... ACS Instrument Handbook . ... Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 20 > Chapter 7: Observing Techniques . ... 7.1 Designing an ACS Observing Proposal . ... 7.1.3 Determine Exposure Time and Check Feasibility . ... 7.2 SBC Bright Object Protection . ... 7.2.3 Bright-Object Protection for Solar System Observations . 7.2.4 Prime and Parallel Observing with the SBC . ... 7.7 ACS Apertures . ... 7.7.6 SBC Apertures . ... 7.9 Parallel Observations . 7.9.1 Parallel Observing . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Published: 04 Apr 2014 . ... First data releases of the Elais-S1 and CDFS fields have just been made available. ... The zCOSMOS-bright advanced data products are now available via the Science Data Products query form of the ESO Archive . ... The Call for Proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 94 (1 October 2014 - 31 March 2015) has been released. ...

... 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. ...

... Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Expected Data Storage: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Commensal Astronomy Continuum Galactic 326.2 Hours 100-500 GB GALFACTS Commensal Observing with I-GALFA The GALFACTS consortium proposes to observe commensally with the I-GALFA survey (A2186). The inner Galaxy is the most important region for GALFACTS galactic disk science. ... GALFACTS and I-GALFA are natural commensal partners. ...

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NMW survey overview . Access image archive . ... The New Milky Way survey aims to detect bright (V<13.5) optical transients near the Galactic plane using an automated wide-field (8x6 deg.) system capable of surveying the whole Milky Way area visible from the observing site in one night. ... All images obtained during the transient search survey are available online (please use the image archive access form ). ... Images per field: . ... Images per night: . ... Milky Way imaging time: . ...

... 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. ...

... 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. ...

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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. ...

... 67Lawrence+ Of the 3118 sources in the Arecibo 611 MHz survey, 2911 have been observed using the NRAO 300 ft transit telescope at 6 cm. ... 4 Mean 1950 RA (see col.3.) ... 6 Mean 1950 Decl. (see col.3.). if A appears in col.1, the Arecibo dec. is listed. 7 Dec error in arc seconds (see col.3.) ... 16 Number of observations, in the form abc, where a is the number of observations averaged in RA, b is the number of observations averaged Dec, c is the number of observations averaged in flux. ...

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): . ...

... 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. ...

Next: NICMOS/HST H-band (F160W) Images Up: NICMOS Science Previous: HST NICMOS Observations of . ... Observations of P . ... The NICMOS team has devised a comprehensive program of observations of the Galactic Center. ... Data in hand give a first look at variability and a detailed look at the search for the tip of the main sequence will be discussed where NICMOS has demonstrated adequate sensitivity and photometric precision to identify likely O8-B1 stars at the Galactic Center. ...

Observatory, 125, 23­24, 2005 NEGATIVE REPORT OF OCCULTATION BY THE D-TYPE ASTEROID (773) IRMINTRAUD By Apostolos Christou and Mark Bailey Armagh Observatory An unusual negative observation is reported of the predicted occultation of the star HIP 186 by (773) Irmintraud on the morning of 21 July 2004. ... This provides a constraint on the asteroid's position at the time of the event. ... References (1) R. L. Millis, D. W. Dunham, "Precise measurements of asteroid sizes and shapes from occultations". ...

A Terra Hunting Experiment at the INT Rationale To detect smaller mass planets (down to 1Mе) using the radial velocity technique, we need to be able to retrieve a signal in the limit of stellar variability noise. ... Such an observing program is not feasible with a non-dedicated telescope. To address this, we are proposing a "Terra Hunting Experiment" to be performed using a close-copy of the HARPS spectrograph installed on the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma. ...