... Cycle 23 STIS Instrument Handbook . ... Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 23 > Chapter 2: Special Considerationsfor Cycle 23 > 2.3 Use of Available-but-Unsupported Capabilities . ... We have established a set of core scientific capabilities of STIS that will be supported for Cycle 23 and are described in this Handbook. ... STIS has capabilities that are not described in this Handbook and that are not supported for Cycle 23. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Science Announcements > Processed Calibration Files for VLT instruments Now Available . ... ESO Data . ... ESOReflex data reduction workflows can be used to customize the generation of the processed and co-added calibration frames and to apply them to the science files. A detailed step-by-step guide on how to automatically associate the appropriate calibrations, raw or processed, to the science files of interest is available . ...

... Up: Telescope and Instrument Control Systems . ... The XMM Science Operations Team developed a detailed simulator to describe the performance of the scientific payload on-board European Space Agency's X-Ray Mission XMM. ... Its application is not limited to simulations of instrumental data, but the simulator also plays a key role in calibrating the instruments, and as such it will become an integral part of the XMM analysis system. ... A major effort was spent in building the XMM simulator SciSim . ...

... For the XRBs which are highly variable the concurrent presence of the RXTE/ASM that continuously measures their X-ray spectral states invites a new and innovative program to harness the available information to facilitate detailed studies of individual systems as well as comparative studies between classes of systems. ... This will enable them to quickly decide which data are worth putting in effort to extract and further analyze. ...

Next: Echelle Reduction Method Up: No Title Previous: Example . This Chapter provides the basic information necessary to understand the echelle љ package implemented in MIDAS . ... Tutorial examples are available in the system (command TUTORIAL/ECHELLE ) and are also included in the Appendix so that users without previous experience in MIDAS could become familiar with the calibration procedures. ... Reduction steps which are not specific to echelle spectra are described in more detail in Chapter . ...

... This website gives the possibility to judge the calibration situation of the XMM-Newton and Chandra instruments by comparing joint and individual fits and their parameters on various targets and observations. ... select a target {OPTIONS} . ... select a version {FLUX_VERSIONS} . ... Using all available observations a histograms in various energy ranges are produced. ... select a version {FLUX_VERSIONS} select the method** 1 2 . Flux - output fluxes in various energy bands for all observations . ...

... Created: 23 February 2001 . ... SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE MANUAL . ... 9 January 2001 . ... Note: in the final document, the table of contents will be to third level] . The Software Maintenance Manual describes the procedures for installation and maintenance of the software for the Gemini Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS). ... Section 19.4.3 of the document “Programmatic Requirements for Gemini Instrumentation Development” states the requirements for the Software Maintenance Manual . ...

... NICS will be the only infrared instrument for the first light of the TNG; as a consequence, we decided to incorporate a sufficient degree of operation flexibility by providing the instrument with six different observing modes, three aimed at imaging and three at spectroscopy: . ... It will be possible to use the narrow band filters as order sorters; this will allow to perform high resolution long-slit spectroscopy in the wavelength ranges covered by the available narrow band filters. ...

At Arecibo we have a variety of optical instruments that we use to study terrestrial airglow emissions. ... As a complement to the airglow instrumentation we also maintain a set of optical instruments, called lidars, used for "active" remote sensing of the atmosphere. That is, we generate our own source signal using lasers and measure the characteristics of the light scattered back from the atmosphere. ... An operations manual for the Optical Laboratories is currently under major revision. ...

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 . ...

... Several HST instruments both current and decommisioned have provided imaging linear polarimetry capabilities. ... The STECF IRAF layered package impol provides five tasks specifically aimed at reduction of HST imaging polarimetry data. ... Reduction of HST polarimetry data and simulation of raw polarimetry images, together with polarization vector plotting, are covered. ... For reduction of data from imaging linear polarization instruments other than from HST, the instrument name is `SPECIAL'. ...

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. ...

... One of the instruments, the Troughton equatorial telescope, is maintained at constant temperature and relative humidity, to reduce the rate of deterioration. ... 3.1 Troughton Equatorial Telescope . Figure 1 shows the equatorial telescope constructed by J E Troughton of London and which was erected in the west dome of Armagh Observatory in 1795. ... Troughton, J. E.: c.1790, Instructions for Adjusting the Troughton Equatorial Telescope, Armagh Observatory Archives , M17.2, 3pp. ...

APO/GIFS Instrument Factsheet The Goddard imager and Integral Field Spectrograph (GIFS) has recently been commissioned on the APO 3.5 m telescope. This factsheet presents a high level overview of the GIFS instrument. ... GIFS Imaging The GIFS imaging mode is used for imaging science and target acquisition for the IFS mode. ... Imaging Mode pixel scale: 0.168"/pixel · Comparison to Other APO 3.5m instruments: The GIFS field of view is smaller than SPICAM, but the filter set is far more extensive. ...

SAI 175 anniversary . ... Moscow University . Search for in SAI Moscow University Search for in Russian astronomical resources . ... SAI Astronomical Databases . ... Browse SAI Software archive(ftp.sai.msu.su) . ASTRONET.RU - Russian Astronomical Network (available in translit also) . ... SAI Supernovae Research Group . ... Department of the Galaxy and Variable Stars (in Russian) . Sternberg Astronomical Institute Seminars . ... All-Russian Astronomical Olympiad (in Russian) . ...

Peremennye Zvezdy", . ... V348 Aql, USNO-B1.0 0904-0422027 . ... Meinunger (1966) classified it as an eclipsing binary with a period very close to 1 day, noting however that the period and derived minima times were uncertain due to the low variability amplitude. As of July 2011, the O C gateway (Paschke Brat 2006; Paschke 2009) lists, in addition to Meinunger's photographic data, 2 visual and 3 CCD times of minima from Paschke (1988, 1996, 2006), Stepan (1995), Br t et al. ... Meinunger (1966) . ...

... Events . ... Pre-university education . ... Web of Science database ( http://webofknowledge.com ) is available since 2 October. This database is the most competent analytic and citation database of journal articles, including 3 bases: Science/Social Sciences/Arts&Humanities Citation Index. To rate citation index, impact-factor, Hirsch index scientists and specialists of all subject areas are recommended to use Web of Science database since it is the most important one for the researchers. ...

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... ATCA . ... Background to the ATNF MNRF Proposal . ... The upgrade will enable the Australia Telescope Compact Array to operate at smaller wavelength (higher frequency) and higher angular resolution, and is complemented by projects at Parkes and the Australia Telescope National Facility as a whole. ...

... 4 November 1994 . orbit . ... 0.0128 . ... orbit period . ... satellite mass . 1950 kg . scientific payload mass . 550 kg . ... For more information send a mail to: info@sputnik.infospace.ru . 1997-2002 SMIS IKI RAN and SRC "PLANETA" Moscow, Russia. ...

The Ryle Telescope was used for some years for monitoring variable sources (in addition to its role in source-surveys related to the Sunyaev-Zeldovitch studies). The instrument is now transformed into the "AMI large array": see the AMI pages for details. ... The rebuild took place between 2006 June and mid-2008; between these dates there is no useful data available. ... For some sources there are many plots, organised by date: . ...