... 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 Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process.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 Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Late Stages of Stellar Evolution . Welcome to the home page of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution" We are a research group which operates within the Astrophysics Group of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ... To investigate the late stages of stellar evolution and in particular the role of stellar mass-loss in the evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars, proto-planetary nebulae and extremely massive stars. ...

STScI . JWST . ... Data . ... Science Blog . ... JWST Overview . ... JWST Science . ... JWST Science Corner . ... Instruments . ... The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is a near infrared multi-object dispersive spectrograph capable of simultaneously observing more than 100 sources over a field-of-view (FOV) larger than 3' x 3'. ... STScI NIRSpec team members Diane Karakla and Karrie Gilbert presented NIRSpec development work at the IAU General Assembly meeting in Honolulu in August. ...

... He joined ESO in 1990, to integrate the Image Processing Group for the development of instrument-related software in MIDAS. ... Carlos is a staff member of the European Space Agency, currently working in the XMM-Newton Space Operations Centre, at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), located in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. ... He is currently an associate professor at the Astronomy Data Center (ADC) of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in charge of data management. ...

... Currently, the OAL only returns the x-y-z positional coordinates from the orbit file. ... It might be useful to arrange the output files to conform to a known standard, such as the XTE Orbit File, which are not only already OGIP- compliant, but would allow these files to take advantage of FTOOLS designed to read such formats. ... The OAL first attempts to extract the RECONSTRUCTED orbit file to fill the output file, and failing that, will extract the PREDICTED orbit file. ...

Main Sections LabIR main page . Instrument page . Documentation . ... Special Sections Software Page . ... Tirgo Page . ... The activities of the group started at the end of 70's with the building of FIRT: the photometer of the National Infrared Telescope ( TIRGO ). ... FIRT: the photometer of the National Infrared Telescope ( TIRGO ). ... NICS , the NIR camera/spectrometer for the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo . ... Please select the LabIR Main Page or an item in the left menu. ...

... 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/ . ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

... Conference . ... for optical telescopes of small and medium size (up to 3-m in aperture) to be discussed. Current Status and New Projects of Small- and Medium-Size Optical Telescopes . ... Science with Small- and Medium-Size Optical Telescopes . ... 12 May 2015 - First announcement . 1 June 2015 - Registration opens . 10 June 2015 - Abstract submission opens . ... 10 September 2015 - Programme available . 19 October 2015 - Conference opens . 22 October 2015 - Conference closes . ...

... CIMAFITS is the name for the Arecibo FITS-file format. ... This is a list of (fairly) up-to-date documents describing CIMA and CIMAFITS: . The CIMA version history log which is the most up-to-date page listing all changes made to the different versions of CIMA . ... The CIMA user's log which chronologically lists changes made to CIMA that may be relevant to an observer. The CIMA engineering log which lists engineering changes made to CIMA that probably are of less interest to an observer. ...

... Now I have an occasion - Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks ! ... I have Linux binaries gimp-1.0.2.linux.tgz of current development version with all patches applied and plugins updated . ... I used to configure gimp with --prefix=/usr/local/gimp, so everything will go to /usr/local/gimp directory. Just make a symbolic link to make it visible ( e.g. ln -s /usr/local/gimp/bin/gimp /usr/local/bin/gimp). ... Also, you need gtk libraries installed ! ... GIMP Plugin Registry . ... figures plugin . ...

A satellite view of the COAST telescope . ... How the COAST telescope works . ... Four telescopes are focused on the object of interest and the image from each telescope passes through aluminium tubes into the beam combining building . ... The incoming light is reflected from the siderostat mirror onto the primary mirror, which focuses the light on a small mirror. ... Part of each light beam is used in the guiding system which makes sure the telescopes are kept pointing at the object of interest. ...

General Information . ... The conference is organized by the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI) of Moscow University and the IAU Working group "Site-testing Instruments" . ... Use of site data in telescope operation and adaptive optics. ... Recent conferences on this subject (2007, 2008) demonstrated great interest of the community, hence the need for a new meeting. ... Unlike previous recent conferences, this meeting will cover all aspects of site monitoring for optical/IR astronomy. ...

Drawing and Part Configuration Management and Release Procedures: . ... Context: This procedure is intended for use by APO Telescope Drafting and Engineering personnel for the development, release and maintenance of telescope related models, drawings, and other controlled documents to facilitate the sharing of information between the various institutions and personnel that have need of technical information and engineering files regarding APO telescope design and development. ... Release Procedure: . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

... Pre-university education . ... Research areas . ... SSAU History . ... Yulia Krasovskaya, Junior Research Associate of SSAU Research and Educational Centre of Gas-Dynamics Research, took a two-month internship at the Swedish University of Lund. ... Within two months Yulia conducted studies to determine the flame propagation rate of the jet fuel substitutes by applying the unique facilities of the Physics Department Laboratory of Swedish University. ... Lund University was founded in 1666. ...

... Development of the Astroscan wide-field Newtonian . ... This month, Norm Sperling will cover some of the history and background of the development of the popular Astroscan telescope. ... Norman Sperling is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California. Sperling received a BA from Michigan State University after graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

To main of Laboratory . The research work and design of optical and optical-electronic devices are carries out by laboratory staff: . ... Lens: . ... In the layout 1 prism systems perform functions of dispersive element, corrector of aberrations, optical reducer. ... Spectral range 200 - 400 nm; . ... Back Forward . ... The main corrector's function are compensation of field aberrations of the main spherical mirror of a telescope (diameter of 600 mm, f'=1200 mm) and increase aperture ratio. ...

... Construction of the Observatory's principal buildings began in 1789, using plans drawn up by Francis Johnston, one of Ireland's most celebrated architects, a native of Kilmore, County Armagh who in later years became known as `Ireland's Wren'. The main buildings, which are of considerable architectural merit, comprise in their original designation a residence for the Astronomer, a meridian room, a library and several telescope domes. ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 1.02.1999 . ... The gray building housing Subaru is visible just left of the white Keck domes near the photo's center. Subaru is the latest in the class of optical telescopes using a mirror with a diameter greater than 8 meters. Subaru's 8.3-meter primary is the largest single-piece optical telescope mirror yet made , and is so thin that its precise shape can be monitored and adjusted. ... February . ... Publications with keywords: optical - telescope . ...