The process of correcting for the effect of the variation in the sensitivity of the WFPC2 with field position is known as flat-fielding, or flattening. ... Instead, several assets are available to estimate the flat field and monitor any changes -- these include pre-launch SLTV optical stimulus flats, Earth flats, calibration channel flats (VISFLATS), and internal flats (INTFLATS). ... There are also two types of on-board flats available in WFPC2, which can be used to monitor changes in the flat field. ...

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): . ...

... Data archive . ... The Australian National Data Service (ANDS http://www.ands.org.au ) have provided funding to provide the means by which the pulsar data sets are archived and made available for search and download. ... The data is available through the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP) ( https://data.csiro.au/dap/specificSearch ) which allows files to be downloaded after an initial embargo period. ... CSIRO Data access portal : allowing pulsar observations to be downloaded . ... Pulsar Data Archive ....

... Proposing for VLBI Time at Arecibo . ... Documentation (Field System, VLBA4 terminal, Mark 5 system) . ... In 2001, the Arecibo Observatory received its hybrid VLBA-MARK IV (VLBA4) data acquisition system, and currently NAIC commits Arecibo to support VLBI observing up to a maximum of 4% of the 305-m's observing time. ... Tracking Time (h:mm) . ... The inclusion of the 305-m Arecibo radio telescope can dramatically boost the sensitivity of VLBI observations, even with its limited source tracking...

... Summary of reduced ISAAC fields . ... This data release includes eight fully reduced VLT/ISAAC fields in J,H,K s bands covering 50 arcmin 2 of the GOODS region in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS). ... 8 ISAAC fields) . ... The 8 ISAAC fields which are part of this data release are superimposed onto a SOFI image (J+K) (part of a previous EIS data release). ... In one case (GOODS field 11/J-band), for which not enough standard stars were available, the ZP was boostrapped from previous SOFI/EIS data...

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. ...

... We have made observations of the Perseus cluster with the Westerbork Telescope at 610 MHz. ... Several newly detected sources are identified with cluster galaxies. ... No evidence is found for the existence of the previously reported ~ 65'x25' cluster halo, 3C 84B. Key words: radio galaxies - clusters - tailed radio sources buoyancy The Perseus Cluster of galaxies is one of the most fascinating systems accessible to extragalactic astronomers. ...

... This step is done mostly interactively and uses some basic ad-hoc IDL procedures, mainly for testing and checking of the consistency of the results.Once the observations have been selected and the count spectra extracted, the available spectra of each background level are accumulated. ... Average QUALITY such that QUALITY =0|1 Exposure times are added and the total is written in the EXPOSURE keyword of the header of the output FITS file. Finally, the CCFs are built from these templates. ...

... 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. ...

Next: NICMOS Science Up: NICMOS Data Calibration and Previous: NICMOS Software at the . ... Reference File Tools . Image Analysis and Reduction . ... These include the tasks used in the STScI pipeline, tools to generate the reference files used by the calibration pipeline tasks, and general image analysis, manipulation, and arithmetic tasks. ... Calnica is used to apply instrumental calibrations to individual datasets, while calnicb is used to process associated sets of NICMOS images. ...

Next: The Chemical Evolution of Up: Stellar Astrophysics Previous: Stellar Astrophysics . Simon Jeffery has used a novel camera attached to the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) to obtain the best light curves ever obtained for pulsating subdwarf B stars. These stars pulsate non-radially in several modes with different frequencies and enable astronomers to establish their overall properties and internal structure with unusual precision. ...

... Einstein data for SNR are available as images on magnetic tape or diskette and as tables of counting rates. ... In seven cases, with coverage from 35% to 90%, we have calculated an HRI rate for the entire SNR by using the observed IPC data and assuming the ratio of HRI to IPC rates was the same for the observed and the unobserved parts of the remnant. ... Positions of the bright bulge sources and remnants in the galactic plane are known and the rates in table 2 are free of the effects of these. ...

CHIANTI - an atomic database for emission lines. ... K.P.Dere, E.Landi, H.E.Mason, B.C.Monsignori-Fossi, P.R.Young, 1997, A , 125, 149 . Article: Available from ADS . The Arcetri Spectral Code for thin plasmas . E.Landi M.Landini 1998, A , 133, 1 . ... E.Landi, M.Landini K.P.Dere, P.R.Young, H.E.Mason, 1999, A , 135, 339 . ... K.P.Dere, E.Landi, P.R.Young, G.Del Zanna, 2001, ApJS, 134, 331 . ... G.Del Zanna, B.J.I.Bromage, E.Landi, M.Landini, 2001, A , 379, 708 . ...

... Previous: Список адресов . Список литературы и документации . ... available from http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/ops/VSOG_doc.html . draft dated 1 July 1996. ... available from http://info.gb.nrao.edu/ovlbi/calibrationLog.txt . dated 12 March 1996. ... version 2.0, dated 14 Dec 96. ... version 2.0, dated 19 Feb 1996. ... version 1.0, dated 11 October 1996. ... version 3.0, dated 10 April 1996. ... version 1.0, dated 05 Sep 1997. available from http://www.vsop.isas.ac.jp/ops/VSOG_doc.html . ...

... In result, we obtained the GA constant. ... So, we use the results of the observations of Galactic ob jects to improve A. Our previous estimate of the GA constant (Malkin 2011) yields the values of R0 = 8.2 kpc, 0 = 29.5 km s-1 kpc-1 , and A = 5.02 µas/yr. ... So, the results published in 2008­2013 were used to derive the final estimate of the GA constant. ... We have applied several statistical techniques mostly used in physics and metrology to these data, as described in Malkin (2012, 2013). ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... Since 2011 our observatory is a member of GLORIA (GLObal Robotic telescopes Intelligent Array for e-Science) project - wide international collaboration of 13 scientific institutions from 8 countries aiming at opening public access to robotic telescopes, as well as propagating astronomy in general. The GLORIA Project offers Internet users the possibility of studying the sky from professional observatories. ... The experiments are available at the users site of GLORIA. ... About GLORIA . ...

... This class is designed to be an up to date summary of the last 10-20 years of observations relevant to Cosmology. ... Theory today is bombarded by a vast array of observational data but there remains no clear and preferred model for the origin and evolution of structure in the Universe. ... The inflationary paradigm and the nature of the Dark Matter - Inflation solves a lot of problems that are inherent in the standard Big Bang Model. ... Kinds of Dark Matter and Observational Constraints . ...

... 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 . ...

The database contains references to the papers, data files and links to the Internet resources related to measurements and calculations of the optical constants in the wavelength interval from X-rays to radio domain. ... References to some useful books and reviews on the subject (e.g. the classical handbooks edited by E.D.Palik) and links to Internet collections of optical constants and personal WWW pages with related software were also placed in the database. You have arrived at our welcome page. ...