... Data Reduction FAQ > A number of OmegaCAM filters show vignetting in their central regions. What are the causes for this and what are the dimensions of these features? ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... ESO-MIDAS . ... ESO Data . ... ESO HST Image Galleries . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... A number of OmegaCAM filters are not monolithic, but consist of four segments (each covering 8 detectors) that have a central cross-shaped support structure. ... Filter . ...

... We will consider the rms, (K), for observations with a receiver of system temperature, T , frequency resolution, per polarization, and total integration time per observing cycle, . ... For ``in-band'' frequency switching, the line under investigation is always in the observing band. ... Position Switching or ``Out-of-Band'' Frequency Switching: Here the line is only observed for one half of the time, with noise being present all of the time. ...

... Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) . ... ESO - Public Surveys . ... the recommended values to use for DIT, . ... Detector on-chip integration (DIT): seconds. to your chosen value - a separate page gives recommended values to use for DIT - for modes 1 and 2 below you may wish to start with the maximum recommended values as these will minimize the effect of read noise (a total object exposure of Y secs with DIT=X secs will produce Y/X lots of read noise) and give you a lower limit on the time needed. ...

Kermit output files are named ker number_object_filter_time .fits. number is a four-digit integer that increments for each subsequent exposure. object is the object name (with spaced removed) as entered by the observer. filter is the name of the currently selected filter wheel position. time is the current UTC time as a six-digit integer, HHMMSS. ... Kermit has three selectable pixel timing modes: fast readout, slow readout, and slow readout with reset. ... Kermit has three readout modes: . ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS10 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: A New Filter to Study Stellar Populations. ... BRIEF SCIENCE JUSTIFICATION: We propose to use a newly designed filter (named W: 845-880-nm) to measure the [ЮБ/Fe] ratio in red giants and trace the chemical evolution of stars in the Milky Wayт??s globular clusters, halo and Local Group galaxies. ... We will use the newly-acquired 2т??x2т?? filter from Manastash Ridge Observatory to start observing globular clusters. ...

... Maximum data output rate = 6.4 Mbyte/s. Output data files in PSRFITS format. ... spd: sel pp11 - pulsar phase vs amplitude . ... John Sarkissian starts the web-page checklist and writes report providing information on the last observing session and data processing. ... He produces a text file containing the processing commands required: /psr1/jms/processed.txt John Sarkissian copies the raw data files (DFB/WBC) from Lagavulin to Epping. > cd /data/LAGAVULIN_4/pulsar > cd DFB > rsync -av . ... Group ...

... NFILTCAR is the logical rather than the physical number of carriers; if two or more filter wheels are encoded as a single character in the data, there is effectively only one filter wheel, as far as data handling is concerned. If one filter mechanism carries chromatic filters and another carries ``neutral'' filters, the total number of bands (i.e., rows) in the table should be the product of the number of positions in the two carriers. ...

... Returns the number of the first component which has a filter of the specified column or 'axis' name which passes the specified value. This searches only filters on single columns. ... Component numbers start from zero. subroutine getNum1stDssCompWithValue(dssPointer, axisName, axisValue& , firstCompNum) type(DssT), intent(in) :: dssPointer character(*), intent(in) :: axisName real(single), intent(in) :: axisValue integer, intent(out) :: firstCompNum end subroutine getNum1stDssCompWithValue . ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

... The numbers of three types of compact binaries containing accreting NSs and BHs, which are most interesting from the point of view of their observational appearances, have been calculated as a function of time: i) X-ray transient source containing a NS in an eccentric orbit around a main sequence Be-star (the observed prototype: A0535+26), ii) BH The evolution of the selected types of X-ray binaries during the first 10 million years after the starburst onset is presented in Fig. ...

Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... Visual indices of solar activity . ... n - number of spot groups . A - Waldmeier class of unipolar spot groups without penumbra . B - class of bipolar spot groups without penumbra . C - class of bipolar spot groups with one penumbra pole . D - class of small bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . E - class of middle bipolar spot groups with two penumbra poles . ... H - class of unipolar penumbrated spot groups . ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... Behemoth black hole found in an unlikely place . ... black holes . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Could large numbers of black holes account for much of the "dark matter" estimated to exist in our universe? ... NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) No, because the universe never had the raw material to grow enough black holes to account for current estimates of dark matter. Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ...

Next: Inspection of results Up: *fit* - Fit Data Previous: Verbose Mode . If the number of net counts for a source is less than it is impractical to fit the data in all 34 energy bits. However, if the flux is required, then a fit must be performed first. ... Fit will then calculate the normalization of the model and xflux can be used to determine the flux and luminosity of the source from the best fit model. xs> fit rebin=yes . ...

XPA version: 2.1.15 exposure: exposure on/off [time] file: file basename filter: filter number instrument: instrument name interrupt: interrupt mode: mode single/focus/multi multicount: multicount number number: image number process: process on/off region: region on/off [ds9/clear/select x y w h] relay: relay mask time status: on/off target: target name telescope: telescope name temperature: temperature setpoint type: type light/dark/bias/flat

CONTENTS Volume 25 Number 1 (January 1998) . ... A. A. Ubachukwu . SPECTRAL INDEX ASYMMETRIES IN POWERFUL RADIO SOURCES: COSMOLOGICAL EVOLUTION VERSUS LUMINOSITY SELECTION EFFECTS . ... A. G. Gunn . ... A MEDIEVAL IRISH TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY RECALLED, WITH A MEMOIR OF ITS TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR, MAURA POWER (1887-1916) . ... 1995-1999 Irish Astronomical Journal, Downshay, 12 Heather Lea Avenue, Dore, Sheffield S17 3DJ, S. Yorkshire, United Kingdom WWW Contact: Alastair G Gunn Back to IAJ Home Page ...

Here are all the plug-ins I have written. ... NOTE: Most of these plug-ins have been updated for the developers-only version of the GIMP, release 0.60. ... Until a new official GIMP version is released, the fix is to insert these two lines at the start of gimp.h : #define RGBA_IMAGE 4 #define GRAYA_IMAGE 5 For Texinfo documentation, look at the bottom of this page. ... Updated for GIMP 0.60. ... Quartic suggests that you try this: engrave an image, blur it slightly, and use it as a bump map. ...

adapted from Observe: Eclipses, published in 1979 by the Astronomical League and "Safe Solar Filters," by B. Ralph Chou, Sky and Telescope, August 1981) . ... Tape TWO pieces of film together into a sandwich, and tape this over the opening in the cardboard. ... The cardboard frame will act as a shade from the bright Sun, while you safely observe through the film sandwich. ... Undeveloped film is not safe. ... tape . ... At the end of one of the tubes, tape the aluminum foil, and make a tiny pinhole. ...

SETUP : For service mode observations within the SOLARNET Access Program, ROSA and IBIS can be utilized either as stand alone instruments, or combined together. ... PROPOSAL STRUCTURE: Proposals should include up to max 2 pages, including a scientific rationale and technical requests (detailing i.e. spectral filters and wavelength sampling). ... For the case of joint IBIS and ROSA observations, proposals should indicate which instrument is to be considered as the primary one. ... SOLARNET Access . ...

... This year SSAU provides 1429 state-funded places for admission in all kinds and directions of educational programs. ... In addition, SSAU Admission Committee notes the substantial increase in interest from the foreign applicants this year. The number of applications from foreign countries has already surpassed last year's totals - 76 applications. Based on the experience of admission campaigns of previous years, SSAU expects summer 2014 to enrol about 150 foreign students in the university. ...