XMM-Newton OM Response Files Page . ... Data Analysis SAS News What is SAS? ... The response files have the name om_effarea_<filter>_v2.0.rsp. The response files should be used in conjunction with a spectral data file containing the filter count rate. Such a data file may be created by editing the template filter file om_filter_default.pi with a fits editor such as 'fv' and changing the "RATE" and "STAT_ERR" entries in the SPECTRUM extension to the filter count rate and error. ...

... Chapter 2: The Basics of Phase II Proposals > 2.4 Examples and General Advice . ... First, you have to acquire an object successfully that is at or near the position at which the science observation will be made. ... The object?s coordinates must be both precise and accurate and any proper motion must be known. ... An offset is explicit when you use a Special Requirement such as POS TARG (see POSition TARGet <X-value>,<Y-value> ) to move the telescope away from the position acquired. ...

General Information . ... We'd like to announce the forthcoming IAU Conference: . ... A conference organized by Sternberg Astronomical institute (Moscow, Russia) and Working group "Site-testing Instruments" of the International Astronomical Union on various aspects of site-testing techniques, approaches and results. RUSSIA, Kislovodsk (Caucasus Mineral Waters region), 4-9 October 2010. ... Victor Kornilov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute . ... 3-4 October: Registration and accommodation . ...

... This chapter describes the PEPSYS package for general photometric reductions. The function of photometric reductions is to measure and remove, so far as possible, the instrumental signature from the data. ... The package contains two main parts: a planning program and a reduction program. The planning program interacts with the user to find out the goals of the observing program, and then produces a schedule of the observations needed to meet those goals efficiently. ... ASCII source files . ...

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. ... 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. ... LightBridge Series . ... General Accessories . ...

The following general subroutines belong to the category MATH: . ... Evaluate Bessel function J, Y, I, K of integer order. ( bessel.c ) . ... Evaluate Modified Bessel function of integer order. ( bessel.c ) . ... Evaluate Bessel function of first kind of integer order. ( bessel.c ) . ... Evaluate Bessel function second kind and of integer order. ( bessel.c ) . ... Indexes an integer array in ascending order. ( rank.c ) . ... Indexes an integer array in descending order. ( rank.c ) . ...

. Next: Conclusions Up: The command line interface (TEXT CEILIDH ONLY) Previous: Advantages of the command line interface . At certain times, the teacher may close a complete course, or a unit, or an exercise. These perhaps represent parts of the course which are under development, or which must be kept unmodified for administrative reasons. Dave.Marshall@cm.cf.ac.uk . Wed Sep 14 10:06:31 BST 1994

Euro-Asian Association of Astronomy Teachers . ... General information . ... With a purpose to support the enthusiasm of the young amateurs and their teachers, to give them a possibility to test their knowledge and to help them to get in touch with their like-minded friends, the I Open Russian Astronomy Olympiad has been organized by the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS) and Ministry of Education of Russian Federation in May 1994 in town of Yaroslavl', Central Russia. ... November 2000, SAO RAS. ...

... For these observations night-time is required. Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­ 2 Days Needed at This Interval Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text) LST 0700 0700 0930 1715 Range - 1145 - 1300 - 1300 - 2000 Nights Notes 19 NGC 2577/UGC 4375 + Leo I Group 6 NGC 2577/UGC 4375 + Leo I Group + Abell 1367 51 Leo I Group + Abell 1367 89 Local Void (complete in second semester ) Constraints on scheduling: The Turn On Galfa Survey ( TOGS ) operates commensally with ...

VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures Version 2.0 - August 2006 Science Verification Observations An integral part of the Commissioning of a new VLT instrument is a series of Science Verification (SV) observations. ... All SV Observations are conducted in Service Mode and usually some members of the SV Team are present at Paranal Observatory for a prompt reduction of the data, and the selection of the observations to be executed. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Message from the General Secretary to the IAU membership . ... Тема: Message from the General Secretary to the IAU membership . ... IAU Directory for World Astronomy and NameExoWorlds contest . ... The IAU Directory for World Astronomy ( directory.iau.org/ ) has been created not only for astronomy clubs and organisations, but also more generally for associations having an interest in astronomy (history, culture, etc.) ... www.iau.org/ . ... MAO NASU . ...

home resources > links . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... ASP Educational Resources . ... AeroSpaceGuide: Space Projects . ... Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers . ... Astronomy Cafe . ... Astronomy Resources from STScI . ... International Dark-Sky Association . ... Life in Space: An Astronomy/Astrobiology Unit For Upper Elementary and Middle School Students . ... The National Deep Sky Observers Society . ... NJ Night Sky: Amateur Astronomy & Telescope Building . ...

... Consequently, it is inappropriate to expand and in ordinary spherical harmonics. The proper expansion expresses both and simultaneously in terms of a particular order of generalized spherical harmonics. ... Generalized spherical harmonics start at , and for each , . ... Generalized spherical harmonics obey a sum rule analogous to a familiar one for ordinary spherical harmonics, but it includes an explicit phase factor which depends on the orientation of the two lines of sight. ...

Next: Commentary Up: No Title Previous: Morlet transform of . It may be useful at this point to summarize the key formulae of wavelet transforms. Let us call the signal, the wavelet, the wavelet transform. Complex conjugation is denoted by an asterisk. The Fourier transform of a function is denoted by capital letters, and is defined in general as . Wavelet is called admissible if its norm . ... the inverse transform formula . ... Mon Nov 13 10:51:25 EST 1995 ...

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is a new generation radio telescope which will observe the low frequency sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. ... Due to its polarisation features and its resolution and large collecting area which provides unmatched sensitivities in the low radio waveband, LOFAR will be an extremely powerful instrument to study the Magnetic Universe. ... Astrophysical magnetic field science is one of the LOFAR Key Science projects. ...

Next: Photometry Up: Regions and Source Parameters Previous: *imcnts* - Find counts . This task (developed for use with optical images, but also useful with x-ray data) will quickly compute location, size, ellipticity, and position angle of sources. ... User can generate contour plots of any portion of the image and count rates in slices through the image. The program is advertised as ``quick [optical] photometry''. input file: rp110590_im1.imh . output file: logfile . ... Photometry . ...

... Telescopes . ... Method "Spectroscopy with the Main Stellar Spectrograph (MSS) of the BTA" . ... The MSS of the 6-m BTA telescope is a long-slit spectrograph, stationary installed in the rack of the Nasmyth-2 focus (Vasiliev et al. ... Design, engineering and manufacturing of the spectrograph were carried out in parallel with the creation of the BTA telescope. ... Panchuk V.E., SAO Preprint ? ... BTA telescope. ... The main stellar spectrograph, Leningrad: LOMO (1974) (in Russian). ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

... commands . scl . ... echo on | off : echo input commands to "stdout" . end : exit program . exit : exit program . ... Valid parameter groups are currently: meth, cont, data, slv, syn, gen, macro, all define <macro_name> : define a macro . The macro is defined by additional commands on the same and subsequent input lines up to the next "end" statement. For example: define my_fit; slv_teff1 25.0 1.0; solve; end run >macro_name< : run a previously defined macro . ...