WFC3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Wide Field Camera 3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 8: Slitless Spectroscopy with WFC3 > 8.2 Slitless Spectroscopy with the UVIS G280 Grism . ... The circled spot shows the location of a direct image of the source obtained with a separate (undispersed) F300X filter exposure, but superposed on the grism image for illustrative purposes only. ... Figure 8.3: The absolute throughput of the G280 grism as a function of wavelength for the lowest orders. ...

Displays the current status of the Dual Imaging Spectrograph (DIS) and allows you to change the configuration. Normally only the most common status is displayed and the configuration controls are hidden. ... Pushing the "Config" button displays configuration controls (each to the right of its corresponding item of status). Select TUI:Save Window Positions to remember the state of this checkbutton. ... Turret : current position of the grating turret. ... Grating : name of the current grating. ...

This photo mosaic shows the scour mark, dubbed Goulburn, left by the thrusters on the sky crane that helped lower NASA's Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. It is located 16 to 20 feet (5 to 6 meters) to the left of the rover's landing position. ... The mosaic consists of six images from the remote micro-imager (RMI) on the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, shown around an image from the Mast Camera for context. ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of Pluto and its satellite Charon. Pluto is 2390 km in diameter and Charon is 1190 km. ... Pluto is the larger body to the lower left, Charon is at upper right. ... Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A . ... Imaging Information . ... Instrument: HST ESA Faint Object Camera (FOC) . ... Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.00194 x 0.00194 . ... NASA Image ID number: STScI-PR94-17 . ... Code 633, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA . ...

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... Credit Copyright: PS1 Science Consortium - Processing: Nigel Metcalfe, Gene Magnier and Peter Draper Explanation: A single image from the world's most powerful survey instrument captured this spectacular skyview. ... The adopted color scheme shows dust reddened starlight in red hues and normally red emission from hydrogen atoms in green. Built and operated by the Pan-STARRS project, the instrument features a 1.4 gigapixel (billion pixel) digital camera and telescope. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...

... In essence, you have an equatorial telescope mount for your camera to track the stars anywhere in the sky. ... Astronomy Camp for All Ages . Astronomy Campers use the research telescopes and equipment at the mountain-top observatories on Mt. ... At night, Campers observe celestial objects under a dark sky using the 40-inch and 60-inch telescopes on Mt. ... A complement of computers allows Campers to analyze data using professional languages and to simulate astronomical phenomena. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... LX600 Series . ... LX200 Series . ... MeadeтАЩs new LX70 Series offers high-quality German equatorially mounted telescopes with slow-motion controls and heavy-duty steel tripods. ... Compatibility: Sensor Control Board for LX200 8" - 16" and LX600 10" - 14" models. ... LX600/LX200 Sensor Control Board (Left Forkarm). Compatibility: Sensor Control Board for LX200GPS 8" - 16" and LX600 10" - 14" models. ...

Next: Generation from In-Orbit Data Up: BADPIX Previous: Description Contents . In the CSL images there is clear evidence of edge emission. ... Pinhole images are almost free of any background and are not suitable to identify further defects. ... The CCD used in these measurements had an arbitrary location in respect to the intensifier. Two images were taken with the CCD rotated by 90 degree to distinguish between intensifier and CCD defects. ...

Quick guide for ChaMPlane Database Searching sources by coordinates [left panel ]: select the coordinate (e.g RA=337.3831880 , Dec=61.2185250 , Radius=2 ) [right panel ]: display the results Browsing by ObsID [left panel ]: list available observations by ObsID [middle panel ]: list available data product for the selected ObsID [upper right panel ]: list the data by srcid [lower right X-ray source ID is defined as XS + x-ray ObsID + energy band + CCD ID + source number. ...

Function: GDSC_RANGE Purpose: return lower left and upper right corner of a subset Category: GDS File: gdsc_range.c Author: W. Zwitser Use: GDSC_RANGE ( SET , Input character SUBSET , Input integer CLOW , Output integer CUPP , Output integer ERROR ) In/Out integer SET set name SUBSET coordinate word of subset CLOW lower left coordinate word ...

The telescope configured for measurements of exoplanet transit light curves is seen from the north side in this May 2010 photo. Lower portions of the dome have been insulated to reduce daytime heating by radiation from the warm metal dome. ... The interior of the dome is seen soon after the encoder upgrade in February 2007. ... Karen Collins, a research astronomer specializing in exoplanets, helped with the telescope installation in August 2006. ... kielkopf at louisville dot edu . ...

... Click on an object in the solar system or choose from the list at left to learn more . The Arecibo Observatory planetary radar is the world's most powerful instrument for post-discovery characterization and orbital refinement of near-Earth objects. ... The Solar System Studies group is a department of the Arecibo Observatory, which is an NSF facility operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and la Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). ...

This diagram illustrates the fact that the list marker box has no impact on the position of the principal list box. ... For the upper list, the list marker box (which contains a bullet) is outside and to the left of each list item principal box. For the lower list, the list marker box (which contains a bullet) is the first inline box inside each list item principal box. ... A label reads, "The left sides of the list item boxes are not affected by marker placement." ...

ST-ECF Instrument Science Report WFC3-2005-07 Ground tests of the WFC3 NIR grisms S. S. Larsen, H. Bushouse, J. R. Walsh March 2005 ABSTRACT The fundamental parameters of a slitless dispersing element are the geometrical configuration of the spectral orders, the dispersion relation relating pixel offset to wavelength and the sensitivity of each order. Based on thermal vacuum tests, the performance of the WFC3 near-IR G102 and G141 grisms has been assessed. ... WFC3 IR Grism Modeling and Rotations. ...

... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > La Silla Facilities > La Silla Science Operations . ... La Silla News . ... Internal Pages . La Silla Science Operations Department (LSO) is part of the La Silla Paranal Observatory and is in charge of the operations of the telescopes on La Silla. ... In the La Silla Science Operation pages, you should find all the information you need for your observations from the time you have an idea of observations until when you finish processing your data. ...

... NASA's newest Great Observatory, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) -- formally known as the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) -- launched on July 23, 1999 and represents such an advance. ... Hughes Danbury Optical Systems (HDOS), now Raytheon Optical Systems Incorporated, figured and polished the x-ray optics; Optical Coating Laboratory Incorporated (OCLI) coated the polished optics with iridium; and Eastman Kodak Company (EKC) mounted and aligned the optics and provided the optical...

... Subject: Conjunction, Occultation of Venus, Lectures . ... CLOSE CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, JUPITER & MOON: ТљТљ On the evening of 30 November, Venus will lie justТљ2ТА below Jupiter with the Moon 11ТА to the lower right. Next evening (1 Dec) the Moon occults Venus, with Jupiter just above rightТљт?? see below. On the following evening (2 Dec), Jupiter will lie 2.5ТАТљ to the upper right of Venus, with the Moon 11ТАТљ to the upper left. ... MOON OCCULTS VENUS : December 1. ... Dublin: 15.37 т?? ...

DATA SHEET PHOTON COUNTING I-CCD VIDEO CAMERA C2400-32, -35 v Left: C2400-32, Right: C2400-35 The C2400-32, -35 cameras are designed specifically for imaging at ultra-low light levels. Each camera consists of an image intensifier including a 1 stage MCP and CCD camera coupled with a relay lens. ... 12.7 (H) mm в 9.5 (V) mm (C2400-35) SPECIFICATION · Configuration C2400-32 C2400-35 Relay lens A6110 A2098 CCD camera C2400-75H C2400-75H · CCD Camera Model No. ...