... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Appendix C: Bright Object Mode > C.1 Bright Object Mode . ... The time taken to read through a quadrant on the array sets a fundamental limit on the fastest electron collection rate which can be achieved by resetting all the pixels. ... In BRIGHTOBJ mode, an ACCUM sequence of operations is performed on one pixel in each quadrant at a time. ... The time required to take a BRIGHTOBJ mode exposure can be rather long. ...

Next: Examples of Setup Files Up: Setup Files Previous: Setup Files Contents . Over 200 standard setup files have been created, covering many of the normal modes of observing. ... These especially include precisely defined, and somewhat complex cases like the Mark III standard modes (although MarkIII went the way of the dinosaur long ago. ... v '' files: . These are setup files for VLBI observations using VLBA recording formats. ... These are setup files for Mark III observations. ...

The best possible protection for personnel is elimination of the hazard. ... Wherever the hazard cannot be eliminated, and there is reasonable risk to hazard exposure, personnel are required to use the proper protective equipment. ... Refer to Section 13 , titled ?Eye and Face Protection?) ... For example, rubber insulation gloves are required to protect against electrical shock wherever work is done on high voltage power equipment. ... Refer to Figure 12.1 , titled ?Use of Protective Equipment?) ...

... The input images are wlc , the wavelength calibration frame, and obj , the object. ... WRITE/OUT Copy test images -DELETE lndemo_*.* ... SAVE/LONG ses1 WRITE/OUT "Now calibrating another arc spectrum in GUESS mode" SET/LONG WLCMTD=GUESS GUESS=ses1 WLC=lndemo2 LINCAT=lndemo_thorium SET/LONG WIDTH=4 THRES=3. ... RADIUS=2 SKYFIT/LONG ext8 stdsky LOAD stdsky COMPUTE/IMAGE ext7 = ext8 - stdsky SET/LONG OBJECT = 199,203 EXTRACT/AVERAGE ext7 stda PLOT stda EXTRACT/LONG ext8 stde stdsky PLOT stde ! ...

This example shows a difference between CSS's table model for HTML and for other document formats. The first, HTML, example is defined by HTML to be illegal, as it would lead to overlapping cells if HTML's rules for layout are followed. ... The diagram depicts how the two examples, the HTML one and the almost identical non-HTML one, might be rendered. ... The rendering of the non-HTML example is on the right, it follows the CSS rules and thus has no overlapping cells. ...

... Driven by a dramatic, almost fivefold, increase in data flow, we developed a system, RoadRunner for the automatic and rapid reduction of CCD two-dimensional long slit data taken at the 1.5 meter telescope at the Fred L. Whipple Observatory on Mt. ... The reduction process takes the data from raw two-dimensional images to one-dimensional wavelength calibrated spectra with measured redshifts which have been checked for accuracy. ... In 2.75 years of operation, 22,889 FAST spectra have been reduced. ...

Next: GOCG Pre-Observation Products . Previous: RadioAstron Mission Element Overview . ... Observation Summary File (OSF) . GRT (Ground Radio Telescope) Schedule Files . ... How: The long-term schedulers will produce two files: GSTS-file (General Space Telescope Schedule) to be used by GOCG and LTS-file for all mission elements. ... What: The RSOG will produce schedule files for all GRTs participating in a particular observation, in the format required by each GRT. ...

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... 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 . ...

A Terra Hunting Experiment at the INT Rationale To detect smaller mass planets (down to 1Mе) using the radial velocity technique, we need to be able to retrieve a signal in the limit of stellar variability noise. ... Such an observing program is not feasible with a non-dedicated telescope. To address this, we are proposing a "Terra Hunting Experiment" to be performed using a close-copy of the HARPS spectrograph installed on the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in La Palma. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... These are two clips of the same fireball from two of the cameras. ... It is probably an ordinary meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere at a very shallow angle. or 7.1MB MPEG movie . ... The cameras have also turned out to be useful as weather monitors; These two clips are of lightning bolts over Armagh during the evening of July 18th; overall over 70 lightning events were recorded. or 638K MPEG movie and 538K MPEG movie . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

Magnification (Power) And Using Eyepieces . ... To determine power in a telescope, divide the focal length of the telescope by the focal length of the eyepiece. By exchanging an eyepiece of one focal length for another, you can increase or decrease the power of the telescope. For example, a 25mm eyepiece used on a telescope with a 1000mm focal length would yield a power of 40x (1000 / 25 = 40) and a 10mm eyepiece used on the same telescope would yield a power of 100x (1000 / 10 = 100). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

SAS installation . ... News Latest News News Archive Newsletter Quarterly Status Report . ... 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 . ... All SAS installations are binary. ...

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Supernova cosmology : legacy and future Bruno Leibundgut ESO Congratulations! for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae Supernova Cosmology · Required observations ­ light curve ­ spectroscopic classification ­ redshift · Required theory ­ cosmological model ­ ( supernova explosions and light emission) · ... 2009 Union2 data set (557 SNe Ia) Goobar & Leibundgut 2011 Supernova Cosmology ­ do we need more? ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . An Ancient Stream Bank on Mars . ... The robotic rover Curiosity has run across unusual surface features that carry a strong resemblance to stream banks on Earth. ... A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745 . ... NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula . ... Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. ... A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles . ... Unusual Spheres on Mars . ...

The VIRGO project is a physics experiment; its aim is the detection of gravitational waves. ... It has not yet been possible to detect directly the gravitational waves: it remains one of the major challenges of experimental physics. ... Interferometric antennas for gravitational waves Gravitational waves distort space-time: along two perpendicular directions, the distances between fixed points will increase (resp. decrease), at the arrival of a gravitational wave. ... Publications from our Group . ...