... ACS Instrument Handbook . ... Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 20 > Chapter 10: Imaging Reference Material > 10.1 Introduction . 10.1 Introduction . This chapter provides reference material to help you select your filter and detector configuration, and determine your observing plan (e.g., total required exposure time, and number of exposures). This chapter is, for the most part, organized by filter and detector . ... Tables of color corrections AB ? ...

... Publications with ESO Data . ... The tools have been developed for ESO by a team of astronomers at the Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics at the University of Innsbruck, as part of an in-kind contribution to ESO , which includes as well a model of the sky emission and transmission spectrum at Cerro Paranal. ... Skycorr provides an advanced instrument-independent sky-correction tool that removes sky emission in science spectra by means of sky spectra taken at a different time and sky location....

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The Arecibo telescope is a versatile instrument with multiple receivers, backend processors, and telescope scanning modes. ... Observing modes are implemented at Arecibo through the Control Interface Module for Arecibo (CIMA). ... In this case, the observer is encouraged to submit a proposal for a new observing mode. ... Proposals for new observing modes will be evaluated by a technical review panel consisting of Arecibo technical and scientific staff. ... Flow chart. ...

... 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. ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... GSC 04232-02059, NSVS 3145727, NSVS 3145773, NSVS 3173757 . ... 13.1-13.6 (R, NSVS); . ... To combine our unfiltered photometry with publicly available NSVS (Wozniak et al., 2004; http://skydot.lanl.gov/nsvs/nsvs.php) data, we shifted the zero point of our light curve to match its magnitude at maximum light to the magnitude at maximum of the NSVS light curve. ... Light Curve . The light curve of GSC 4232-02059 in the magnitude scale of NSVS 3145773. ...

... Telescopes, instruments and cameras are keenly affected by local weather and atmospheric conditions. The decision to open any telescope or have access to any instrument or camera is at the sole discretion of the on-duty observing specialist(s) at the time of your requested access. ... Specific parameters exist for access to APO telescopes, instruments, or cameras which protect our highly-sophisticated and sensitive equipment and provide safe work conditions for staff and visitors. ...

... 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 . ...

Next: The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software . ... Up: Instrument-Specific Software . ... The framework for data calibration and analysis of the VLT instrumentation is presented, based on the concepts of a calibration plan, pipeline calibration, quality control, and archiving of calibrated data for a ground-based observatory. ... Quality Control Pipeline provides quality assessment for instrument performance data and observing conditions, and tests the results of the Reduction Pipeline. ...

... The choice of the spectrograph design (Fig.2) is determined by the quantity R, the overall dimensions of the PF cage and the restrictions on the rigidity of the structure of the device. ... As the camera's objective a fast 4-lens aplanat is used having a focal distance F cam =140 mm and a relative aperture of 1:1.8, the resolution at the centre is no less than 80 gr/mm, that over the field at a distance of 3 mm from the edge along the frame ( ) diagonal is 35 gr/mm. ...

Follow-up astrometry and recoveries are made with the ANU 40 inch (1.0-m) f/8 reflector at Siding Spring Observatory (IAU code 413). ... A routine follow-up of 2003 WY153 on 2003 Dec 15 became much more than routine when a faint object with unusual motion vector was found close to the target asteroid. ... During routine astrometry with the 1.0-m to improve the orbit of the Apollo asteroid 2004 CB, the asteroid was found on March 30 to have a short tail! ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

... 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. ...

All teams have to inform the Olympic Advisory Committee (OAC) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) about their participation not later than the dates determined by the Acting Statutes/Regulations on the International Astronomy Olympiad . ... You see that there is more lines in the questionnaire and the deadlines of its presenting is much earlier than last years. ... Family name(s) [full name expanding initials as in Passport] . ... Passport no . ... To write all family names (as in passport). ...

... Because of the potential impact of poor weather on 3mm observations, the ATCA has used a "swap" system of flexible scheduling for these observations. ... This was both to encourage more proposals that could be used as swaps and to reduce the burden of swapping (the swap system tends to discriminate against the centimetre observer). ... For example Directors Time could be used for 3mm proposals if there was no bad weather (this would not be possible if a centimetre swap were mandated). ...

Next: Nature of CCD Up: CCD Reductions Previous: CCD Reductions . ... It is clear that the MIDAS CCD reduction software should be able to cope with these improvements and hence requires compatibility with the hardware as it is offered to the community. ... it should offer flexible reduction procedures; . ... The MIDAS CCDRED context is partly based on the current status of the ESO Archiving project as well as the Data Organizer Context, in particular with regard to exposure types and naming of files. ...

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ERS -1,2 SAR . ... SIR-C/X SAR . ... European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) was launched on 17 July 1991, and the follow mission ERS-2 (with the same sensors and an Ozone monitoring instrument added) was launched on 21 April 1995. ... The Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR), carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April and October of 1994, simultaneously recorded SAR data at three wavelengths (L-, C-, and X-bands; 23.5, 5.8, and 3.1 cm, respectively). ...