... 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. ...

... Over the last decade the uninterrupted, high-resolution coverage of the Sun both from the excellent range of telescopes aboard many spacecraft and from ground-based instruments has led to a wealth of observations of small-scale dynamic events observed from the chromosphere to the transition region and corona. ... SoHO observations have further characterized many transient features, such as bi-directional jets, blinkers, coronal jets, and bright points. ...

Proposal Identification No.: ... Proposal Type: Regular General Category: Terrestrial Aeronomy Sub­Category: Radar Observation Category: Thermosphere Total Time Requested: 60 Hours Minimum Useful Time: 12 hours Proposal Title: Concurrent observations of the midnight temperature maximum ABSTRACT: The midnight temperature maximum (MTM) is an increase in neutral temperature around local midnight. ... The Millstone Hill ISR will be pointing south to look at lower latitudes. ...

... WFIRST . ... Missions . ... Science . ... The design reference mission described in the Final Report of the WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Team has two instruments to execute the mission science program : . ... The WFI will have 6 imaging filters, a grism (for redshift measurements in support of BAO science), and an Integral Field Unit (IFU) for spectroscopic characterization of supernovae. ... A three-tiered WFI supernova survey, with both imaging and IFU spectroscopy, taking a total of 0.6 years. ...

VLT Science Verification Policy and Procedures Version 2.0 - August 2006 Science Verification Observations An integral part of the Commissioning of a new VLT instrument is a series of Science Verification (SV) observations. ... All SV Observations are conducted in Service Mode and usually some members of the SV Team are present at Paranal Observatory for a prompt reduction of the data, and the selection of the observations to be executed. ...

... Second, the observatory can control the configuration, test data analysis procedures, and provide calibration solutions with the help of instrument models. This paper presents the VLT object-oriented framework for the development of ETCs (Exposure Time Calculators) and data simulators. ... Instrument simulations are being developed for the purpose of predictive calibration, instrument configuration control, and evaluation of data analysis procedures. ...

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 . ...

... The J, H and K bands are characterized by a bright background, such a background is mainly due to the emission of atmospheric lines and of thermal radiation. ... If the source cover a large fraction of the slit, spectra off-source must be observed to adequately sample the sky background. ... The on chip integration time (time spent in each position of the slit) must not exceed 40 seconds in J and H bands and 60 seconds in K band. ... We suggest a sequence of 10 for each elementary integration time. ...

STEP INTO THE BLUE - MEADE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT GUIDE . ... Telescopes . LX850 Series . ... Superb optical performance coupled with time proven computerized pointing and tracking has made the LX200 ACF series a best-seller in the high-performance telescope class. ... Meade's revolutionary LS LightSwitchтДв series of telescopes use advanced technologies to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. ... Coronado€о Solar . ... Spotting Scopes . ...

Function: ircc_obsmode Purpose: Returns IRAS observation mode Category: IR File: ircc_const.c Author: P.R. Roelfsema Use: CHARACTER IRCC_OBSMODE( INSTRUMENT ) Input character*(*) IRCC_OBSMODE Returns the observing mode number for a given instrument; If the instrument does not exist 0 is returned. INSTRUMENT Instrument name; this can be a combination of a mode and band name e.g.: SURVEY B1, SURVEY B2, SPLINE B3, AO B4, AO LRS etc. ...

... The product and processing information for the EPIC instrument. ... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints pindex yes dataset none valid le name The Pipeline Processing Summary Index File obspage yes string none valid le name Output observation summary page . ppspage yes string none valid le name Output pipeline processing summary page . epxpage yes string none valid le name Output EPIC instruments processing summary ... Pipeline processing HTML summary le. ...

MARS-96 . ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. ... Scientific goals . ... SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS . ... measuring spectra of sunlight passed through the Martian atmosphere at the limb of the planet; . measuring spectra of sunlight reflected from the surface and attenuated in the atmosphere of Mars; . measuring auroral spectra of the Martian atmosphere . ... SPICAM-S - Solar part of the instrument is a two-channel spectrometer for the technique of Solar occultation. ...

The Astro-2 observatory is flown on the Space Shuttle and consists of three separate instruments. ... The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope -(HUT) : This instrument is essentially an ultraviolet spectrometer with sensitivity from 1000 -- 3000 Angstroms. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope - (UIT): This is an imaging telescope with a very wide field. ... The portion of the mission which involves The University of Oregon deals with observations using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. ...

Next: Detectors Up: Instrument descriptors Previous: Character descriptor FILTCAT . ... It contains the value 'REGULATED' if filter temperature is regulated; 'MEASURED' if filter temperature is measured; and 'DOME' if filters are unregulated, and approximately at dome temperature. ... If FILTSTAT = 'MEASURED' , there should be a data column named FILTTEMP in the data files (see next section) that contains the measured filter temperature. ...

... 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 . ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS03 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Probing the Stellar Flare -Coronal Mass Ejection Relationship PI: Michael Crosley OBSERVER(S): Michael Crosley UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: Michael Crosley COLLABORATORS: Dr. Rachel Osten, Dr. Colin Norman, Dr. Suzanne Hawley CONTACT INFORMATION: Michael ... 2011). ... Properties of the optical flares will then be examined in conjunction with those of the CME. ... 2011 A 536,62 Hilton, E.J, 2011 The Galactic M Dwarf Flare Rate 18,19 ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . ... Solar telescopes . ... 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. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,Is.1,p.990-1002. ... Observations . ... In 2002 regulary observations of comets with using of CCD camera S1C started at Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, near Zhytomyr. ...

... Instruments . ... last 10 years in ADS) . in SAO press releases . ... Back to SAO homepage . Last update: . ... moisav sao.ru . Laboratory of Spectroscopy and Photometry of . ... SCORPIO Multimode focal reducer. SCORPIO-2 Multimode focal reducer (the project) . ... Longs-slit spectroscopy . Multi-slit spectroscopy . ... MPFS Multi Pupil Fiber Spectrograph (integral field) . MOFS Multi Object Fiber Spectrograph . ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... Astrophysics Group . ... Integration of the NIRSpec instrument . ... SKA AAVS0 array . ... One of the major milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been, in September 2013, the completion by ESA of NIRSpec, the first multi-object spectrograph to be operated in space. ... Cambridge, and in particular the Cavendish Astrophysics Group and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, is heavily involved in NIRSpec by hosting one of the Instrument Science Team members (R. Maiolino). ...