... WFPC2 ETC for Extended Sources + Background - v4.0 . Home . ... Data . ... WFPC2 Home . ... Instrument Home . WFPC2 History . ... Calibration Home . ... LRF Data . ... Data Analysis Home . ... ETCs . ... Brightness: (mag. arcsec -2 ) . ... Line: Ly 1216 C IV 1550 He II 1640 C III 1907 Mg II 2800 0 II 3727 Ne III 3869 H 4340 0 III 4363 He II 4686 H 4861 0 III 4959 0 III 5007 N II 5755 He I 5876 0 I 6300 N II 6548 H 6563 N II 6583 S II 6716 S II 6731 S III 9531 Specify Z Vel. : (units) . ...

Next: *errcreate* - Use of Up: Background Corrections Previous: *imcalc* - Obtain a . Obtain a radial profile estimating the background level from a background map. input files: xdata$snr.qp; xdata$snr_bbk.imh . intermediate file: broad.imh . output file: broad_cnt.tab . ... Alternatively, the blocking and pi selection can be done as input to the task avoiding the creation of another data file. input files: xdata$snr.qp; xdata$snr_bbk.imh . ...

In calculating the NIFS sensitivity, we adopt a read noise of 5 e - , a dark current of 0.01 e - s -1 pix -1 , and a maximum exposure time of 3600 s. Grating . ... e/pix) . ... OH Cont. (e/pix) . ... NIFS should achieve signal-to-noise ratios of ~ 10 per spectral pixel in a 0.1" 0.1" aperture for single 1800 s exposures on uniform, extended, continuum sources with surface brightnesses of J = 15.4, J = 15.0, H = 14.8, and K = 13.5 mag arcsec -2 using the Z , J , H , and K gratings, respectively. ...

... Next: The PROS Big Up: Software Systems Previous: Data Reduction Software . ... The srcinten task provides PROS users with a tool to compute count rates for point sources in the ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI). ... Corrected upper limits are cited at locations where the count rate falls below the source detection threshold. ... Srcinten is a new PROS task that computes and applies the above correction factors to the net counts in a user-specified aperture. ...

The NICFPS:Dither:Extended Source script allows you to a set of take pairs of dithered source/sky exposures. These pairs of exposures are taken over various points of a small 5-point dither pattern. ... dither point 1 on source . dither point 1 on sky . ... For more information see NICFPS:Dither:Point Source . ... As the script runs the status of each dither point is updated. ... This differs from the NICFPS:Dither:Point Source script, whose dither pattern is aligned with the detector. ...

... Measured Radio Parameters for 116 extended sources without col.10 (T peak) and col.12(Ref.) ... An asterisk in byte 9 indicates that this line refers to the whole source or major parts of it (same as 'c' in byte 38) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (11) source Type RA1950 Dec1950 LAS PA Wmaj Wmin PA S_408 cmp h m s +-s d m s +-" (') deg (') (') comp Jy ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7- 0002+12 a M2 000208.1 0.3 +123232 9 3.5 105 1.5 ...

HI source finding: 2 novel approaches ATNF, December 2010 Outline · Background · What is source finding? ... Motivation for developing new HI source finding methods · Novel source finding methods · · · · General idea Iterative 3-D median smoothing Characterised noise method Wavelet method · Summary Background What is source finding? ... 3-D median smoothing: Purpose · Goal: Reduce noise while preserving shape · Particularly edges · Median works because it's non-linear · Consider this, Iter. ...

... Galaxy Evolution home . ... The origin and evolution of radio sources . Radio sources and their environments . ... We are investigating how this interaction effects galaxy evolution in general as well as the feedback effect of the radio source on its host galaxy and AGN. ... One direct observational manifestation of this interaction is the existence of extended regions of emission-line gas which show a clear spatial relationship to the radio source itself. ...

Family ASTRO Event Leaders can follow the links below to find a number of resources and more background reading to help them with their Astronomy Events and expand their knowledge on the topics covered in our series of Leader Kits for educators. ... Print and Web Resources on the Night Sky . ... If you have questions about Family ASTRO, see our Frequently Asked Questions for Educators and Astronomers page , or our Frequently Asked Questions for Families and Friends page. ...

... LABORATORY OF RADIO ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS . Radio sources identification is one of the most important tasks of the current radio astrophysics. ... Optical idetification. ... Optical identifications of subsample of steep spectra radio sources from RC catalog using 6m SAO telescope of SAO RAS: optical observations. ... Astronomy Reports. ... Identification of radio sources with data of various radio catalogs allows one to construct continual spectrum of the object and its radio structure. ...

... During the analysis of the surveys carried out on RATAN-600, it was found that almost one fifth of the detected sources shows significant radio flux variations. ... We used the data from "Cold" radio surveys carried out with RATAN-600 in 1980-1994 to search for radio sources with significant flux variability. ... On possibility of detection of variable sources using the data of Cold surveys carried out on RATAN-600. ... Detection of Variable Sources Using the Data of "Cold" Surveys. ...

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... Download the code document. A new version will be released soon with a more detailed document. An X-ray source detection algorithm, optimally designed to detected faint extended sources, making use of Voronoi tessellation and Friend-of-Friend technique. ... This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Download sweepline.py . ... ROSAT 400d . ROSAT MACS . ROSAT WARPS . ROSAT REFLEX . ... XMM XCS . ...

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IRAF/STECF 2-D spectrum point source / background decomposition package . ... The general problem is one of spectral decomposition - of separating the spectra of the point sources from the background. ... The STECF IRAF layered package "specres" provides two tasks to extract point source spectra from 2-D images (either longslit, multislit or cross-dispersed) and decompose the full background over the image. ... A Point Source Function spectrum image is required as a 2-D spectrum. ...

... a) As source material for the high-school or college curriculum, especially in physics. astronomy and their history. (b) As a source of supplemental projects by high school students or by undergraduates. (c) As material for independent studies, In particular by motivated students who seek to know more about space . ... Those wishing to look up specific topics are advised to use the index file, accessible from the end of any "Exploration" file. ... files not listed and at other resource material. ...

... a) As source material for the high-school or college curriculum, especially in physics. astronomy and their history. (b) As a source of supplemental projects by high school students or by undergraduates. (c) As material for independent studies, In particular by motivated students who seek to know more about space . ... Those wishing to look up specific topics are advised to use the index file, accessible from the end of any "Exploration" file. ... files not listed and at other resource material. ...

Next: CORRELATOR BOARDS Up: OBSERVING PROCEDURES Previous: Frequency Switching . ... Continuum sources in the list used for flux density calibration were selected in an ad-hoc fashion from a variety of places, but primarily from Kuehr et al (A&AS, 45, 367, 1981), the compendium of linearly polarized sources by Tabara & Inoue (A&AS, 39, 379, 1980), and an unpublished list of unconfused calibrator sources prepared from the NVSS survey by Jim Condon and Qi Feng Yin. ... Board 0 . ...

... Telescope concept . ... The Submillimetron Project is dedicated to astronomical studies at the submillimeter and far infrared wavelengths using a cryogenic telescope located on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). The Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is responsible for developing the Submillimetron Project. ... Currently, the Astro Space Center is carrying out a pre-Project study under contract with the Russian Space Agency. ...

USING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISGRI SURVEY RESULTS AND OTHER CATALOGUES TO AID SOURCE IDENTIFICATION John B. Stephen, A. Malizia and L. Bassani IASF-INAF, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY, E-mail: stephen@iasfbo.inaf.it ABSTRACT In order to help in the identification of INTEGRAL/ISGRI sources, we have developed a software package which allows a rapid and detailed cross-correlation to be performed between various source catalogues. ... We show below some preliminary results from this analysis. ...