... insbs instrument=<instr> ra=<ra> dec=<dec> apos=<apos> bstoolsout=true|false . ... Given the viewing direction of the star tracker in terms of Right Ascension and Declination of the boresight + astronomical position angle insbs computes the viewing direction of the instrument specified via the instrument parameter - result is written to stdout in verbose form (default) or as a strbs command line if bstoolsout =true. ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... How to Calculate Power . How to Calculate Power: The magnification, or power, at which a telescope is operating is a function of the focal length of the telescope's main (objective) lens (or primary mirror) and the focal length of the eyepiece employed. ... Example: The Meade DS-2070AT telescope has an objective lens focal length of 700mm; when this telescope is used with a 25mm eyepiece, a power of 700/25 = 28 power (written as "28x") results. ... about meade | ...

WFC3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 9: WFC3 Exposure-Time Calculation . ... WFC3 Exposure-Time Calculation . ... 9.2 The WFC3 Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... 9.4.1 Point Source . ... 9.9 Exposure-Time Calculation Examples . 9.9.1 Example 1: UVIS Imaging of a Faint Point Source . 9.9.2 Example 2: UVIS Imaging of a Faint Source with a Faint Sky Background . 9.9.3 Example 3: IR Imaging of a Faint Extended Source . ...

... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Observing Time Calcaulation for APEX Instruments Artemis and Supercam . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... A new observing time calculator is now available for the Artemis 350ТЕm camera offered on APEX in Period 94 . ... However, to estimate the observing time request, the Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument ( SHFI ) on-the-fly calculator should be used, and the time request should be divided by a factor of 13 . ...

OptInt PmWiki . ... Science Instrument Downselect . ... Page History | ... PmWiki . ... PmWiki FAQ . ... pmwiki.org . ... Return to Science Instrument Downselect ( Edit ) . ... Proc. SPIE paper on downselect . ... March 09, 2007, at 05:30 PM by John Young - Status from 2006/10/12 update (see attachment) . ... Complete . ... P4S combiner optimization . ... P4S switchyard optimization . ... P8 combiner optimization . ... P8 (internal) switchyard optimization . ... Due 2006/07/31 . ... Due Date . ...

... 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. ...

... In most cases it will however be necessary to compute an appropriate airmass using the COMPUTE/AIRMASS . ... It is important to keep in mind that ``mean airmass'' and ``mean atmospheric extinction correction'' are different from the values at mid-exposure, especially for larger zenith distances. ... For reasonable combinations of exposure time and zenith distance, the weighted mean airmass supplied by COMPUTE/AIRMASS should be appropriate. ...

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 . ...

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. ...

General Information (These links are currently under revision) . ... NIC-FPS - Near Infrared Camera/Fabry-Perot Spectrometer (coming 2004) . ... Photos of Current ARC Instruments . ... These documents are provided to give users the information needed regarding instrument design, performance and operation to plan and carry out observations. While every effort is made to keep information on this site current, instrument performance does vary continuously with time and environmental conditions. ...

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