... In order to realize the optimal scientific return from the VLT, ESO has undertaken to develop an end-to-end data flow system from proposal entry to science archive. The VLT Data Flow System (DFS) is being designed and implemented by the DFS Group (ESO Internal access only) in collaboration with VLT Division and Instrumentation Division . ... VLT Control System Interface . ... OBs are the quantum of data that flows within the DFS, collecting state, data and status information as they flow. ...

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. ...

... HST . What guiding concerns should I have for my ACS observations? ... For ACS with single-star guiding , the following drift rate of the target on the detector are provided for reference. per 1000 sec exposure per orbit (96 min) ------------------ -------------- WFC 0.009 arcsec (0.18 pix) 0.052 arcsec (1.04 pix) HRC 0.011 arcsec (0.44 pix) 0.063 arcsec (2.53 pix) Assumes: - 1.5 mas/sec roll rate - maximum guidestar to target separation (1200 WFC and 1400 HRC) The ...

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... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... The Science Operation Department is composed of Astronomers, Telescope Instruments Operators(TIOs) and Data Handling Administrators(DHAs). ... Astronomers have proposed several methods to quantitatively measure the amount of turbulence above the telescope, which the most common ones is Differential Image Motion Monitor (DIMM). In optical testing, the Hartmann test is the common method to test the quality of optical components. ... Hartmann mask consists of 48 lenses. ...

XmTel ----- XmTel is a Motif-based telescope control program based on INDI, the Instrument-Neutral Distributed Interface. ... See the files LICENSE and COPYRIGHT for the details. ... About Epoch ----------- XmTel assumes that the telescope is set to "Epoch of Date", which means that it is using ideal celestial coordinates precisely aligned today. ... XmTel assumes that target coordinates entered from the keyboard are in the Epoch that the telescope coordinates are currently displayed in. ...

Download 1.1 Beta Now! ... Separate object manipulation mode added (also still available with Control Key). ... Tom's TkDraw is currently in beta release. It is my own personal drawing program and original Tcl/Tk project which I started more than ten years ago. ... Limited support for images was just added, and is great for tracing an image, or adding some annotations to an image (for instance drawing a route onto a map without actually altering the map image). drag, reshape, and resize objects . ...

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... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . Survey processing . ... VISTA is a 4-m class wide field survey telescope for the southern hemisphere, equipped with a near infrared camera (1.65 degree diameter field of view at VISTA's nominal pixel size) containing 67 million pixels of mean size 0.34 arcsec and available broad band filters at Z,Y,J,H,K s and a narrow band filter at 1.18 micron. A wide field visible camera, if constructed, could also be used on VISTA. ... Tile . ... ESO VISTA Public Surveys . ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

... Additionally, you may select one or more exposures within the observation, and run the procs on that selection. ... Additionally you can select one or more exposures, which can then be processed by the instrument speci c proc. 2.1 Using odfbrowser This section explains how to start and use the odfbrowser. ... On the right side you will nd all exposures of each instrument: The exposures are aligned as bars with some text information. ... 2.2 The procs Each instrument creates its own set of data les. ...

... 1 available ; Nd:YAG based laser transmitter; 24 W average power (100 MW peak power ) at 532 nm; Additional output at 1064 nm fundamental (currently 355 nm is not available ); 6 ns pulse width; 40 Hz operation; 80 cm diameter Cassegrain telescope receiver; Fully pointable (but generally aircraft restricted to within 45 o of zenith; Electronic gated photomultiplier tube detection with low-altitude chopper; Data collection is ... F. Airglow Mirror Systems: . ...

... This chapter describes the PEPSYS package for general photometric reductions. The function of photometric reductions is to measure and remove, so far as possible, the instrumental signature from the data. ... The package contains two main parts: a planning program and a reduction program. The planning program interacts with the user to find out the goals of the observing program, and then produces a schedule of the observations needed to meet those goals efficiently. ... ASCII source files . ...

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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): . ...

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. ...

... 4 November 1994 . orbit . ... 0.0128 . ... orbit period . ... satellite mass . 1950 kg . scientific payload mass . 550 kg . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . 1997-2002 SMIS IKI RAN and SRC "PLANETA" Moscow, Russia. ...