XMM­Newton Calibration Technical Note PN Optical Loading XMM­SOC­CAL­TN­0051 Issue 1.2 M.J.S. Smith July 1, 2008 1 Abstract An investigation into PN optical loading has been performed through analysis of PN o#set maps. ... Fig. 1 shows an example of optical loading cases in a PN residual o#set map. ... XMM­SOC­CAL­TN­0051 Issue/Rev.: Issue 1.2 Date: July 1, 2008 Page: 2 Figure 1: PN Residual o#set map showing cases of optical loading. ... A similar finding for the MOS optical PSF is presented in [4]. ...

... These are ``quirks'' rather than ``bugs''. Below is a list of quirks. When loading a file and ``Reset Intensity Upon File Load'' is disabled, the intensity range of the previous image will be used. ... When moving between two images (such as when blinking, or when loading a new image), the display system attempts to retain the old image parameters (i.e. zoom box). What is retained are the corners of the zoom box measured in image pixel co-ordinates, not world co-ordinates. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. April 11, 1996 . Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . Credit: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) . Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... About APOD | ... A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC . ...

... Unexpected X-rays from Comet Hyakutake . ... 11.04.1996 . ... Credit Copyright: C. Lisse, M. Mumma (NASA/GSFC), K. Dennerl, J. Schmidt, and J. Englhauser (MPE) Explanation: The first X-rays ever detected from a comet were discovered from Comet Hyakutake with the ROSAT satellite on March 27th. ... One possible explanation is that X-rays emitted from the Sun are absorbed by water in the comet's coma causing fluorescence. ... Information: The Scale of the Universe Debate in April 1996 . ... April 1996 ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Data Handling and Products > Data Reduction FAQ > I see unexpected boxy emission-like features in my REDL spectra - where do they come from? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... The pipeline by default interpolates across the bad columns in the REDL CCD when it creates the master bias, but does not so when it processes the science data. This inconsistency can create boxy emission-like features as seen in the figure below. ...

Instrument Science Report NICMOS 2003-004 Measuring the Cold Mask Offset E. Roye, J. Krist, A.B. Schultz, T. Wiklind April 23, 2003 ABSTRACT An unexpected increase in measured thermal background during the Cycle 11 early calibration program caused speculation that the cold mask position could have shifted since Cycle 7. ... It was concluded that the cold mask position was not the cause of increased thermal background observed during the Cycle 11 early calibration program. ...

... 147697 . ... voltage(volts) . ... cal load kips . ... ON-OFF . volts expected . ... cal ON . volts . cal OFF . ... counts . ... err Volts . err counts . ... 50*2.5/4096 = .030518 volts/kip (4096 over 2.5 volts) . When adjusting the gain, then on-off in volts should be: calLoadKips* .030518 BEFORE CHANGES__________________ AFTER CHANGES___________________ INITIALS ______________________location: http://www.naic.edu/~phil/td/ldcell_calibration_form.html . ...

K-band Arcetri Obscured Supernova Search . What is the KAOSS Project? W hat is the KAOSS Project? Some recent surveys aimed at detecting Supernovae (SNe) in the optical have found that starburst galaxies do not show evidence for an enhanced SN rate, with respect to quiescent galaxies (Richmond et al. ... A similar result was obtained by Navasardyan et al. (2001) who looked for SNe in interacting galaxies, finding no evidence for correlations between SN rate and galaxy properties. ...