Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Report # 27 Transfer Function Calibration for FGS #3 B. Bucciarelli, S. T. Holfeltz, M. G. Lattanzi, and L. G. Taff Summary Cycle 2 Instrument Scientist calibration proposals #4724 and #5059 resulted in calibration Transfer Functions through three filters (F583W, F5ND and PUPIL) for five of the proposed seven positions FGS #3's field of view. ... SMOV and Cycle 4 Position within the FOV is not the only parameter that affects the morphology of a Transfer Function. ...

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... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints siamset yes string /data/cerd/ CCF /ccfdev/packages/xmm- siam /XMM BORESIGHT for siam .matrix0005. CCF DataSet containing the SIAM angles in BoreSight CCF format. (see comments) ry yes oat 0 3600{3600 shift of source in the FOV of the instrument corresponding to a rotation of the space-craft around the Y-axis in arcsec rz yes oat 0 3600{3600 shift of source in the FOV of the ... SIAM matrix, but formatted as a BoreSight constituent. ...

IBIS Data Analysis . ... IBIS . ... Flat Fielding - Introduction . The images obtained by IBIS will have intensity variations across the field of view that are not due to the solar image, but rather caused by instrumental effects that alter the observed intensity in each point of the field of view. ... IBIS Flat Fielding Techniques . ... Therefore, it is desirable to obtain the flat field measurements center on a point along the equator near the heliographic center of the solar disk. ...

... 295, 2003 H. E. Payne, R. I. Jedrzejewski, and R. N. Hook, eds. The MAST Pointings Tables Pro ject Karen Levay, Paolo Padovani1 , Randall Thompson, Megan Donahue, Michael Corbin Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 Abstract. We have undertaken a pro ject to create a database of all HST imaging observations organized by position on the sky. ... Each sky region was called a "pointing." ... Users select the instrument pointings table they wish to search. ...

Next: Echelle Reduction Up: No Title Previous: CCD-Commands Summary . The reduction of CES spectra is, especially for point sources, very straightforward, and the general instructions given in Chapter 6 for the standard reduction of spectra are fully adequate. ... As far as the data reduction goes, the main difference between Reticon and CCD is the data format. Since the Reticon is a one-dimensional array, no attention has to (can) be paid to the extraction of the object spectra. ...

Overlapping Astronomical Sources : Utilizing Spectral Information David Jones Advisor: Xiao-Li Meng Collaborators: Vinay Kashyap (CfA) and David van Dyk (Imperial College) CHASC Astrostatistics Group April 15, 2014 1 / 30 Introduction X-ray telescope data : spatial co ordinates of photon detections photon energy Instrument error: diffraction in the telescope means recorded photon positions are spread out according to the point spread function ...

The Wind spacecraft. ... It was designed to observe the solar wind approaching Earth, from a position near the Lagrangian point L1, and it is part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Initiative . ... The original plan called for "Wind" to approach its final station over two years, undergoing two close encounters with the Moon to boost its speed. ... For additional details and updates, see the home page of the "Wind" mission. Exploration" home page (index) Glossary . ...

... Dodson, Legge et al, ApJ, 2003 Spectral Line Sources Ї Requirement of high brightness temperatures means no thermal emission Ї Masers: Galactic Extragalactic Ї OH, H2O Ї OH, H2O, SiO, CH3OH Ї Galactic extra-galactic HI absorption VLBI arrays Ї VLBA (Very Long Baseline Array) Dedicated US array of ten 25m telescopes 330 MHz ґ 90 GHz Ї EVN (European VLBI Network) Formal collaboration of radio telescopes in Europe, Asia and South Africa ~15 telescopes 15m to 100m 330 MHz ґ 22/43 GHz ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Circular polarization of the bright side of Iapetus versus wavelength, obtained with FORS2 at the ESO VLT during the night 2011-03-28 at a phase angle of 0.77 . ... It can be noted that a change in signal occurs in circular polarization observations that are taken after rotating the instrument by 90 degree with respect to the intial position angle on the sky. ...

To: file From: Jon Hagen Date: 12-22-00 Subject: Azimuth (or other axis) Encoder calibration When an encoder assembly (pinion gear, arbor, flex coupling, and encoder) has been removed and repaired, the encoder position must be recalibrated (reset to its standard position). The most obvious procedure is as follows: Procedure I Move the azimuth arm to a known "cal" position, identified by a pair of scribe marks or other prearranged hardware pointers. Suppose the cal position is 360.000 degrees. ...

These observations are aimed at fully charactering FORS1 photometric system (UBVRI zero-points, color-terms and extinction coefficients) for the Tektronix 2048x2048 pixel CCD (24?m px) . To this aim, the two Landolt/Stetson photometric fields SA95 and SA101 will be observed on a number of epochs and at different airmasses during February and March 2007. ... SA101 . ... OBs for SA101 have to be observed during evenigh twilight (exceptions are expected for the second half of March) . ...

INFRARED FOURIER-SPECTROMETER SICH-F . ... Instrument work regimes: 1) Inside. 2) Calibration at inside standard sources 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 3) Calibration at "free space" 2 - 4 times per a rotation. 4) Infrared radiation measuring 10 - 40 min. per a rotation. ... Spectrometer consists of the photodetector block and the block of signal processing and control. ... Diagnostic information and attach data will transfer by state telemetric channels. ... Detector temperature. ...

... Direct data transmission rate (Mbps) . ... the density of electron fluexs with energies in four bands from 0.04 MeV to 1.7 MeV; . ... sensor (TV, IR) data and heliogeophisical information (HGI) transmission to data receiving and processing centers at a rate of up to 2.56 Mbps; . ... 1.76 GHz - TV- and heliogeophysical information and DCLI's data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . 7.5 GHz - TV- and heliogeophisical data transmission to data receiving and processing centers; . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System Instruction Manual . ... Remove the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System from the telescope or camera. Use the supplied hex wrench to remove the three screws from the telescope side of the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System. Position your Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System to align with the diagram below. ... Carefully screw each filter into the wheel, and re-assemble the Meade Pictor 616A Color Filter System. ...

Operations in Point operations use the pointer to query sets about points, delete points in a set, and move points. In all cases where interaction is required, pressing the right mouse button with the pointer in the drawing area cancels the operation. ... Report on a point in a set . ... Press the left mouse button. ... Press Delete point with the left mouse button to activate. ... Move the pointer to the new location and press the left mouse button again to register the point's new location. ...

... With enough velocity, a spacecraft can break loose from the Earth's gravity and enter an orbit around the Sun, like that of a planet. If it then orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth--one year--it may keep a fixed position relative to Earth. ... If the distance is just right--about 4 times the distance to the Moon or 1/100 the distance to the Sun--the spacecraft, too, will need just one year to go around the Sun, and will keep its position between the Sun and the Earth. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . UFOs and Fringe Science . Monthly Sky Notes . ... NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained this image of Saturn's moon Helene on June 18, 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) . ... Your email address will not be published. ... Email * . ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... 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. ...

... The package stsdas.graphics needs to be loaded (to run imdisp_pos for getting # the NDC's of the display image) # set imtype="fits" # print " " print " *** Start of impol SPECIAL instrument demo *** " print " [stecf.impol and stsdas.graphics need to be loaded] " print " " # # (First delete any model reflection nebulae left over from previous demos) # print " Deleting any old demo files " imdel reflneb1*.fits verify=yes # # An input (intensity) image is required. ...