The primary goal of the Cycle 4 calibration plan was to provide an instrument calibration for Cycle 4 GO and GTO science programs as well as monitor internal health, photometric and optical stability of the instrument. ... Table 8.4: Summary of Cycle 4 Calibration Plans . ... Flats . ... Earth Flats . ... The internal flat fields are intended as delta-flats, in order to monitor the stability for the main photometric filter set as well as provide data for the generation of high S/N flat fields. ...

... The frames, as they appear on the monitor with the command LOAD/IMAGE , are in general not oriented properly. ... This means that the frames have to be rotated in such a way that: . ... ROTATE/ECHELLE inputspec outframe mode . ... The command ROTATE/ECHELLE sets descriptor values START and STEP to 1.,1. for all images and updates the session keyword CCDBIN to the original steps of the images. These operations must be performed by the user if another command than ROTATE/ECHELLE is applied. ...

... This is possible at modest cost due to the low moments of inertia of the telescope and enclosure. ... This same performance will be achieved in higher winds when the telescope enclosure is facing away from the wind, or by using wind screens. ... The telescope system (MILT) will be remotely operable with an on-site operator's assistance by an astronomer located at one of the ARC member institutions. ... Mean Wind Speed . ... Offsets > 10 deg: 1 arc sec rms max . ... 5 sec max, tracking to tracking . ...

... There are compelling reasons for the pulsar community to utilise a standard data storage format. For example, standardisation of file formats significantly decreases the amount of effort required to integrate new instruments into the analysis chain. ... Accordingly, we have defined PSRFITS as a standard FITS-based format for pulsar data files. ... For example, the first line of Processing History HDU contains information about the data acquisition program and the initial structure of the file. ...

... Using UNIX System Calls and Library Functions . ... To use system calls and library functions in a C program we simply call the appropriate C function. Examples of standard library functions we have met include the higher level I/O functions -- fprintf() , malloc() .. ... For most system calls and library functions we have to include an appropriate header file. e.g. stdio.h, math.h . ... Information on nearly all system calls and library functions is available in manual pages. ...

... Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are currently by far the most widely used type of detector in astronomy. ... After a brief introduction to the VLT Control System, the VLT CCD Detectors Control Software is presented. The VLT Control System is a distributed system consisting of a set of UNIX Workstations, dedicated to high level operations, such as coordination of sub-system activities and interface to the users, and VME-based Local Control Units (LCU), dedicated to the control of sub-systems hardware. ...

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. ...

... Public . Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing with ESO Telescopes > Observing Tools and Services > Standard Stars Catalogues . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Publications with ESO Data . ... Large Programmes . ... ESO/GTC Programmes . Public Surveys Programmes . ... Phase 1 Proposals . ... Public Surveys Phase 2 . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... Below follows a non-exhaustive list of on-line standard star catalogues. ...

Next: *imcalc* - Obtain a Up: Calibration Previous: Exposure Map . Background maps are provided by the standard processing for all ROSAT and Einstein instruments. For the PSPC and IPC these are in three standard bands: soft, hard, and broad (Table 6.2). ... N.B.: ROSAT PSPC background maps in SASS 5-6 or higher are generated by smoothing a source-subtracted, exposure corrected image (see the ROSAT Data Products Guide). ... imcalc* - Obtain a background subtracted image for ROSAT PSPC Data . ...

... Interim correlator, ri . ... The programs with "filter" in column 2 are filter programs that read from standard input and write to standard output. The filters are classified as to their data input and output types: . ... BtoB: binary input to binary output . ... Programs Table . ... scan an interim correlator datafile and output a summary of each scan in the file. corstripch . ... read an ainterim correlator or ri datafile and output each scan to a separate file (or a subset of scans). ...

TIRGO standard instruments: . ... the near IR camera ARNICA . the long-slit near IR spectrometer LONGSP . Manual for Arnica and LongSp controlling program Xnir (Arcetri Technical Report 7/96)(6608k) . Telescope control program manual (by Riccardo Cerulli) . Autoguider manual . Telescope control: . part 1 . ... How to control the telescope from a guest instrument . The archiviation project for Tirgo Nicmos 3 based instrumentation. ...

... The SMS program is a critical endeavor to investigate whether the predictions of standard cold dark matter cosmology are consistent with the observed matter distribution in the Milky Way halo. It is the deepest, most extended search for optically elusive dwarf satellite galaxies and tidal streams to date, covering the entire Southern hemisphere. ... However only a few dwarf satellites have been found around the Milky Way to date - 22 dwarfs compared to 500-10,000 predicted by theory (Klypin et al. ...

... 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. ... MeadeтАЩs new LX70 Series offers high-quality German equatorially mounted telescopes with slow-motion controls and heavy-duty steel tripods. ... For crisp wide-field observing and imaging, few optical designs match the performance of a true triple-element apochromatic refractor. ... Meade Standard Field Tripod #07020. ...

The original files with the data were in different formats. ... Such files were named "standard data files" and linked to the database. They can be easily transformed to any desirable format by a code. Here we present two simple computer programs of this kind. ... When running the code, you can specify columns in the output file: wavelength, energy (eV) or wavenumber (cm -1 ) as the first column, and complex refractive index or dielectric function as the second and third columns. ...

SITE 2010 Comprehensive Characterization of Astronomical Sites Kislovodsk, Russia, 49 October 2010 Conference Summary Marc S. Sarazin*a a European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany Abstract The main topics discussed during the Site 2010 conference are outlined and the outcome is described. Keywords: Astronomical Site testing, precipitable water vapor, atmospheric turbulence, cloudiness, seeing 1. ... Site surveys for National observatory projects in China, India, and Iran benefit from this. ...

... Satellite data ] . ... The program provides possibility to browse the full session telemetry data, perform geographical referencing of the telemetry, select a fragment of arbitrary size (fragments of юVHHR , HIRS instruments data for a region of user’s interest, along with acqiusition time data per telemetry line), perform calibration of HIRS data. ... The fragmented data can be mapped to geographic coordinates using satellite orbit data. ...

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Next: Photometric Performance of NICMOS Up: NICMOS Data Calibration and Previous: The STScI NICMOS Calibration . ... Cycle 7 Calibration Plan. ... This document summarizes the goals and status of the various calibration programs that form the basis of the NICMOS Cycle 7 calibration plan. ... This document summarizes the content, goals and status of the Cycle 7 calibration plan for NICMOS and also points to the WEB pages where detailed information on specific topics of interest can be found. ...

... a utility program that enables the user to interact with the UNIX operating system. Commands entered by the user are passed by the shell to the operating system which carries them out. ... The user may select which one they wish to use. a character at the start of the command line which indicates that the shell is ready to receive your commands. ... This is assumed to be the keyboard unless input is redirected or piped from a file or another command. the destination for information from a command. ...

... Although many of the images are used for teacher-driven activities, students do have the opportunity to work with scientists on original research projects. ... The primary goal is to have teachers experience astronomy research and then to bring the research data into their classrooms via the internet. ... They also learn how to process their data, build a solar telescope to take home to their classrooms, and learn background information from astronomers in each of the three research areas. ...