STScI . HST . NICMOS STScI Analysis Newsletter 37 . ... Data . ... News and . ... HST Overview . ... Data Analysis . ... CONTENTS: -NICMOS Data Handbook Version 7.0 Release -A new Instrument Science Report regarding the new SAAclean PyRAF Task Instrument Science Report -Extended NICMOS Calibration Plans +----------------------------------------------------------+ NICMOS Data Handbook Version 7.0 Release The latest version of the NICMOS Data Handbook has been released forgeneral distribution. ...

... There are 6 different analysis options: . 0:all : all the exposures corresponding to the chosen observation are reduced to calibrated event lists, unless disabled via the corresponding parameter ( PN , MOS , RGS , OM , all set to "yes" by default). ... The EPIC data is then searched for source detections, via edetect_chain . By default, for the EPIC data, if more than one exposure is present, these actions are taken over the event list corresponding to the longest observation. ...

... INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Chemin d'?cogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland . ... The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, implemented by a consortium of scientific institutions, is the part of the ground segment which deals with the interface between the scientific community and the INTEGRAL data. ... This has led to the concept of the INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC). This centre is the interface between the INTEGRAL data and the users' community. ... 200 housekeeping records per instrument . ...

... 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. ...

... Several of the tasks in the spectral package share a common set of parameters. ... Each task in the spectral package has a hidden parameter which points to the pkgpars parameter file. The parameters stored here include the observed data sets and the model descriptor, and instrument-specific parameters. ... The observed counts and error data set contained in the table file ( *_obs.tab ) produced by qpspec will be the input data for subsequent spectral tasks. ...

OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI CENTRO PER L'ASTRONOMIA INFRAROSSA E LO STUDIO DEL MEZZO INTERSTELLARE LARGO ENRICO FERMI, 5 -- I­50125 FIRENZE Firenze, September 30, 1994 FROM: C. Baffa TO: Tirgo Staff SUBJECT: Data handling with Tirgo Nicmos3 instruments All data taken with Tirgo Nicmos3 instruments (Arnica and Longsp) are stored directly as standard FITS files at 16 bits integer format. ... The acquisition program never rewrites over an old file. ... An example in table 1. ...

... 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. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Section 3: File Menu . ... Displays the dialog to open an existing image: . ... Saves the current image as a new file name or new file type, or both. ... This can be useful to prevent having 20 or more images open at once, and saves having to close them manually. ... This is done by creating a text file with the same name as the image file. ... Note that Image Information is saved within the FITS file, so there will not be a text file to accompany these files. ...

... The NVSS is being made as a service to the astronomical community, and the principal data products are being released into a directory accessible by anonymous FTP as soon as they are produced and verified. ... The large (4 deg x 4 deg) map cubes and total intensity only images and their associated multisource (u,v) data sets are stored as binary files in FITS format (see Grosbol et al. ... The source catalog derived from the available images is kept in directory CATALOG as CATALOG.FIT. ...

... Navigation in the near planetary space, Mars and Phobos observations. ... navigation in the near-planetary space based on images of Mars, Phobos and the starry sky; . Phobos high resolution imaging; . ... angle               angle . ... Number of TV-cameras                     2                       2 KNM — Mars Observation Camera — is being designed as the scientific instrument of the Phobos-Grunt mission. ... Both instruments are developed for Russian Phobos-Grunt project. ...