The primary goal of the Cycle 4 calibration plan was to provide an instrument calibration for Cycle 4 GO and GTO science programs as well as monitor internal health, photometric and optical stability of the instrument. ... Table 8.3: Summary of Cycle 4 Calibration Plans . ... Flats . ... Earth Flats . ... The internal flat fields are intended as delta-flats, in order to monitor the stability for the main photometric filter set as well as provide data for the generation of high S/N flat fields. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Instrumentation Development > VLT/Instrument Interfaces . ... APEX Visitor Instrument . ... The interfaces between the VLT Unit Telescopes and the scientific instruments to be operated at the VLT Cassegrain, Nasmyth and Coudц© foci are well defined. ... Interface and numerous other relevant information for instrument builders is available in the "Requirements for Scientific Instruments on the VLT Unit Telescopes" , ESO doc. no. ...

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. ...

. General Information . Media Files . Participants . Timetable . Local Information . Photos . October 5, 15:00 15:30 . Victor Kornilov (SAI) . PDF [2.4б MB] October 5, 15:30 16:10 . Florian Kerber (ESO) . PDF [2.0б MB] October 5, 16:10 16:35 . Boris Safonov (SAI) . PDF [704.7б KB] October 5, 16:35 17:05 . October 5, 17:05 17:45 . Pavel Kovadlo (ISZF), Olga Kochetkova (ISZF) . PDF [4.0б MB] October 5, 18:20 19:00 .

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... GSAOI Home . Instrument . ... The Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) is a near-infrared adaptive optics camera that will be used with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system on the Gemini South 8-m telescope . ... Gemini's major instrumentation goal is to develop its Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system for scientific use on Gemini South. ... Existing adaptive optics systems use a single natural guide star or artifical laser guide star to measure this image blur. ...

Status of EPIC operations Pedro CalderСn RiaЯo, ESAC Madrid 23 March 2010 Overview Routine operations New DB items Special operations Not nominal events AOB's Status of EPIC operations | Pedro CalderСn RiaЯo | Madrid | Status_Oper_2010.ppt | XMM-Newton | Pag. ... Status of EPIC operations | ... 3 Routine Operations MOS1 CCD6 periodic check: no changes · CCD still full of AFFA (hex) First Mosaic observations performed Status of EPIC operations | ...

Main Sections LabIR main page . Instrument page . Documentation . ... Special Sections Software Page . ... Tirgo Page . ... The activities of the group started at the end of 70's with the building of FIRT: the photometer of the National Infrared Telescope ( TIRGO ). ... FIRT: the photometer of the National Infrared Telescope ( TIRGO ). ... NICS , the NIR camera/spectrometer for the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo . ... Please select the LabIR Main Page or an item in the left menu. ...

TclActor is a set of classes that allow one to write an actor for the 3.5m control system. ... Thus, to the extent that the underlying hardware controllers support it, an actor based on TclActor can execute multiple commands at the same time. ... Commands must be in the following format: [cmdId [msgId]] [verb [arguments]] where: . ... The device code tends to fall into several categories: code to support executing commands, code to handle replies and code to represent the internal state of the device. ...

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... A2005 Date Received: 2004-Sep-29 18:51:13 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Astronomy Continuum Galactic 42 Hours The Origin of Magnetic Activity in Sub-Stellar Ob jects The pro cesses of magnetic field generation, amplification and dissipation in sub-stellar ob jects are not understo o d, but could provide direct information on the internal convection and the structure of the atmosphere. ...