STIS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 14: ImagingReference Material > 25MAMAD1?FUV-MAMA Pseudo-Aperture . 25MAMAD1?FUV-MAMA Pseudo-Aperture . ... This is the same physical aperture as the 25MAMA aperture and has become available for use with the FUV-MAMA detector to minimize the contribution from the dark current when observing very faint targets. ...

... 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. ...

This is a list of all currently available observing modes in CIMA. Different modes are available depending on whether CIMA is run in pulsar or in spectral line mode. ... Note that the appearance of the windows refer to CIMA version 3.1 , which for most observing modes is slightly different than from CIMA version 2.3 and 3.0 and completely different from CIMA version 2.2. ... Non-ALFA . ... Pulsar cross calibration . ... Drift map . ... ALFA : indicates whether the observing mode works with ALFA . ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2002 > cosmology2002 . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... Public Surveys . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... ESO Data . ... ESO Data Access Policy . ... Review: Weak Lensing . ... Tangential alignement of galaxies in a STIS Parallel shear survey field: a new dark lens candidate . ... Poster: . ... New Clues on clustering evolution from the K20 and FIRES surveys . ... data ...

... 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. ...

Next: Generation from Ground Calibration Up: EMOS_REDIST Previous: EMOS_REDIST Contents . The redistribution parameters for the MOS cameras. ... Attributes: . None. Columns: . ... The central CCD of each MOS detector has developed a patch where the energy resolution is worse than the average. ... The energy bounds of PHA channels. ... The energy bounds of the PI channels, used to determine the equivalent energies of spectral channels in the redistribution matrix construction. ...

... He made observations of a supernova (literally: nova= "new star") in 1572 (we now know that a supernova is an exploding star, not a new star). ... Brahe's meticulous observations showed that the supernova did not change positions with respect to the other stars (no parallax). ... This was early evidence against the immutable nature of the heavens, although Brahe did not interpret the absence of parallax for stars correctly, as we discuss below. Brahe made careful observations of a comet in 1577. ...

RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBERS Description of Data from SGD Explanation of Data Reports: Relative Sunspot Numbers -- The relative sunspot number is an index of the activity of the entire visible disk of the Sun. ... The provisional daily Zurich relative sunspot numbers, Rz, were based upon observations made at Zurich and its two branch stations in Arosa and Locarno and communicated by M. Waldmeier of the Swiss Federal Observatory. ... This indicates the uncertainty above and below the predicted number. ...

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... 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 . ...

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... The Observatory, the cupola of which is 480 cm wide, is equipped with a Ritchey-Cretien 500 mm f/7.5 telescope, a 200 mm f/7.5 guide telescope, and a 250 mm f/13 Baker-Schmidt, a ST4 and a ST6 CCD cameras and four computers. ... Up until now we have archived about 600 images from the first observation, and 100 from the second, thanks to the automatic telescope aiming control program written by Vairo Risoldi. ... A.Nakamura, Japan, took CCD image of NGC5775. ...

Date: 11/24/2014 Time:05:26 Moon Age: 1.8 Available Observing Hours: 12.9 Observer: Instrument: Operator: Cage: Lebofsky, Bell 90PrimeOne Trueblood PF hours lost to: weather: 2.0 telescope: 0.0 instrument: 0.0 computer: 0.0 Time Temp Humidity Wind Vel. Wind Dir. Seeing Open 18:30 37.8F 50% 15 N 1.9 Close 05:20 37.1F 15% 15 NE 1.8 _________________ Description ______________________ Most of the night, seeing >2", which severely limited our available targets. ...

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. ...

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 . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... Refracting telescopes (Meade Models NG-60, NGC-60, DS-2070AT, ETX-70AT, LXD55-AR5, LX55-AR6 ) and mirror-lens telescopes ( ETX-90AT, 105AT, 125AT, LXD55-SC8, 8LX90, LX200 GPS Series ) are generally more versatile in a wide array of land and astronomical applications. ... The intermediate-level observer, or the non-casual telescope user who wishes to purchase one telescope for a lifetime, should consider a Meade Model LXD55 series, 8LX90, or LX200GPS. ... Meade 4M ...

... Information about a variety of different calendars for different cultures (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu etc.) ... In addition, the Chinese had two different ways of interpreting and observing celestial events. One way the Chinese used astronomy was known as lifa; it was a discipline that aimed to understand the regularities and the predictable events in the celestial system through careful, observations, measurements and records. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

... Description . Catalog . ... In the Catalog, we publish equatorial (ЮБ 2000 , ЮД 2000 ) and galactic (l,b) coordinates of cluster centers derived as the position of overdensity in 2MASS catalog (Koposov et al. ... Distances, color-excesses and ages are the mean-square values calculated using all available evaluations from different color-magnitude diagrams. ... There are individual pages for every cluster where all available plots and parameters are published. ... 2002). ...

... They are concerned with Attitude Control System of the spacecraft, satellite visibility from tracking stations, limits on the satellite autonomous operations during the orbit, and needs for auxiliary operations with the spacecraft. ... Among the operational constraints the most important one is the number of programmed slews per orbit, which determines the maximum number of radio sources to be observed during one orbit. ... System temperature (K) . ... Progress of the RadioAstron Project in Pictures...