FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 3: FGS Science Guide . Chapter 3: . FGS Science Guide . 3.1 The Unique Capabilities of the FGS . 3.2 Position Mode: Precision Astrometry . 3.3 Transfer Mode: Binary Stars and Extended Objects . ... 3.4 Combining FGS Modes: Determining Stellar Masses . ... 3.7 Moving Target Observations . ... 3.9.2 Position Mode Observations . 3.9.3 Transfer Mode Observations . ...

... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Outline Planetary instruments for in-situ chemical analysis Laser-induced plasma spectroscopy: principle, instrumentation, features GENTNER proposal of the LIBS instrument for the Europa lander mission State-of-the-art of the instrument Page 2 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Page 3 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ... Europa lander", Moscow >12.02.2009 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Principle Page 5 von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH Int. Symp. ...

ATNF ATUC Memorandum To: ATUC From: Simon Johnston Date: 2 June 2005 Subject xNTD Science Meeting Summary The New Technology Demonstrator (NTD) is the ATNF's SKA technology demonstrator for wide field-of-view, low frequency solutions. ... As flagged by ATUC at the last meeting, the ATNF organised a one-day science workshop 'Science with the Extended New Technology Demonstrator', held at the ATNF Marsfield site on April 6th. ... The recent HIPASS survey detected ~5000 galaxies out to z~0.01. ...

... Extend the Observation Data File summary file with data extracted from the instrument housekeeping datasets. ... Parameters . ... Errors . ... Input Files . ... Observation/ Slew Record . File Details Record . Instrument Details Record . Exposure Record . EPIC MOS Configuration Record . EPIC p-n Configuration Record . EPIC Radiation Monitor Configuration Record . RGS Configuration Record . OM Configuration Record . Proposal Summary Record . Data Quality Record . ...

Next: *imcnts* - Radial Profile Up: Radial Profiles and Projections Previous: *tabplot* - Displaying a . ... Input a spatially blocked and energy filtered image from above and use with the background determined from the broad-band background map. cl xray xr xspatial xs imcnts addbkg=no # Do not add the background error Source image file : xdata$snr.qp Source region descripter: c 503 513 50 p 503 513 0 360 n=10 # circular region centered on point ...

... GSAOI Home . ... Science . ... Despite vast increase in our understanding of the evolutionary nature of planetary nebulae (PNe) during the last three decades, a central question remains: where is the missing mass? Theoretical evolutionary tracks predict that all stars with masses in the range 1.4-8 M Sun should become PNe. ... Clearly, much of the mass of the planetary nebula shell must remain un-ionized, and much of it may be in molecular form. ... The Magellanic Cloud PNe are ideal for this. ...

Next: The Transmission Gratings Up: The Instruments Previous: The Instruments . ... A conventional cross-grid charge detector reads out the photo-induced charge cloud and the electronics determine an arrival time to 16s, and the position with a resolution of about 18 m or 0.37 arcsec. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Space Research, in collaboration with Lincoln Laboratories, developed the detector system and manufactured the CCDs; Lockheed-Martin integrated the instrument. ...

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 . ...

The possibility to have Visitor Instruments at the VLTI has been granted to permit innovative observations by teams using stand-alone instruments, free from a substantial fraction of the requirements for fully automated VLTI general use instruments. In addition, the Visitor Instruments could provide a powerful scientific/technical test bench for new instrumental concepts, eventually to be incorporated later in VLTI facility instruments. ... a thorough technical description of the instrument, . ...

Observatory, 125, 23­24, 2005 NEGATIVE REPORT OF OCCULTATION BY THE D-TYPE ASTEROID (773) IRMINTRAUD By Apostolos Christou and Mark Bailey Armagh Observatory An unusual negative observation is reported of the predicted occultation of the star HIP 186 by (773) Irmintraud on the morning of 21 July 2004. ... This provides a constraint on the asteroid's position at the time of the event. ... References (1) R. L. Millis, D. W. Dunham, "Precise measurements of asteroid sizes and shapes from occultations". ...

Next: Filter descriptors Up: Instrument configuration and Previous: Columns REDLEAKRLTYPE, . Properties of the instrument that are associated with the instrument as a whole, rather than with a particular filter or detector channel, belong in descriptors in the instrument table file. ... The descriptors are summarized in Table . Filter descriptors . Descriptor NFILTCAR . Character descriptor FILTCAT . Character descriptor FILTSTAT . ... Mon Jan 22 15:08:15 MET 1996 ...

... R2745 Date Received: 2012-Jun-26 17:13:37 Technical Page Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Urgent Planetary Radar Solar System 8 Hours 2h Radar Observations of asteroid 2012 MD7 NASA's Human Exploration Division is requesting observations of near-Earth asteroid 2012 MD7. We request 1-3 days of observations to determine its orbit. ...

... Dept. for Astrometry & Space Geodynamics . ... Dept. for Physics of Stars&Galaxies . Dept. for Space Plasma Physics . Dept. for Physics of Minor Celestial Bodies . Dept. for Physics of Planetary Systems . Dept. for Solar 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. ... 2016,ApJ, Vol.816 ,is.1,p.3. ... WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP- 42 and WASP- 55. ... 2016,MNRAS, Vol.456 ,Is.1,p.990-1002. ...

... 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. ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... MILT Description . ... Telescope Control System . ... Biblography The Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) consists of astronomers at the following institutions: University of Washington, University of Chicago, New Mexico State University, Princeton University, and Washington State University. ... In addition some advancement in the art and engineering of large telescopes will be pursued. The telescope design itself is one of three major project tasks. ...

... 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. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Search By Name Enter coordinates Use current location . ... News . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... New instrument extends the search for extraterrestrial intelligence to new realms . ... Astronomers have expanded the search for extraterrestrial intelligence into a new realm with detectors tuned to infrared light. Their new instrument has just begun to scour the sky for messages from other worlds. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article. ...

SPICE system is a data system built by Navigation Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF) , acting under the directions of NASA's Office of Space Science, to assist scientists in planning and interpreting scientific observations from space borne instruments. ... Scientists in many countries may be counted as SPICE customers. In addition to providing SPICE technology to NASA and international space missions the NAIF Group serves as the Ancillary Data Node of NASA's Planetary Data System . ...

... Recent Results . Publications . last 10 years in ADS) . ... This page is designed by A.V. Moiseev . ... The extended gas origin and kinematics in the fading AGN host galaxies" . talk on EWASS-2015, La Laguna, Jun 22-26, 2015) . Related publication: Keel et al. ... Related publication: Afanasiev V.L. et al. ... Related publication: Afanasiev V., Moiseev A. 2011, Baltic Astronomy, 20, 363 see in ADS . ... Related publication: Moiseev et al. 2011, MNRAS, 418, 244 see in ADS . ...