... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Processed Calibration Files for VLT instruments Now Available . ... ESO Data . ... ESOReflex data reduction workflows can be used to customize the generation of the processed and co-added calibration frames and to apply them to the science files. A detailed step-by-step guide on how to automatically associate the appropriate calibrations, raw or processed, to the science files of interest is available . ...

Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 7: FGS AstrometryData Processing > 7.2 Exposure-Level Processing . ... 7.2.2 Observing Mode Dependent Processing . ... After pipeline initialization and data quality assessments, successful observations (i.e., those that acquired the target), are processed according to the FGS observation mode: Position or Transfer. ... The corrections applied to the FGS data are as follows: . ... Transfer mode . ...

Next: Sensitivity Considerations Up: Back-End Signal Processors Previous: Continuum Observing . A number of pulsar back-ends are available to Arecibo users. These consist of ``facility'' instruments maintained by NAIC, the WAPP, the Mocks, and PUPPI, while some ``user-owned public-access instruments'' have been generously made available to the community by their owners. The pulsar backends currently accessible by general users are summarized in Table 6 . ... Robert Minchin 2012-02-22 ...

... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

... 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. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2014/index.html . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ... MAO NASU...

. Next: A. Christou Up: C.J. Butler Previous: Phenology Contents . 3-9 August, 2004. The youngest late-type stars. High-resolution spectroscopy with the GIRAFFE (Grating Instrument for Radiation Analysis with a Fibre Fed ?chelle) ?chelle Spectrograph on the 1.9m Radcliffe Telescope at the SAAO (with D. Garc?a-Alvarez and J. Drake, Harvard).

XMM-Newton Science Analysis System Page: 1 echeckregion July 9, 2007 Abstract A task to check whether a region falls within the exposed part of an EPIC camera. 1 Instruments/Modes Instrument Mode EPIC IMAGING, TIMING 2 Use pipeline processing yes interactive analysis yes 3 Description echeckregion calculates whether the centre of an input region falls on an exposed part of an EPIC CCD. ... This is set to false if the centre of the input region does not fall on an exposed part of a CCD. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

The following activities are included in the Universe at Your Fingertips guide. ... Clicking on each activity will take you to a "reviews" page where you can post a review, or read reviews posted by others who have used the activity. ... Activity Online . ... MOON AND PHASES . ... Observing Phases and Features . ... Modeling Moon Phases . ... SUN AND SEASONS . ... Observing the Sun Safely . ... Observing Where the Sun Sets . ... Making Pictures of Motion . ... Morning Star and Evening Star . ...

... Because of the potential impact of poor weather on 3mm observations, the ATCA has used a "swap" system of flexible scheduling for these observations. ... This was both to encourage more proposals that could be used as swaps and to reduce the burden of swapping (the swap system tends to discriminate against the centimetre observer). ... For example Directors Time could be used for 3mm proposals if there was no bad weather (this would not be possible if a centimetre swap were mandated). ...

Date: 11/24/2014 Time:05:26 Moon Age: 1.8 Available Observing Hours: 12.9 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky, Bell 90PrimeOne Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 2.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. Wind Dir. Seeing Open 18:30 37.8F 50% 15 N 1.9 Close 05:20 37.1F 15% 15 NE 1.8 _________________ Description ______________________ Most of the night, seeing >2", which severely limited our available targets. ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... The REMOT project objective is to develop and validate a generic approach to allow remote control of scientific experiments and facilities that require real time operation and multimedia information feedback. ... Introduction As a response to the increasing need for remote control of large scientific in­ stallations, the REMOT (Remote Experiment MOnitoring and conTrol) project was initiated in 1995. ...

... Filters and SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Mounting filters in SPIcam's Filter Wheel . Updating the filters.txt file . ... note which filters are in which slot, so you can update the filter file (next) Updating the filters.txt file . ... edit the [filters#.txt] file that corresponds to the wheel which you changed. (e.g. filters3.txt for wheel #3) . ... if this filter wheel was installed in SPIcam, replace the [filters.txt] file with the contents of the file you just updated: . ...

... GSAOI Home . Instrument . ... Other Links . NIR Camera Links . NIR IFU Spectrograph Links . Other NIR Spectrograph Links . NIR Instruments by Observatories . NIR Survey Links . Mid-Infrared Instrument Links . ... NIRI on Gemini . ... ISAAC on the VLT . ... Omega-Prime from MPIA, Heidelberg . ... IRCAM3 on UKIRT (InSb) and here . UFTI for UKIRT ( pictures ; UKIRT links here; ; and here ) . ... Gemini instrumentation . ... UKIRT instrumentation ( Future Instruments ) . ...

RADIOASTROPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT • INSTITUTE OF SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS RAS SB . ... SSRT - Receiving systems . The SSRT has two independent receiving systems for recording solar observational data, and several ancillary receivers for checking, setting up and adjusting the instrument. The base receiving systen is a multichannel filter receiver for a simultaneous recording in 180 channels with the 500 kHz band each, adjusted at steps of about 600 kHz. ... Channel's band . ...

... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...