... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

A new Advanced Instruments and Engineering Facility will be established on Mt Stromlo, establishing new capability for precision optics manufacture and an expanded research and development program. ... ANU has signed an agreement with commercial aerospace partner Auspace to rebuild the Near-infrared Integral-Field Spectrograph, (NIFS) for the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii. ... This first Australian instrument for the Gemini telescopes is of enormous importance to Australian science and Stromlo staff. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Weather . ... RainWise Mk III / 100m SW of Observatory . ... RainWise Mk III / N=0 ,E=90 ,S=180 ,W=270 . Air Temperature . ... 0.0 0.36 ( F) . ... AAG IR Sky Temperature . ... AAG Adjusted IR Sky Temperature . ... AAG Ambient Temperature . ... AAG Temperature Split . ... AAG Adjusted Temperature Split . ... Clear Sky Clock for Winer Observatory is provided by Attilla Danko. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... Samara State Aerospace University Research Research and education centers Space Instruments Engineering Institute (IKP-214) . ... Developing and producing experimental test sets for modelling space environment factors interaction with spacecraft structural elements. ... Basic technolgy research set for testing equipment and interconnecting systems and small spacecraft carrying breadboard design, dynamic, thermal vacuum testing and testing of electronic equipment for electromagnetic compatibility. ...

... Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17 > Chapter 3: Designing NICMOS Observations > 3.1 Overview of Design Process . ... In the preceding chapters, we provided an overview of the scientific capabilities of NICMOS and the basic layout and operation of the instrument. Subsequent chapters will provide detailed information about the performance and operation of the instrument. ... Please refer to the detailed accounts given in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 . ...

Next: *imcalc* - Obtain a Up: Calibration Previous: Exposure Map . Background maps are provided by the standard processing for all ROSAT and Einstein instruments. For the PSPC and IPC these are in three standard bands: soft, hard, and broad (Table 6.2). ... N.B.: ROSAT PSPC background maps in SASS 5-6 or higher are generated by smoothing a source-subtracted, exposure corrected image (see the ROSAT Data Products Guide). ... imcalc* - Obtain a background subtracted image for ROSAT PSPC Data . ...

Princeton Instruments was incorporated in 1981 and has been building low light systems for its entire history. ... Princeton Instruments uses the latest in computer aided design to engineer the highest performance camera systems possible. ... We work with every major manufacturer of CCD arrays and image intensifiers in the world. ... From early in the company history, Princeton Instruments has offered complete detection systems for many different types of applications. ... Princeton Instruments, 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. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corporation . ... The Autostar/LX200 Command Set . ... The LX200 Command Set may be used to write custom software for remote operation of an LX200 telescope with a personal computer. ... The name Meade and the Meade logo may be used only with permission from Meade Instruments Corporation. ... Autostar Downloads . ... product information | ...

. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project . Photos provided by Irvin J. Burtzlaff . Engineering Directorate, JAEL, and SAIL .

LOFAR in Australia ­ A Brief Engineering Perspective By Dr Peter J Hall, CSIRO SKA/LOFAR Program Leader 6 November, 2002 Background LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) is a proposed radio telescope designed to operate in the approximate frequency range 10 - 250 MHz. ... In both cases, the instruments would be built and operated by international consortia; Australia is a founding member of the 11-participant SKA consortium and may join the USA and Europe in the LOFAR endeavour. ...

... The STECF IRAF layered package impol provides five tasks specifically aimed at reduction of HST imaging polarimetry data for ACS, FOC, NICMOS and WFPC2. ... Reduction of HST polarimetry data and simulation of raw polarimetry images, together with polarization vector plotting, are covered. ... hstpolsim -- Produce simulated polarization input data frames for HST instruments from images of the total signal, the linear polarization and the position angle of the polarization vectors. ...

The LIDAR Instrument Information . The LIDAR was designed in a bistatic scheme with a separate transmitter and two receiver channels. ... The total mass of the instrument is only 940 grams (about 2 pounds) and a total volume is 950 cubic centimeters in both assemblies. ... Engineers designed the LIDAR to operate in the temperature range from -100 to 50 degrees Celsius (-148 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit) under lower pressure, near one millibar. ... One of the receiver channels has polarizer. ...

... Next: Space and the Up: GUIs and Visualization Previous: A Graphical Planning . ... The WIYN 3.5m Telescope Control System features a platform independent, network transparent protocol for distributing telescope control data to both local and remote sites. ... The WIYN Engineering Data Subsystem (EDS) is a spacecraft-style telemetry system that sends telescope telemetry (encoders, currents, voltages, pointing data, etc.) in a machine-independent format to clients connected across a network. ...

A knowledge of mathematical methods is important for an increasing number of university and college courses, particularly in physics, engineering and chemistry, but also in more general science. ... We have therefore decided to write a textbook that assumes knowledge only of material that can be expected to be familiar to all the current generation of students starting physical science courses at university. ... The general aim of the book is to present a topic in three stages. ...

Model 3955 Dual Channel, Low-Pass 170Hz to 25.6MHz, 24dB/Octave Slope Tunable Active Filter Operating Manual Service and Warranty Krohn-Hite Instruments are designed and manufactured in accordance with sound engineering practices and should give long trouble-free service under normal operating conditions. ... DO NOT return the instrument without our written or verbal authorization to do so. ... All Krohn-Hite products are warranted against defective materials and workmanship. ...

SPICE system is a data system built by Navigation Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) , acting under the directions of NASA's Office of Space Science, to assist scientists in planning and interpreting scientific observations from space borne instruments. ... Scientists in many countries may be counted as SPICE customers. In addition to providing SPICE technology to NASA and international space missions the NAIF Group serves as the Ancillary Data Node of NASA's Planetary Data System . ...

... Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight. ... Velocity at impact was 2.62 km/sec (1.62 miles per second). ... The television system consisted of a six slow-scan vidicon TV cameras capable of transmitting high-resolution, close-up television pictures of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight before the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface. ...

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