COS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Cosmic Origins SpectrographInstrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 9: Scheduling Observations > 9.5 Science Exposure Overheads . 9.5 . Science Exposure Overheads . ... Table 9.5 lists these additional overheads. ... Table 9.5: Science Exposure Overhead Times . Overhead times (s) . ... To estimate the overhead for an exposure, round the desired exposure time up to the next whole second and add the generic exposure setup overhead from Table 9.5 . ...

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. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Published: 04 Apr 2014 . ... First data releases of the Elais-S1 and CDFS fields have just been made available. ... The zCOSMOS-bright advanced data products are now available via the Science Data Products query form of the ESO Archive . ... The Call for Proposals for observations at ESO telescopes during Period 94 (1 October 2014 - 31 March 2015) has been released. ...

... 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. ...

... On the right side you will find all exposures of each instrument: . The exposures are aligned as bars with some text information. The size of the bar is related to the duration of the exposure, and the position of each bar depend on the instrument it belongs to and the start time of the exposure. ... Note, that the duration of some exposures can be quite short, such that the text in the bar is not always readable. ... This text can be the exposure id , instrument filter , or instrument mode . ...

... Click on an object in the solar system or choose from the list at left to learn more . The Arecibo Observatory planetary radar is the world's most powerful instrument for post-discovery characterization and orbital refinement of near-Earth objects. ... The Solar System Studies group is a department of the Arecibo Observatory, which is an NSF facility operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and la Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). ...

... The commissioning of the FORS2 multi-mode astronomical instrument at KUEYEN , the second FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope, was successfully finished today. ... FORS2 is now ready to be handed over to the astronomers on April 1, 2000. ... Additional information about the VLT Data Flow System is available in ESO PR 10/99 . ... ESO Press Photo 05a/00 . Preview; JPEG: 400 x 452; 52k] . ... This is the caption to ESO PR Photos 05a-c/00 . ...

... One of the instruments, the Troughton equatorial telescope, is maintained at constant temperature and relative humidity, to reduce the rate of deterioration. ... 3.1 Troughton Equatorial Telescope . Figure 1 shows the equatorial telescope constructed by J E Troughton of London and which was erected in the west dome of Armagh Observatory in 1795. ... Troughton, J. E.: c.1790, Instructions for Adjusting the Troughton Equatorial Telescope, Armagh Observatory Archives , M17.2, 3pp. ...

Allocation of Tidbinbilla 70m time for ATNF proposals NASA allocate approximately 300 hours per year of Host Country time on the 70m antenna. This time is used for single-dish and LBA observations. ... This is far from ideal given 6 month terms for ATNF, which must be scheduled about two months in advance of the term starting, compared to JPL scheduling which goes out to only about 4 months in the future. ... The details of the Deep Space Network schedules are defined about four months in advance. ...

... 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. ...

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): . ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

... 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. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Many of the topics studied will have a local perspective, helping learners become better equipped to meet the needs of Northern IrelandтАЩs economy in an international context. ... Learners in the Space Science Technology qualification will build upon their existing skills in science, maths, engineering and ICT, and will use their new-found knowledge to solve real-life problems. ... Northern IrelandтАЩs New Space Science Technology Course | ...

... 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. ...

... The second step is to inspect the data, to define a set of criteria to select the science frames and their associated calibration frames, and to use the MIDAS Data Organizer to do the selection and to create the Association Table. ... Table: Example of an Association Table . ... For example, one can require that in the calibration process of frame susi0099.bdf the master bias susi_124_125.bdf is to be used, i.e. the bias frames associated with the science frames susi0097.bdf and susi0098.bdf . ...

... 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. ...

It is easy to incorporate information from an instrument or the telescope into your scripts. ... mess with the getKeyVar statements because getKeyVar returns None in debug mode, making the commands run, which is perfect. import TUI .TCC.TCCModel import TUI .Inst. DIS .DISModel from TUI .Inst. DIS .StatusConfigInputWdg import StatusConfigInputWdg InstName = DIS class ScriptClass(object): Simple script to configure DIS . def __init__(self, sr): Display ...

Instruments and Methods 139 Data browsing at Metsahovi Radio Observatory Prisse Kononen, Ari Mujunen, and Jan Engelberg Metsahovi Radio Observatory, Kirkkonummi, Finland There are several di erent types of non-astronomical, chronological data which are collected non-stop at Metsahovi Radio Observatory. ... The rst version of the weather data presentation program is available at the site http: kurp.hut.fi local which limits the access only to the network computers of Metsahovi Radio Observatory. ...