... NICMOS Instrument Handbook version 10.0 . ... The revised main source of information on NICMOS for use in preparing proposals for Cycle 17 of the HST Observing Program. ... The first version of the handbook containing the main source of information on NICMOS for use in preparing proposals for Cycle 10 of the HST Observing Program. ... The revised main source of information on NICMOS for use in preparing proposals for Cycle 7-NICMOS of the HST Observing Program. ... NICMOS Data Handbook version 7.0 ....

... Table of Contents - Subject Index - Author Index - . Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX . ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Index . ... The ADASS Conference Series provides a forum for scientists and computer specialists concerned with development of software for astronomical data acquisition, vizualisation, reduction, analysis and archiving, and telescope and instrument control systems. ... The conference was hosted by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT). ...

... 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. ...

SPICE system is a data system built by Navigation Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) , acting under the directions of NASA's Office of Space Science, to assist scientists in planning and interpreting scientific observations from space borne instruments. ... Scientists in many countries may be counted as SPICE customers. In addition to providing SPICE technology to NASA and international space missions the NAIF Group serves as the Ancillary Data Node of NASA's Planetary Data System . ...

. The ALFA instrument status window is a small window that presents a summary of the ALFA instrument status. The 'Open ALFA instrument monitor window' button opens the ALFA instrument monitor window which contains all the information that is summarised in the ALFA instrument status window. You can return to the main CIMA page by clicking here .

Next: Summary of reduction Up: Echelle Reduction Previous: Saving the Data . In the present version we will be concerned with the standard configuration of CASPEC, the Cassegrain Echelle Spectrograph which is in operation at the Cassegrain focus of the ESO 3.6 m telescope. ... In its standard configuration CASPEC uses a a 31.6 lines/mm echelle grating together with a 300 lines/mm grating cross disperser. ... The table shows the change in resolution with the order number. Table: Resolution . ...

... 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. ...

... The visibility datasets possibly contain correlations for different polarizations and Stokes parameters. There are two basic ways that polarization characteristics can be measured: firstly, two orthogonal feeds can be present on the antennas, and the four different polarization correlations from a baseline can be taken and recorded. ... There are two ways the user can determine which polarizations he or she wants to process, either with the select parameter, or with the stokes parameter. ...

... It can · · obtain ice sample from 20 cm or deeper surface layer, then melt it and extract biomass from the ice surface water by filtration; Laser TOF MS for the measurements of element composition of the biomass; Gas TOF MS for the detection of: 1) volatile components, generated at the heating of biomass sample (closed window mode); 2) secondary ions , emitted from ice matrix by the influence of energetic magnetosphere ... Spectrum of yeast sample. ... Laser TOF MS 6. ...

... Catalog . ... The catalog of clusters of galaxies presented in Tundo et al. 2012 , detected from the GRB follow-up fields of XRT archive, containing 72 galaxy clusters with soft net counts > 100. View the catalog and images . ... The tables presented in Tozzi et al. 2013 in preparation . View the redshift information of catalog I . View the X-ray spectra information of catalog I . ROSAT 400d . ROSAT MACS . ROSAT WARPS . ROSAT REFLEX . ... XMM XCS . XMM LSS . ...

APO/GIFS Instrument Factsheet The Goddard imager and Integral Field Spectrograph (GIFS) has recently been commissioned on the APO 3.5 m telescope. This factsheet presents a high level overview of the GIFS instrument. ... GIFS Imaging The GIFS imaging mode is used for imaging science and target acquisition for the IFS mode. ... Imaging Mode pixel scale: 0.168"/pixel · Comparison to Other APO 3.5m instruments: The GIFS field of view is smaller than SPICAM, but the filter set is far more extensive. ...

... Users . ... AAS 225 . ... This particular part of the analysis has been disabled since the code is struggling to cope with the number of users seen this year, in particular the large contingent of people who have re-tweeted NASA. ... The links between the accounts identify those users who have mentioned another user in a tweet, using the @name syntax; the line widths increase based on the number of mentions but given that the graph is ever-so-slightly crowded this isn't that useful at this time. ...

... Slitless is configured to work primarily with the STIS G750L grism mode, but more modes can be defined by the user using a simple grism dispersion configuration file. 5. stecf.impol ­ an IRAF Imaging Polarimetry Reduction Package The impol package consists of five tasks to reduce, simulate and plot imaging linear polarimetry data taken with the HST instruments with polarizing facilities - currently FOC, NICMOS and WFPC2. ... Linear polarization and position angle images are required. ...

Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of Russian Academy of Sciences PUL Analysis Center Pulkovo IVS Analysis Center (PUL) 2009 Annual Rep ort Zinovy Malkin, Natalia Miller, Elena Popova Abstract This report briefly presents the PUL IVS Analysis Center activities during 2009 and plans for the coming year. The main topics of the investigations of PUL staff in that period were ICRF related studies, computation and analysis of EOP series, and VLBI2010 related issues. ...

... public class Tools . ... Tools () . ... static java.lang.String . ... Converts a Color to an 7 byte hex string starting with '#'. public static java.lang.String f2hex (float f) . Converts a float to an 9 byte hex string starting with '#'. public static double[] getMinMax (double[] a) . ... Converts the float array 'a' to a double array. public static float[] toFloat (double[] a) . Converts the double array 'a' to a float array. public static java.lang.String fixNewLines (java.lang.String s) . ...

... 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. ...

SXG Data Center . ... SXG instruments models . Data archive . ... SXG Scientific Data Output Modelling . The task of SPECTRUM-XG Scientific Data Output Modelling is multifold: Utilization of experiment data output computer simulations in pre-flight calibration of mission instruments. ... Utilization of computer simulations in the data analysis software development. The prototype of SXG X-model project is being realized at IKI. ...

... Early on, our interest in chirping analysis functions was motivated by a different kind of chirping phenomenon: chirping due to perspective. ... Our interest in radar, however, drew us toward processes that are more accurately analyzed by linear-FM chirplets. ... We have also constructed other chirplet transforms, such as a three-parameter Doppler chirplet representation that models a source producing a sinusoidal wave, while moving along a straight line (e.g. a train whistle). ...

We present the results of our observations of the white-light corona in polarized light performed at Criciuma eclipse, Brazil. During the observation of 3.11.94 we have made five couple of pictures of the solar corona in polarization light. ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M., Starkova L., Ershov A., Matsuura O .: ... Molodensky M., Starkova L., Koutchmy S., Ershov A .: ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I . ... Koutchmy S., Molodensky M.M., Starkova L.I. Koutvitsky V. and Ershov A . ...

Target: Venus . The Soviet VEGA Spacecraft Two remarkable "busloads" of automated spacecraft were launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in December of 1984. Each one contains three separate modules: one lander and one balloon-carried atmosphere probe to be dropped off at Venus in June, 1985, and one major package of instruments which will continue on to encounter Halley's Comet in March, 1986. ... Venus and Earth: A Comparison . Earth . ... in Earth days) . ... 243 Earth days . ...