A System for Long­Term Scheduling of Ground­Based Observatories Glenn E. Miller Space Telescope Science Institute Abstract. ... In addition it accounts for observatory­level factors such as minimizing telescope and instrument changes, priorities, and re­ serving time for engineering operations. ... Since the scheduler minimizes the amount of unused time and maximizes the number of observations scheduled, this cost function drives the schedule towards a minimum number of instrument changes. ...

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. ...

... Previous: Filtering KPNO LaTeX Observing Proposals with Perl . ... The Planning and Scheduling Tool was designed allow the user easily to take advantage of all available resources of the four telescopes (LASCO's three coronagraphs and the EIT Telescope) to maximize the use of the telemetry downlink. The Planning Tool allows users to develop customized observing sequences while monitoring compression factors and on-board processing times to realistically work within the limits of the instruments. ...

Next: Navigation Pre-Observation Products . ... SRT (Space Radio Telescope) Schedule (SRS) File . ... What: GOCG generates the Space Radio Telescope (SRT) schedule file, or SRS file, from current GSTS file. The SRS file has more precise time stamps than long-term schedules, and also designates which GTS will be used when. ... The SRS file also serves as the antenna pointing schedule file, as it describes the planned orientation of the spacecraft (and solar panels) as a function of time. ...

... Please check with ISAS and this WEB page for an updated schedule. ... Please send comments and corrections to efomalon@nrao.edu FRQ codes are L (1.6 GHz ), C (5.0 GHz ), K (22 GHz ) and B (1.6/5.0 GHz ) VLBA VS09w J1153+49 C Pent 350 Th:Dec-16 20:00 - 01:00 S2 Percentage of time 5.4 HALCA Observations for WB = WESTERBORK EXPNO SOURCE FRQ Corr DOY DY: DATE UT RANGE Record/copy W050a J0728+67 C Socr 324 Sa:Nov-20 21:05 - 08:00 VLBA W035p J0354+04 C Socr 325 Su:Nov-21 19:00 - 04:00 ...

. AstroInformatics . About . Chandra Short-Term Schedule Browser Demo . Search . ACIS-S ACIS-I HRC-S HRC-I Multiple instruments No instrument . Target: . PI: . Observation: . Sequence Number: . Instrument: with . Date: . Duration: hours . Perigee Pass: . Date: . Duration: hours .

Proposal Identification No.: ... Proposal Type: General Category: Sub-Category: Observation Category: Time Requested this semester: Hours Next Semester: Hours already used for this pro ject: Additional Hours required to complete pro ject: Minimum Useful Time : Expected Data Storage: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular VLBI Continuum Extragalactic 50 50 180 0 1 hour 100-500 GB Completion of the Space VLBI Survey of AGN at the Highest Angular Resolutions We request 100 hours of ...

A sequence of XMM-Newton observations during an orbit is the result of a long and complex process. ... The planning of an XMM-Newton revolution is articulated in three main steps: . the Advanced Plan . ... The definition of this Plan starts from the sample of targets, which are visible during the 15 revolutions covering one month. ... Once critical targets have been allocated to each revolution, the whole schedule must be filled, using the targets which are potentially visible in each observation. ...

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Next: Mapping of FITS Up: The Data Organizer Previous: Overview of the . The Data Organizer uses as input a list of FITS files or MIDAS images as well as a list of MIDAS descriptors which are considered to be relevant (e.g., exposure time, telescope setting, instrument mode). Each of these descriptors is mapped into one column of a table that is called the Observation Summary Table (OST), and the corresponding information for a given input file is stored into one of its rows. ...

... Club By-laws . ... Other Club Activities . ... Public Nights . ... Dr. James Green, NASA, Director Planetary Science will be our esteemed speaker on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. ... Our astronomers setup telescopes for public use at Communiversity in Princeton, Super Science Saturday at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and at various public events around Mercer County. ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton, Inc., ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

... Облучатель 1 . 01-05): Техническое время, . Мингалиев М. (САО РАН) . ... 11-31): Investigation of radio spectra and variability of GPS sources, . ... 01-29): Исследования Солнца 1 (много-азимутальные наблюдения, +- 2h от меридиана) . ... 30-31): Техническое время (юстировка Плоского отражателя), . Жаров В.И. (САО РАН) . ... 26): Техническое время (ПОЛНОЕ ОТКЛЮЧЕНИЕ ЭЛЕКТРОЭНЕРГИИ), . Миленко В.С. (САО РАН) . ... 11): Техническое время (САО РАН) . ... Призов П.В. (САО РАН) . ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... 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. ... Coronado€о Solar . ... Spotting Scopes . ...

... What's GOODS . ESO Data Products . Other Data Products . ... ESO dataset on GOODS/CDF-S . ... FoV . ... link to RAW data] . Data . ... 2.2m / WFI . ... U<26.0, B<26.4, V<25.4, R<25.5, I<24.7 . ... VLT / FORS . ... VLT/ISAAC . ... FOV Layout ] . ... 168.A-0485(A) . ... Send comments to <goods@eso.org> . ...

... 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 . ...

Magnetic field measurements onboard the Interball Tail spacecraft are carried out by the FM-3I instrument which consists of two flux-gate magnetometers covering two different ranges: [-200, +200] nT and [-1000, +1000] nT. Besides scientific goals, the FM-3I experiment data is used to perform the attitude control of the Interball Tail spacecraft. ... August 22, 1995 . ... October 18, 1995 . Top of the page . ... Back to the Interball Home Page . ...

... 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. ...