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WFC3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 1: Introduction to WFC3 > 1.3 Key Features of WFC3 . ... Key Features of WFC3 . The optical design of WFC3 features two independent channels, one sensitive at ultraviolet (UV) and optical wavelengths, approximately 200 to 1000 nm (the UVIS channel ), and the other sensitive at near-infrared (near-IR) wavelengths, approximately 800 to 1700 nm (the IR channel ). ...

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Next: The Distributed Analysis System Hierarchy (DASH) for the SUBARU Telescope . ... 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. ... These have been partly implemented to perform a set of demonstrations, showing the feasibility of the design. ... Integrating the control system of the Galileo telescope in the REMOT project is simple: . ...

The project of the informational system creation on the problem of evolution of radio galaxies, as a part of the "Big Trio" project aimed on studing of distant radio galaxies, is designed. This system allows a user to operate with simulated curves of spectral energy distributions (SED) to estimate ages and redshifts by photometry data. Authors use SEDs of several models for different types of galaxies. ... The HTTP and e-mail access is organized to this system. ...

... 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. ...

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Class 1 Introduction, Background History of Modern Astronomy The Night Sky, Eclipses and the Seasons Kepler's Laws Newtonian Gravity General Relativity Matter and Light Telescopes Class 2 Solar System Characteristics Formation Exosolar Planets Class 3 Stars The Sun Stellar Evolution of Low and High Mass Stars Deaths of Stars Exotic Stars Class 4 Galaxies Galaxy Classification Formation of Galaxies Galactic Evolution ... So far, one planet has been studied by this method. ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: A New Filter to Study Stellar Populations. ... BRIEF SCIENCE JUSTIFICATION: We propose to use a newly designed filter (named W: 845-880-nm) to measure the [ЮБ/Fe] ratio in red giants and trace the chemical evolution of stars in the Milky Wayт??s globular clusters, halo and Local Group galaxies. ... We will use the newly-acquired 2т??x2т?? filter from Manastash Ridge Observatory to start observing globular clusters. ...

Next: Nature of CCD Up: CCD Reductions Previous: CCD Reductions . ... It is clear that the MIDAS CCD reduction software should be able to cope with these improvements and hence requires compatibility with the hardware as it is offered to the community. ... it should offer flexible reduction procedures; . ... The MIDAS CCDRED context is partly based on the current status of the ESO Archiving project as well as the Data Organizer Context, in particular with regard to exposure types and naming of files. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

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... A1902 Date Received: 2004-Feb-02 18:35:12 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Astronomy Spectroscopy Extragalactic 50 Hours Rotationally Excited OH Lines in OH Megamaser Galaxies We prop ose to observe a flux-limited sample of OH megamaser galaxies for rotationally excited OH absorption lines at 5 and 6 cm. ... X Part of the observing run. ...

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): . ...

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Next: Calculation of binary NS Up: Evolution of the double Previous: Evolution of the double . The observed isotropy on the sky and non-uniform spatial distribution of GRB revealed by the BATSE device onboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (e.g. Meegan et al. 1992) lend support to the idea of cosmological origin of GRB (Prilutski & Usov 1975; Usov & Chibisov 1975) for which the best candidates could be merging binary NS+NS or NS+BH at high redshifts ( ), (Blinnikov, et al. ...