... Cycle 23 STIS Instrument Handbook . ... Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 23 > Chapter 2: Special Considerationsfor Cycle 23 > 2.3 Use of Available-but-Unsupported Capabilities . ... We have established a set of core scientific capabilities of STIS that will be supported for Cycle 23 and are described in this Handbook. ... STIS has capabilities that are not described in this Handbook and that are not supported for Cycle 23. ...

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. ...

... Where exposures are to be ignored by the PCMS, the task will generate an error. ... EPIC MOS supported modes Prime full window, Prime partial RFS, Prime partial W2, Prime partial W3, Prime partial W4, Prime partial W5, Prime partial W6, Fast mode uncompressed EPIC pn supported modes Prime full window, Prime large window, Prime small window, Fast mode timing, Fast mode burst OM supported modes OM science user de ned, EPIC M1 ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Processed Calibration Files for VLT instruments Now Available . ... ESO Data . ... ESOReflex data reduction workflows can be used to customize the generation of the processed and co-added calibration frames and to apply them to the science files. A detailed step-by-step guide on how to automatically associate the appropriate calibrations, raw or processed, to the science files of interest is available . ...

... For the XRBs which are highly variable the concurrent presence of the RXTE/ASM that continuously measures their X-ray spectral states invites a new and innovative program to harness the available information to facilitate detailed studies of individual systems as well as comparative studies between classes of systems. ... This will enable them to quickly decide which data are worth putting in effort to extract and further analyze. ...

... Astrophysics Group . Graduate Research Opportunities 2016 . Available research projects/areas . ... Astrophysics Admissions Form . ... This includes active participation in the development of new instruments as well as the use of ground and space observatories. ... Further details are available at the following web site: http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/research/extragalactic-group-2/ . ... Our research group has a wide range of expertise in the development of receivers for radio astronomy. ...

... On­The­Fly Re­Calibration of HST Observations B. Pirenne and A. Micol Space Telescope -- European Coordinating Facility, ESO, Garching, D­85748 D. Durand and S. Gaudet Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, DAO, Victoria, BC Abstract. ... On­the­fly re­calibration data flow: from request submis­ sion to data delivery. ... On­the­fly re­calibration has another advantage for our archive sites: we only need to keep the raw data and calibration reference files on­line for the process to be automatic. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Coronado€о Solar . ... Spotting Scopes . ...

The A TNF S pectral A nalysis P ackage is a new software package that has been developed within the ATNF, to reduce single-dish, single-pointing spectral line observations. ASAP is now used for single-dish data from ATNF instruments and should be able to read data from any telescope if the data can be written in the "sdfits" format. ... The c++ code makes extensive used of the casa libraries (the package formerly known as aips++). ... A binary version for Fedora Linux should be available shortly. ...

... 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. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy ( Variable Stars ) 26 , No. ... Moscow 119992, Russia . ... 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia . ... Our CCD observations compared to times of minima derived from the archival photographic plates and from the NSVS and ASAS-3 data clearly show that the orbital period of the system is variable. ... The phased light curve for the light elements . ... CCD, Moscow . ... and for the current linear light elements (in excellent agreement with the NSVS, ASAS, and our CCD observations): . ...

At Arecibo we have a variety of optical instruments that we use to study terrestrial airglow emissions. ... As a complement to the airglow instrumentation we also maintain a set of optical instruments, called lidars, used for "active" remote sensing of the atmosphere. That is, we generate our own source signal using lasers and measure the characteristics of the light scattered back from the atmosphere. ... An operations manual for the Optical Laboratories is currently under major revision. ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

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The large magnetic cloud caused by coronal mass ejection at the Sun on January 6, 1997 came to the Earth at early morning on January 10 and continue to interact with Earth's magnetosphere till January 11 (see for example home page of this event prepeared by Dr. M.Peredo http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/cloud_jan97/event.html ). ... During the days discussed here INTERBALL-1 satellite was in the magnetosphere (MS) near its dusk flunk - see the Fig. 1 for compearing. ...

... 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. ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

... Standard: IEEE 1196, "Nubus-A simple 32-bit backplane bus". ... UNKNOWN CONNECTOR at the card. UNKNOWN CONNECTOR at the computer. ... Description . ... 12 VDC . ... Address/Data 1 . ... GND . Ground . ... Reserved ? ...

... 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 . ...