... HST . ... Data . ... HST Peer Review Process . ... HST Overview . Overview . ... Retrieving HST Data . ... Data Analysis . ... Instruments . ... Grism Spectroscopy . ... UVIS Flats . ... Instrument Handbook . Data Handbook . ... Below is a list of the planned tests to be executed to verify the performance of the instrument. ... UVIS Detector Functional Test . ... UVIS Initial Alignment . ... UVIS Shutter Test . ... D2 Calibration Lamp Test . ... UVIS Fine Alignment . ... FGS-UVIS Alignment . ...

... Current APO Weather . ... Search Site . ... Information for New Users . ... Technical Staff pages . Night Logs and Mailing Lists (maintained by APO) . ... Technical Documents and Database Search . ... Observer's Documentation and Procedures . ... Problem Reporting and APO Technical Documents Database Search . ... APO Drawing/Document Management Procedures . ... APO Technical Documents Database Search . Home Astrophysical Research Consortium . ... Mail Lists (maintained by APO) . ...

... 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. ...

... 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. ...

... Space Research Institute . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Short history of IKI with respect to it's directors and main missions . ... Main results . ... Venue: Space Research Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences . ... The interview with the director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academician Lev M. Zelenyi . ... Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, Russia, 117997...

... 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 . ...

... Cosmic engine for senior students . ... The Two Point Angular Autocorrelation Function and the Origin of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays . ... Construction of the Pierre Auger Observatory for the study of the highest energy cosmic rays is about to begin. ... We examine here one possible analysis tool, the two point angular autocorrelation function. ... Cosmic Ray Directions and Sources . The Two Point Angular Autocorrelation Function . ... Interpretation of Two Point Angular Data . ...

... SMIS : Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory . Russia's Weather : State Meteorological Center Weather Forecast . Space Weather service : ACE real time solar wind data and simple geomagnetic activity forecast. ... World Fire Web : Space Research Institute (IKI) node . Sputnik : Joint project of SRC Planeta, Rosgidromet and Space Research Institute (IKI) . ... Today's Space Weather : Presented by the Space Environment Center . ... Back to the Space Research Institute Home Page ...

... Archives . ... Woncheol Jang pointed me to the following web site describing a proposal opportunity at DOE that may be of interest to readers of this list: . Mathematics for Analysis of Petascale Data . http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN09-10.html . ... This solicitation seeks applications for basic research in mathematical models, methods and tools for the representation, analysis, and understanding of petascale data. ... Comment ( RSS ) | ... Entries RSS . ... Chandra Blog . ...

... Events . ... Pre-university education . ... Research areas . ... Samara region . ... Samara State Aerospace University Research Research and education centers Research Laboratory of the "Analytical instruments and systems' (RL-54) . ... Development of control systems by applying a protective coating on the inner surface of pipes. Development of non-contact optical and acoustic systems for measurements of geometric parameters of profile products , including pipeline facilities. ...

... JSC Oral History . NASA History . ... NASA Oral History Project: Earth System Science at 20 . This NASA Oral History Project features recollections from those who significantly contributed to the launch and evolution of Earth System Science. These interviews were gathered as part of the 20th anniversary of the Earth System Science Program. ... NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. Program Manager , Stratospheric Theory and Data Analysis, Earth Science and Applications Division . ...

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): . ...

... The INTEGRAL Science Data Centre Roland Walter, Alain Aubord, Paul Bartholdi, Jurek Borkowski, Pierre Bratschi, Tomaso Contessi, Thierry Courvoisier, Davide Cremonesi, Pierre Dubath, Donnald Jennings, Peter Kretschmar, Tim Lock, St’ephane Paltani, Reiner Rohlfs and Julian Sternberg 1 INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, Chemin d' ’ Ecogia 16, CH--1290 Versoix, Switzerland Abstract. INTEGRAL is a gamma­ray observatory mission of the Eu­ ropean Space Agency to be launched in 2001. ...

... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... Archive, Pipeline & Catalogues XMM-Newton Science Archive Pipeline Processing System Observation Data Status Time Correlation Fix Serendipitous Source Catalogue OM Serendipitous Source Catalogue Slew Survey Catalogue Latest Slew Results Browsing Interface for RGS Data Live Radiation Monitor Plots Radiation Monitor Files . ... Radiation Monitor (almost) Live Plots . ... Further details regarding the Radiation Monitor on-board XMM-Newton are available here . ...

... 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. ...

Concept Development for an Upper Atmospheric Research Facility at the Arecibo Magnetic Conjugate Point in Argentina Workshop Agenda The purpose of the workshop is to discuss and identified the strategy involved in developing a new international upper atmospheric facility at the Arecibo Geomagnetic Conjugate Point (AGMCP). The points which need to be addressed during the workshop are: 1. Is there a *scientific* need for an ionospheric observatory at the AGMCP. ...

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, . Moscow, Russia . Supernovae make us brighter .. Search russian astronomical resources . Mirror of International Supernovae Network ( Original site ) . Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . HTTP access to SAI Catalogue of Supernovae Stars . SAI SN Light Curves Online . ... Sternberg Astronomical Institute ( in Russian ) . ... Astronet - Russian Astronomical Network . ... Russian Foundation for Basic Research . ...

The 24-inch (0.6-meter) Ritchie-Chretien research telescope was manufactured by RC Optical Systems and installed in August 2006. ... Spacers are used to put the camera or other instruments at the proper position, and an encoded focus motor moves the focal plane 5 microns per encoder count. ... The telescope uses an Apogee U16M CCD camera with a 4096x4096 array of 9 micron pixels which oversample the seeing and permit very accurate photometry and imaging over a wide dynamic range. ...

... For the past years I have been working on the problem of synthesis of light curves of close binary systems, consisting of a normal star and a compact object (point object with fixed X-ray luminosity). ... Possible existence of a bright spot on the disk's lateral surface is taken into account. ... The last of then will be published in Gordon and Breach Publishers ( Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ... Cherepashchuk A.M., Katysheva N.A., Khruzina T.S., Shugarov S.Yu. ...

... SCIENCE RESEARCH ON ISS RUSSIAN SEGMENT . ... Kit with test-tubes for sampling from surfaces inside the article . ... Preparation of proposals for development of the onboard system to reveal early symptoms of microdestruction and updating of methods to prevent microdestruction of the pressurized body and structures in the ISS RS. ... Development of routes to provide monitoring of possible microdestruction zones based on the mapping results of background fields inside the ISS RS modules. ...