... Observing with the major instruments at the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) is already semi-automated by using ASCII files to configure the instruments and then sequence a series of exposures and telescope movements to acquire the data. ... Using an off-line preparation system to create these has significantly improved observing efficiency, as also has the automatic, on-line data reduction system in use by one of the main instruments. ... The Observation Sequencer. ...

... LMC Project Outline . NGC 1818 Initial Results . ... The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is uniquely suitable for the study of massive star clusters at all stages of evolution. By combining HST observations of these clusters with N-body models we hope to understand the origin and evolution of rich star clusters in our own Galaxy, in the LMC, and beyond. ... We aim to combine our HST observations with N-body models to understand the formation and evolution of globular clusters. ...

... Overview and field layouts . ... Release Content . ... As part of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey ( GOODS ), near-infrared imaging observations of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) are being carried out in J, H, Ks bands, using the ISAAC instrument mounted at the Antu Unit Telescope of the VLT at ESO's Cerro Paranal Observatory, Chile. ... Since ISAAC observations are still ongoing, this release consists of J and Ks images of fields that have already been completed and are . ... 12600...