XMM ­Newton CCF Release Note XMM ­ CCF ­REL­1 Effective area of the X­ray telescopes P. Gondoin October 4, 2000 1 CCF components Name of CCF VALDATE List of Blocks changed CAL VERSION XSCS flag XRT1 XAREAEF 0006 2000 ­01­13T00:00:00 ONAXISXAREAEF, VIGNETTING Cal 3.80, xmm ­ sas 20000903 1900 NO XRT2 XAREAEF 0007 2000 ­01­13T00:00:00 ONAXISXAREAEF, VIGNETTING Cal 3.80, ... 3 Scientific Impact of this Update This update has no impact on on­axis the effective area accuracy. ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... HST . ... 03/22/2016 New v1.0 data products for Epoch 1 of Abell S1063 have been released. ... 02/02/2015 Epoch 1 for MACS1149 and its parallel field is complete and v1.0 data products have been released. ... 01/09/2014 Epoch 1 for MACS1149 and its parallel field is complete and v0.5 data products have been released. 12/03/2014 Epoch 1 for MACS0717 and its parallel field is complete and v1.0 data products have been released. 11/28/2014 v0.5 data products for Epoch 1 of MACS1149 have been released. ...

... 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. ...

... While "First Light" was achieved at the second 8.2-m VLT Unit Telescope (UT2) ahead of schedule, UT1 produced its sharpest image so far. ... It had long been ESO's intention to provide "real" names to the four VLT Unit Telescopes, to replace the current, somewhat dry and technical designations as UT1 to UT4. ... The participants were left with the impression of mounting expectations, just four weeks before the first VLT Unit Telescope, Antu (UT1), will receive the first visiting astronomers. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... This shows the Sun, Moon and Earth (not to scale) together with the . ... They have tested the technique on the Earthshine, the light reflected from the Earth by the Moon, and showed that it can reveal the presence of life in our planet. ... This technique uses the fact that the light reflected from the planet is polarised, whereas that emitted by the star is not. ... Polarised light can tell us about the reflecting surface...

Магазин . ... Старейший магазин телескопов в России . ... Корзина 0 0 Р . ... Телескопы Celestron . ... Добавить в избранное . ... 49 990 Р . ... Мы рады приветствовать Вас в нашем специализированном магазине телескопов и других астрономических товаров. ... Интерес к звездам, к созерцанию неба, обычно приводит человека к желанию купить телескоп, который позволит ему увидеть своими глазами все далекие сокровища космоса, так красочно описываемые в книгах. ... Copyright TELESCOPE.RU, 2016. ...

... Survey processing . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... 21/12/2009 Release of Science Verification Data . ... 11/12/2009 Press release about VISTA (Text, Images and Videos) . The ESO press release is at www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-49-09.html . ... 10/12/2009 15:00+ Ownerhsip of VISTA accepted by ESO from STFC (UK Goverenment representative) . ... 15/10/2009 Science Verification period started (see 21/12/9 for release) . ... 17/04/2008 Press releases om M1 from ESO , STFC and QMUL . ...

Drawing and Part Configuration Management and Release Procedures: . ... Context: This procedure is intended for use by APO Telescope Drafting and Engineering personnel for the development, release and maintenance of telescope related models, drawings, and other controlled documents to facilitate the sharing of information between the various institutions and personnel that have need of technical information and engineering files regarding APO telescope design and development. ... Release Procedure: . ...

... March 25, 2006: Version 3.0.0 New control panel with an observing queue and a log Pointing to apparent position including proper motion precession and nutation to epoch of ... declination axis to polar axis non-orthogonality optical axis skew altitude- and azimuth-dependent mechanical effects encoder reference Control of telescope hardware August 20, 2006 Version 3.0.4 Modifications from Dan Azari adding features suported by the RC Optical Systems ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 29.06.1999 . ... The 8-meter Gemini North telescope, pictured above , was dedicated last week in Hawaii, with images documenting its unprecedented abilities being released. ... The Gemini telescopes will collect an enormous amount of visible and infrared light . ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ... Publications with keywords: infrared - Gemini North - telescope . Publications with words: infrared - Gemini North - telescope . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. June 29, 1999 . Gemini North Telescope Inaugurated . ... The Gemini telescopes will collect an enormous amount of visible and infrared light . ... To achieve such high resolution, the Gemini's use adaptive optics , a technique that continually flexes Gemini's main mirrors to counteract the defocusing effects of Earth's turbulent atmosphere . ...

... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... Assignments 4, 5 and 6 all involve the imaginary world of Ziggy. ... Each week, you should write a short executive briefing to Captain Howard, explaining to her what you have learned from that week's data. ... A 500 word limit applies to each briefing you submit. You will submit three briefing papers (due dates below): one for each data release. ... First briefing due (Assignment 4). 2nd data set released. ... Second briefing due (Assignment 5). 3rd and final data set released. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... This image of the Tarantula Nebula comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos and includes observations taken by HubbleтАЩs Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, combined with observations from the European Southern ObservatoryтАЩs MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope which trace the location of glowing hydrogen and oxygen. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... Telescopes . ... Diameter of circular antenna . ... Number of antenna elements . ... Geometrical area . ... Effective area of full circle . ... Wavelength range . ... Frequency range . ... 2 arcsec . ... Flux density limit . ... Absolute brightness temperature limit . 0.050 mK . ...

Intricately structured filaments of gas and dust compose the reflection nebula seen around the Pleiades star cluster. These multiwavelength images were presented to the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Antonio, TX on January 16, 1996. Click here for the press release text . ... The Schmidt data were processed further after this photo release; better versions are now available.] Get image: 512x512 (56k) / 1024x1024 (204k) . Pleiades Far-Infrared Heated Dust Emission . ...

... UA SCIENTIST & TEAM DISCOVER SURFACE FEATURES COVER TITAN (Science contacts: Peter H. Smith, (602) 621-2725; Mark Lemmon, (602) 621-1485; UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) . Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn 's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. ... About three weeks before Cassini's first flyby of Titan, the spacecraft is to release the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe to parachute to Titan's surface. ... Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... The 9C survey of radio sources was made with the Ryle Telescope at a frequency of 15.2 GHz and a resolution of 25ТљxТљ25Тљcosec(dec) arcsec 2 . ... Waldram, E.M., Pooley, G.G., Grainge, K.J.B., Jones, M.E., Saunders, R.D.E., Scott, P.F., Taylor, A.C., 2003, MNRAS, 342, 915 . ... Field name . ... It comprises seven fields, each delineated by boundaries in RA and Dec, together covering a total of 114.7 deg 2 for which the source catalogue is complete to ~ 10 mJy. ...