... Meta Index / Home Page This section documents warnings and errors generated by this task (if any). ... error . ... The instrument recorded in the source list header keyword INSTRUME is not the same as that derived from the value of the instexpid parameter. corrective action: The task uses the value from the source list header. expIdStrClash . ... If clobberonlabel =no, this condition causes the task to fail with an error. corrective action: New source is not appended to the source list. outsideFOV ....

... HST . ... HST Overview . ... 26 Jun 2015 ISR 15-06 by V. Kozhurina-Platais "ACS/WFC Revised Geometric Distortion for DrizzlePac" is now posted. 23 Jun 2015 ISR 15-03 by S. Ogaz "Post-Flash Calibration Darks for the Advanced Camera for Surveys Wide Field Channel (ACS/WFC)" is now posted. ... 07 Apr 2015 New and improved post-flashed superdark files for ACS/WFC are available in the archive. ... 12 Mar 2015 ISR 15-02 by D. Borncamp "Results of the Updated ACS/WFC Distortion Correction" is now posted. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Instrumentation Development > VLT/Instrument Interfaces . ... APEX Visitor Instrument . ... The interfaces between the VLT Unit Telescopes and the scientific instruments to be operated at the VLT Cassegrain, Nasmyth and Coudц© foci are well defined. ... Interface and numerous other relevant information for instrument builders is available in the "Requirements for Scientific Instruments on the VLT Unit Telescopes" , ESO doc. no. ...

Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

... user-defined data file formats . ... better integration with a user's analysis routines To add such functionality to SAOimage, we developed the XPA Messaging System that allows X programs to define points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with external programs. ... We have utilized XPA to develop "SAOimage: The Next Generation" (SAOtng), an extensible image display service that can cooperate with other processes and programs. ... SAOtng help pages . ...

Next: Research Up: Heritage Previous: Buildings Contents . The policy of the Armagh Observatory is to preserve and progressively restore the historic instruments, buildings and telescopes for future generations, and where possible make them available for display to visitors and the general public. In future years, subject to available funding, the Observatory plans to: . construct a new archive and historic instrument repository including an extension of the Library and Library Annex; . ...

... CCD is a NICMOS 3 HgCdTe Focal Plane Array (FPS) 256x256 CCD . CCD pixel size = 40 m . CCD gain = 4.73 e - /ADU 0.2 (K.Gloria measured in 1994: 4.56 e - / ADU ( see plot here ) . CCD read noise = 110 e - / pixel 20 . ... Pixel scale = 0.48"/pixel @ f/5 (120 arcsec FOV), 0.24"/pixel @ f/10 (60 arcsec FOV), 0.11"/pixel @ f/20 (30 arcsec FOV) all binned 1x1 . ...

... Astrophysics Group . Graduate Research Opportunities 2016 . Available research projects/areas . ... Astrophysics Admissions Form . ... This includes active participation in the development of new instruments as well as the use of ground and space observatories. ... Further details are available at the following web site: http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/research/extragalactic-group-2/ . ... Our research group has a wide range of expertise in the development of receivers for radio astronomy. ...

... Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corp. ... Meade Autostar Supplementary Software Downloads . ... To upgrade your Autostar first click on the link below to download the Autostar Update (ASU) Client Application for Windows. ... The most recent versions of AutoStar Update automatically check for the newest versions of the AutoStar Updater and download it if necessary. ...

Photon Scattering: Basic Principle of Photon Scattering . Audio Narration is available . No Scattering: Photon Source and Detector . ... For optical photons, scattering goes as wavelength to the -4 power. In the case of blue photons compared to red photons, this means that blue photons are about 10 times more likely to get scattered than red photons. ... Watch the blue photons scatter away from the detector . ... Interstellar dust make stars appear redder than they really are . ...

Next: NICMOS Science Up: NICMOS Data Calibration and Previous: NICMOS Software at the . ... Reference File Tools . Image Analysis and Reduction . ... These include the tasks used in the STScI pipeline, tools to generate the reference files used by the calibration pipeline tasks, and general image analysis, manipulation, and arithmetic tasks. ... Calnica is used to apply instrumental calibrations to individual datasets, while calnicb is used to process associated sets of NICMOS images. ...

At Arecibo we have a variety of optical instruments that we use to study terrestrial airglow emissions. ... As a complement to the airglow instrumentation we also maintain a set of optical instruments, called lidars, used for "active" remote sensing of the atmosphere. That is, we generate our own source signal using lasers and measure the characteristics of the light scattered back from the atmosphere. ... An operations manual for the Optical Laboratories is currently under major revision. ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.4 > Programs . ... httxt2dbm is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in RewriteMap with the dbm map type. If the output file already exists, it will not be truncated. ... More verbose output . ... See the documentation for RewriteMap for further details of this file's format and meaning. -o OUTPUT_DBM . Name of the output dbm files. httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm . ...

Program: CREATE Purpose: Creates a SET (and subsets) Category: UTILITY File: create.shl Author: K.G. Begeman Keywords: OUTSET= Name of set to create. ... N] This keyword is asked only when the set you want to create already exists. ... This item will be put in the header and will determine the coordinate system CTYPE1= Enter axis name of first axis [stop axis input] For the n_th axis the keyword will be CTYPEn=, like all the following keywords NAXIS1= Size of axis in grids. ...

... Earth Satellites . ... Image Dan Burbank and Anton Shkaplero making music onboard the ISS (Image credit: NASA) . The first occurrence of music being made in space was during the Gemini 6 mission in 1965. ... Since then many astronauts have brought instruments into space with them, including many crews onboard the International Space Station. ... The Gemini astronauts were treated to some musical interludes during their times in space but not specifically to wake them in the morning. ...

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 . Apache > HTTP Server > Documentation > Version 2.2 > Programs . Available Languages: en . httxt2dbm is used to generate dbm files from text input, for use in RewriteMap with the dbm map type. ... httxt2dbm [ - v ] [ - f DBM_TYPE ] - i SOURCE_TXT - o OUTPUT_DBM . ... Specify the DBM type to be used for the output. ... Name of the output dbm files. httxt2dbm -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm . httxt2dbm -f SDBM -i rewritemap.txt -o rewritemap.dbm . ...

... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Outline Planetary instruments for in-situ chemical analysis Laser-induced plasma spectroscopy: principle, instrumentation, features GENTNER proposal of the LIBS instrument for the Europa lander mission State-of-the-art of the instrument Page 2 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Page 3 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Principle Page 5 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ...

Please enter the lightcurve file name and period search parameters: . Lightcurve file: . ... Apply the Heliocentric correction and convert all dates to Terrestrial Time (TT)? ... Also, the Heliocentric correction cannot be applied to such lightcurves. ... This period search service is also available at the mirror sites: Mirror 1 , Mirror 2 , Mirror 3 , Mirror 4 . You may download the latest source code distribution and install the period search service at your own web server. ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

... 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. ...