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... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Iowa Robotic Telescope | ... Talon is based on OCAAS, a software suite developed by software engineer Elwood Downey ( Clear Sky Institute ) for use at the University of Iowa ?s first remote facility (the ATF, or Automated Telescope Facility). ... XObservatory : Telescope Control Interface . ... This program calls upon and coordinates much of the interrelated portions of the Talon architecture, and forms the primary control panel for the telescope, dome, and peripheral systems when used locally. ...

Table of Contents - Subject Index - Author Index - . Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX . ... 216, 2000 . ... Keck Telescope Control System . ... Using XML and Java for Astronomical Instrument Control . ... An Effective PC/Linux Based Control System Upgrade for the UH 2.2-m Telescope . ... Toolkit Based Extension of the SDSS Control System . ... CFH12K: Control Software and Data Handling . ... The MERLIN Correlator Software Project . ...

. Filter wheels currently only hold 2 inch (50mm) square filters . The database is of all shared Apache Point Observatory Filters. Requests for filters are made through the Chief Telescope Engineer or a 3.5-m Observing Specialist. APO Filters Inventory Database .

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The Planewave Instruments 20-inch (0.5-meter) f/6.8 corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope at Moore Observatory in Kentucky and its identical companion at Mt. ... The CDK20 North at Moore Observatory has been our primary platform for developing technology for remote and robotic operation in the Shared Skies program. ... g'r'z'i' filter wheel . ... Axis quad video server to send realtime video to the remote observer . ... Telescope monitor camera in the dome also on the video server . ...

... Telescope . ... Filter wheel . 8 places for 50x50mm size, 5mm thick filters . Filter sets . ... If 2Kx2K CCD-camera Andor DW-436 is used, the field of view is 8'x8'. There is also a possibility to use fast 1Kx1K electron multiplying CCD-camera Andor iXon DU-888. In this case the FOV is 4'x4', and frame rate can be set to up to few hundreds Hz, when small part of CCD is used. ( more details .. High Energy Astrophysics Department 2016 IKI RAN ...

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... Apr 14, 2016 - Monthly Meeting . ... The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ATMoB) is an astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. ... CURRENT MOON . ... April Sky . ... Lyrids Meteor Shower . ... Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar , StarDate Online , Sky Telescope , Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , RASC Observer’s Handbook , Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar and Astronomy Magazine . ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... We had the opportunity to take part in a work experience project in the Armagh Observatory in 2015 from March 30th to April 2nd, during which we used the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network to obtain images of various celestial bodies including the Galaxies M83, M88 and M99 which we combined 3 different images created using different filters using the software DS9. ... Images obtained using the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala, operated by Las Cumbres Observatory. ...

... The computer is set up so that the software for whatever camera is running and the switch box set to channel B. This allows the monitor and keyboard upstairs to operate the computer. Now the telescope can be set up. ... In the North west of the dome, there is a motor that turns the dome. The dome opens with a motor that pulls the slit back. ... Each camera had a specific alignment with the telescope. ... The lights on the roof provide a nice target to center in all three telescopes. ...

Last panoramic mosaic of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL-9) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. ... The comet fragments stretch across 1.1 million km of space. ... Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A . ... Instrument: HST wide field Planetary Camera 2 . ... Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.0097 x 0.0097 . ... Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A . Phase Angle (deg): N/A . ... Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A . ... NASA Image ID number: STScI-PR94-26d . ... Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA . ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Stars . ... Telescopes and Observatories . ... The majestic star-forming region in the Lagoon Nebula. The pale ring to the right is an internal reflection in the telescope.€а (Image credit: ESO/ VPHAS+/ V. Kalari and J. Vink (Armagh Observatory) . ... The 18 component images were further processed twice. ... Venu and his colleagues use images like this to identify individual young forming stars in the Lagoon Nebula and determine their ages. ...

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... Telescopes . ... The spectrograph is installed in the Nasmyth focus of the BTA telescope, the equivalent focal length is 186 m (F/31). ... The preslit device unit is marked by number 3. ... Fig. ... slit unit of the MSS, 4.1 ? ... The spectrograph slit unit consists of a mirror that redirects the light beam from the Z axis and from the calibration path at an angle of 65њ to the axis of the telescope focus into the slit, the order separation filter, the block of the slit and the shutter (Item 4 in...