... Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbookfor Cycle 23 > Appendix E: Reduction and Calibration of WFC3 Data > E.2 The SMOV Calibration Plan . ... The Servicing Mission Observatory Verification (SMOV) plan for WFC3 was executed following its successful installation in HST in May, 2009. The calibration plan consisted of engineering, alignment, and calibration activities whose principal goal was to verify that the instrument would be ready for science at the beginning of Cycle 17 in August, 2009. ...

... 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. ...

... Maintenance and Work Completed on M1: September 10, 1999 . Whiffles Installed on M2: September 10, 1999 . M1 Support System Maintenance: September 10, 1999 . M1 Temperature Sensor Work and Repair: September 10, 1999 . M1 Hex-cell Deterioration: September 14, 1999 . ... M1 Whiffle Mount and M1 Back, September 21, 1999 . ... Views of Secondary Mirror (Back): April 13, 2000 . ... Front Portals: June 8, 2001 . ... M2 and M3 Baffle Work: June 8, 2005 . ... M3 Work: November 7, 2007 . ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corp. ... Software Downloads . ... Envisage Version 7.09 (released 9/9/10) . Envisage Version 7.09 is Meade's DSI camera control software. This latest version fixes several bugs with the previous 7.08x software and continues to support the DSI line of cameras on the following platform: . ... Copyright 2008 Meade Instruments Corp., ...

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Science Support Status Maria Santos-Lleo EPIC calibration meeting, ESAC 9 April 2015 Overview XMM-Newton Mission extension approved for 2 more years Team moves are now frequent, thank you to those who left (excellent contribution appreciated!) and welcome to new, very motivated people! ... EPIC calibration | 9 April 2015 | Pag. ... A O 15 · Call for proposals 25 August ­ 9 October (12:00 UT) 2015 · OTAC results mid Dec 2015 · Phase II: 12 Jan ­ 5 Feb 2016 Science Operations | ...

What is a Family ASTRO Take-Home Activity? These activities (games and kits) were initially designed for Astronomy Event participants to take home and do on their own, thereby providing an opportunity for continued learning at home with family and friends. ... All Family ASTRO materials can be ordered online through the ASP's AstroShop. Click here to be taken directly to the AstroShop's Family ASTRO page . ... Return to About Family ASTRO Page . ... Return to Family ASTRO Home Page . ...

My prevalent interest as an amateur musician is the lute. I started studying this wonderful instrument in 1986. I've played classical guitar for three years before without any teacher and so the level I reached was not so high. ... I bought my first lute and started to study with a florentine lutenist, Gianluca Lastraioli. ... The musical quality in that case was not the best but the large number of the singers (~130) made singing there a unique experience. ...

... The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON on January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands. ... Solar activity hits a new low . ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . ... Dept. for Solar Physics . ... 2016,MNRAS, 2016MNRAS.tmp.. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.455 ,is.1,p.357-369. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,is.1,p.181-191. ... WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP- 42 and WASP- 55. ... Mancini L., Ciceri S., Elyiv A.A.,Physical properties of the planetary systems WASP- 45 and WASP- 46 from simultaneous multiband photometry. 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,Is.1,p.990-1002. ...

... The damage to NIFS has freed up the RSAA instrumentation team to concentrate on the timely delivery of the Gemini South Adaptic Optics Imager (GSAOI). ... GSAOI is the second instrument that ANU is building for Gemini. ... GSAOI Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/gsaoi/ NIFS Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/nifs/ RSAA Website: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/ Australian Gemini Project Office Website: http://www.ausgo.unsw.edu.au/ Gemini Public Information Website: http://www.gemini.anu.edu.au/public/ . ...

... 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. ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

... Events . ... Pre-university education . ... Research areas . ... Samara region . ... Samara State Aerospace University Research Research and education centers Research Laboratory of the "Analytical instruments and systems' (RL-54) . ... Development of control systems by applying a protective coating on the inner surface of pipes. Development of non-contact optical and acoustic systems for measurements of geometric parameters of profile products , including pipeline facilities. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Story Musgrave (M.D.) . NASA Astronaut (Former) . ... Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 ...

... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... If however the object is moving , the encounter is not symmetric, and in the end the spacecraft may have gained or lost speed, depending on its trajectory. ...

Next: C.S. Jeffery, Research Astronomer Up: Research Previous: J.E. Chambers, Research Astronomer Contents . During 1998 Dr Gerry Doyle was involved with three PPARC PDRA research grants, and was also a co-organiser of two international conferences (the COSPAR Symposium `Activity Observed in the Sun and in Similar Stars', and the Armagh Cool Star Workshop `Solar and Stellar Activity: Similarities and Differences'). He was Associate Scientist with the CDS and SUMER instruments on SOHO. ...

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. ...

... The ST-ECF consisted, until its closure in December 2010, of a small group of astronomers, software scientists and media specialists who support Hubble science in Europe and collaborate internationally on HST science, instrument, archive and outreach activities. provided detailed technical information about the HST and its science instruments, . supported European astronomers in the preparation of HST observing proposals . ... acted as a European centre for associated meetings and workshops, . ...

... Observing . ... Voyager instrument cooling after heater turned off . ... In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASAт??s Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than 41ТА Fahrenheit (23ТА Celsius). ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...