The Cycle 11 calibration program will be defined a few months after the Phase II deadline for approved programs. ... In special situations it is possible that observers may find the STScI calibration programs do not meet their needs. ... In these cases observers may propose to obtain their own calibration data. ... During Cycles 9 and 10, two WFPC2 Calibration Outsource programs were awarded. ... Results of both programs will be disseminated via the WFPC2 WWW site, as results become available. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... GSC 4232-02515, NSVS 3147658, NSVS 3174760 . ... 14.2-14.9 (R, NSVS); . ... During observations of a secondary eclipse of GSC 04232-02830 (Goranskij et al., 2005) on August 8, 2007, we identified GSC 4232-02515 as a W UMa eclipsing binary. ... VAST software was used for aperture photometry. ... This method produces a light curve with an arbitrary zero point. ... Light Curve . Light curve of GSC 4232-02515 in NSVS magnitude scale. ... gsc423202515_kadar_nsvs.dat . ...

Next: Standard On Up: Spectral-Line Observing at AO Previous: RECEIVER CHOICE . The readily available observing procedures, and those we strongly encourage observers to use, are the procedures available with the observing gui. ... Second - you MUST be aware that since you are observing using a non-standard procedure, the software may not exist to aid you in your data reduction, and the overworked computer department at Arecibo is under no obligation to write software for you. ... Standard On . ...

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 > 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 . ...

... 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. ...

... Site User's Guide (revised January 2015) . General Observing Information . ... An area map is available, as well as detailed directions from regional airports. ... APO does not recommend using GPS for directions to the site; please use the written directions below. ... APO/SDSS/NMSU Purchasing, Travel, Receiving, and Shipping Procedures . APO Site Safety Plan, V2.31 (current); APO Sprinkler and Shutter Procedures (pdf) . ... Roads to APO are all paved but are subject to heavy snow and ice. ...

Next: Error estimates Up: Additional information Previous: Geneva parameters . Sometimes seeing estimates are available, either from the observer at the eyepiece, or from a nearby seeing monitor. ... While quantitative measures, such as FWHM in seconds of arc, are most useful, it may still be possible to obtain usable information from seeing expressed on some arbitrary scale. One should be careful not to mix the two types, or to intermix seeing estimated on different scales. ...

... The following charts/text are intended as tools for monitoring the Type Ia supernovae ( SNe ) event visually or photographically (utilizing telescope equipped CCD equipment).The files include: A replication of The Type Ia SNe , V- magnitude (with data point checks from other cited references)and color index (B-V) templete (to indicate a general color-related trend of the type Ia ... I believe this might help alleviate some of the problems involving the making of acceptable amateur light curves...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... DENSITY BOUNDING OF GIANT H II REGIONS AND THE IONIZATION OF THE DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM . ... In Rozas et al. (1997, these proceedings), we apply our hypothesis of density bounding to estimate numerically the flux of ionizing photons which leak from the luminous H II regions and are available to ionize the diffuse gas in the disc and the halo....

... Proposals will be accepted until 1 May 1997 and should be sent to: Mary A. Cragg Mount Wilson Institute 740 Holladay Road, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA e-mail: mwi@mtwilson.edu Haystack Observatory Call for Proposals ---------------------------------------- Haystack Observatory invites proposals for the use of the 37-m radio telescope for observations in the following wavelength bands: 3-mm (85-115 GHz ) 7-mm (35-49 GHz ) 1.3 cm (21-25 ...

... 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. ...

XMM-Newton SAS V5.1 Scientific Validation and Data . ... This page contains the Scientific Validation Report for SAS V5.1 (.ps.gz) as well as the data use for this validation. ... The SAS V5.0 Scientific Validation Page can be found here . ... Data Files Handbook (Issue 2.2). ODF/SDF Interface Control Document (Issue 2.9). The following datasets have been used for the Scientific Validation of SAS V5.1. ... Pipeline Products : Each Product Group is available separately as a .TAR file. ... ODF . ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . ... 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. ... LX70 Series . ... Meade LX70 Polar Scope Operating Instructions (Size: 203.8 KB) . ... Threaded into the polar axis of the Meade LX70 German Equatorial mount this handy accessory allows the user to quickly and precisely polar align their telescope. ...

... According to the most popular cosmological paradigm, the greater part of the galaxy mass is accumulated in the dark matter halo. ... The polar ring galaxies (PRGs) reveal external rings or disks of gas, dust and stars rotating in a plane roughly perpendicular to the disk of the central galaxy. ... The shape of the dark halo in the model was chosen so as to achieve the best fit to the observed rotation of both galaxies themselves and their polar rings. ... The SPRC-7 galaxy. ...

... Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none the less mystical, Earth's small Moon will begin a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... The dark, inner part of the Moon's shadow, the umbra, will strike the Earth first in Iran and trace a smooth curve across Afghanistan and Pakistan, down and through northern India. ... Please submit your completed report by Nov. 30, 1995 by email to 0002032694@mcimail.com or regular mail to John Isles, Attn: Guest Observer, 1016 Westfield Drive, Jackson, Mich. ...

... The Second International Astronomy Olympiad . ... Problems to solve, 8-10 Form Text of these problems is available in Russian too. ... Two stars have the same absolute magnitude. ... The orbital period of Mars is 687 days. ... See problem 2. for 8-10 Form. ... Problem to solve, 9-12 Form Text of the problem is available in Russian too. ... Problem is about Doppler-effect, to find velosities of two stars using their spectra and spectrum of our Sun, to estimate speed of the Earth moving around the Sun...

Date: 11/22/2014 Time:23:10 Moon Age: -0.2 Available Observing Hours: 12.9 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky, Bell 90Prime Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 2.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. ... When 90P Expose is clicked on hh:mm:00, the Exposure setup msg appears ~2 sec later, which is also the time in the FITS header. The Integration Started msg appears ~8 sec later on red window, about ~5 sec later than time in FITS header. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... Other Sites . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . A group who goes out in rural areas to observe mainly using PA gameland parking lots. ... They are an E-mail/telephone alerting service for observing. ... Erie, PA 16509 . ... Web Site . ... Web . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

... Actual stars are expected to be more complicated than these simulations. ... The spot may be entirely visible most of the time (one would observe a prolonged flux minimum low), and then part of it may disappear over the horizon briefly and then return (slow rise and then fall back to constant level). ... With the set of observations taken here, I have information available from several comparison stars and color information. ... The period found must be consistent with the data from any given night....