allows them to interactively define source and background regions (via ds9) and to run backscale on the fly. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

Program: PLATE Purpose: snips raw data from tape(s) to custom plate Category: IRAS Author: Do Kester File: plate.src Keywords: INSTRUME= give instrument identification [] a combination of observation mode SURVEY SPLINE AO PO FLASH UNKNOWN and band number 12 25 60 100 LRS BPHF 1 2 3 4 ( 2 letters suffice ) PO is an alias for AO; AOs, POs and UNKNOWNs are collectively known as pointed observations. ... Only scan(snip)s which pertain to the same area and instrument can be stored in the same IRDS. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

... 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. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . The BPAA is a non-profit amateur astronomy organization. We have constructed and operate the Edwin E. Ritchie Observatory in the Helix House at Battle Point Park. ... Listed Since February 14, 1999 . ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

In the this version .. ... Adaptable to any dome with relay control of rotation and optionally the shutters . Rotation encoding with RFID tags using Phidgets RFID tag reader . Used with XmTel provides automatic dome rotation to follow the pointing of a telescope . Shutter operation enabled through a tethered connection with rotation limits . ... RFID encoding . ... XmDome provides a convenient graphical user interface for local or remote operation of an astronomical telescope dome. ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... Observing . ... Solar Observing . ... April 3 (SUN) - Solar Observing, Central Park , Manhattan . ... APRIL'S SKY . ... Lecture Series at the American Museum of Natural History The Amateur Astronomers Association is proud to present an astronomy lecture series from October through May each year for our members and the .. ... The€аAmateur Astronomers Association of New York€аwas organized in 1927 to promote the study of Astronomy, emphasizing its cultural and inspirational value. ...

... It will automatically identify any fuzzballs in this picture. It will then randomly select one of these fuzzballs, and get a spectrum of it. ... A declination of 90 will find you a fuzzball directly overhead. ... Once you pick a region, press the "find and measure" button and your automatic telescope will search for a fuzzball near these coordinates. ... If you hit the "find and measure" button repeatedly at the same coordinates, the telescope will keep on finding new fuzzballs near this position. ...

... Flux density at 1 GHz (/Jy): 160 . ... Radio: Limb-brightened to NE, with faint extension to the E. Optical: Brightest to the NE, with faint filaments outside the NE boundary. ... Fesen 1984, ApJ, 281, 658. ... ADS . ... 151 MHz observations (1'.2?3'.1) and Half-Mile Telescope at 1.4 GHz (2'.1?5'.4). ... Radio, IR, optical, UV and X-ray comparison, including VLA at 1.6 GHz (3".8?3".3 and 40''). ... 1988, ApJ, 335, 215. ... IR observations of shocked O 2 . ... Observations of shocked molecular...

... Ignacio Ugarte Urra's PhD thesis topic is the investigation of coronal bright points. In his first paper (in collaboration with Gerry Doyle and Maria Madjarska) he investigated the formation, evolution and decay of a coronal bright point via a spectroscopic analysis of its transition region counterpart and the evolution of the underlying magnetic bipole during 3 days of almost continuous observations. ... In general the bright point has a radiance 4 times higher than that of the network. ...