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Telescopes/HST/Observatories

Cameras for Telescopes CCD CAMERA CCD CAMERA CALCULATOR - R. Wodaski VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Ron Wodaski's Astronomy Home Page PIXEL SCALE CALCULATIONS PIXEL SCALE CALCULATORS - Winchester Electronics For more information see Starlight Xpress: Astronomical and Industrial CCD Cameras Telescopes Design, Eyepiece, Focal Length etc. TELESOPE DESIGN DESIGNING AND CALCULATING COUDER SCREENS FOR FOUCAULT TESTING - K. Slater & N.O. Carlin VERY EXTENSIVE. Includes: Zone Number Calculator & Zone Radii Calculator. For more information see Online Articles & Calculators or Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) TELESOPE CALCULATIONS (ALL INCLUSIVE) KEN'S TELESCOPE CALCULATOR - K.L. Hess VERY EXTENSIVE. "This telescope calculator takes the objective diameter, f ratio, focal length, eyepiece apparent field, and eyepiece focal length as required to calculate the estimated objective performance, telescope magnification, magnification per inch, true field, and exit pupil size." For more information see Kenneth L. Hess' Home Page TELESCOPE CALCULATOR - Highlands Astronomical Society, Inverness, Scotland VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Telescope Basics or Highlands Astronomical Society TELESCOPE OPTICS CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - R. Kincaid, Palo Alto, CA VERY EXTENSIVE. "Computes various optical characteristics of an astronomical telescope..." For more information see The AstroJava Project or Robert Kincaid's Home Page SCOPULATOR: TELESCOPE & EYEPIECE CALCULATOR - Astonomy with Peter Enzerink, Canberra, Australia In English & Portuguese/Português. VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Astronomy or Peter Enzerink's Home Page EYEPIECE & MAGNIFICATION CALCULATIONS MAGNIFICATION, FIELD, AND EXIT PUPIL CALCULATOR - B. Prewitt VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Online Articles & Calculators or Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) SAGITTA CALCULATION SAGITTA CALCULATOR - B. Prewitt VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Online Articles & Calculators or Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) Radio Interferometer RADIO INTERFEROMETER SIMULATION VIRTUAL RADIO INTERFEROMETER (V.R.I.) (JAVA APPLET) - Australia Telescope Compact Array VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. '...a Java applet which allows the demonstration of earth-rotation aperture synthesis by simulating existing and imaginary telescopes..." For more information see General Astronomical Information or the Australia Telescope Compact Array

Observatories & HST Tools OBSERVATORY TOOLS - GENERAL VIEWING - High Energy Astrophysics Sciences Archive Research Center (HEASARC), NASA "...Determine when or if an astronomical position can be viewed by a given space telescope..." For more information see High Energy Astrophysics Sciences Archive Research Center (HEASARC), NASA ASTRONOMICAL SKY CALCULATOR - Based on a sky calculator programme written by: John Thorstensen, Dartmouth College & and Modified by: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CRFHT) (the National Research Council of Canada, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France & the University of Hawaii), Hawaii "...provides sun & moon rise & set times, moon phase, LMST, Galactic coordinates, parallactic angle, an hourmass table, Julian date, moon phase and more..." For more information see Calculators or Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope ASTRONOMICAL SKY CALCULATOR - Program by: John Thorstensen, Dartmouth College; Web intervace by B. Casey & hosted by Imagiware "...designed to provide information useful for the planning of nighttime observations..." For more information see Astronomy Tools or Imagiware SIGNAL-TO-NOISE CALCULATOR FOR CCD PHOTOMETRY - M. Richmond, Department of Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology "... allows you to calculate the signal-to-noise ratio for a star observed with a telescope and CCD. You can vary the parameters and find out what sort of results to expect..." For more information see the Michael Richmond's Home Page or the Department of Physics WEB INFRARED TOOL SHED (WITS) - M. Wolfire, M. Pound, P. Teuben, L. Mundy, & S. Lord, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland "...a collection of web pages and programs ("tool boxes") for the analysis of astronomical objects that emit primarily in the wavelength range 2 µm to 1 mm. ..." For more information see Marc W. Pound's Home Page or the Department of Astronomy ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY - TOOLS ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY - TOOLS - Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO), Epping, Australia For more information see AAO Observation Information or the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE NATIONAL FACILITY (ATNF) - TOOLS ATCA SENSITIVITY CALCULATOR - B. Sault, Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), Australia "...provides a means of estimating the theoretical RMS noise in an ATCA image.." For more information see Bob Sault's Home Page; ATNF Telescope Documentation; Observing with ATNF Telescopes or the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) PARKES OBSERVATORY TOOLS - Parkes Observatory, Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Parkes Observatory Some examples of Calculators include Parkes Receiver Sensitivity Calculator Calibrator Finder Radial Velocities (RV) BIMA - TOOLS BIMA MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIO INTERFEROMETER TOOLS (JAVA APPLETS) - Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA) Consortium VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA) Consortium Some examples of Tools/Calculators include How To Determine A Sensitivity Based HA Range JRms - BIMA Sensitivity Calculator CANADA-FRANCE-HAWAII TELESCOPE - TOOLS THE CFHT ADAPTIVE OPTICS BONNETT: PREPARING YOUR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS - Jean-Luc Beuzit, Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CRFHT) (the National Research Council of Canada, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France & the University of Hawaii), Hawaii For more information see The CFHT Adaptive Optics Bonnette; Imaging Instruments; Instruments & Manuals or Canada France Hawaii Telescope CFHT DIRECT IMAGING EXPOSURE TIME CALCULATOR (DIET) FOR MEGACAM - Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CRFHT) (the National Research Council of Canada, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France & the University of Hawaii), Hawaii "...a versatile exposure time calculator allowing the computation of various quantities related to the MegaCam observing performance..." For more information see CFHT Products; MegaPrime Home Page or Canada France Hawaii Telescope TWILIGHT FLAT CALCULATOR FOR MAUNA KEA - Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CRFHT) (the National Research Council of Canada, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France & the University of Hawaii), Hawaii For more information see Calculators or Canada France Hawaii Telescope EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY - TOOLS OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED IMAGING & INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY CALCULATORS - European Southern Observatory ESO VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Currently Includes over 12 Interactive Calculators. For more information see ESO Web Index or the European Southern Observatory (ESO) EUROPEAN VLBI NETWORK (EVN) - TOOLS EVN CALCULATOR - Z. Paragi, The European VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) Network (EVN) VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the European VLBI Network (EVN) FLORENCE & GEORGE WISE OBSERVATORY - TOOLS ASTRONOMICAL UTILITIES - CALCULATORS - The Florence and George Wise Observatory, Tel-Aviv University, Israel For more information see The Florence and George Wise Observatory Examples of online calculators include Signal to Noise (S/N) Calculator Refraction Calculator Calculate the Gegenschein Coordinates GALEX - TOOLS GALAXY EVOLUTION EXPLORER (GALEX) TOOLS - S.G. Neff & J.D. Offenberg, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...an orbiting space telescope that will observe galaxies in ultraviolet light across 10 billion years of cosmic history...will tell scientists how galaxies, the basic structures of our Universe, evolve and change..." For more information see Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX); Goddard Space Flight Center or Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Home page at Caltech Some examples from over "9' Tools/Calculators include GALEX Avoidance Angle Calculator GALEX Nearby Star Finder (Bright Star finder) GALEX Zodi Light Calculator GEMINI OBSERVATORY - TOOLS GEMINI INTEGRATION TIME CALCULATOR - P. Puxley, The Gemini Observatory, Tucson Project Office, Tucson, Arizona; Northern Operations Center, Hilo, Hawaii; and the Southern Operations Center, La Serena, Chile For more information see Gemini Instrumentation; Gemini Observatory Science Operations Contents or the The Gemini Observatory Calculators include NIRI (Near-IR Imager with Grism Spectroscopy) Integration Time Calculator Acquisition Camera (Optical Imaging) Integration Time Calculator GMOS (Optical Imaging and Long-slit Spectroscopy) Integration Time Calculator T-ReCS (Mid-IR Imager and Spectrometer) Integration Time Calculator HST - TOOLS HUBBLE TELESCOPE - HST EXPOSURE TIME CALCULATORS - European Coordinating Facility For more information see HST Science Instruments or the Space Telescope: European Coordinating Facility Some examples from over "12" Calculators include FOC Exposure Simulation - FOCSIM WFPC2 Exposure Time/SNR - Calculator STIS Target-Acquisition Exposure Time Calculator STIS Imaging "Exposure Time Calculator (ETC)" INTERAMERICAN OBSERVATORY - TOOLS CTIO R-C SPECTROGRAPH EXPOSURE TIME CALCULATOR - M. Keane, Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, Chile The "Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory is a complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments located approximately 80 km to the East of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 Meters." For more information see The 4.0-m R-C Spectrograph; CTIO Optical Spectrographs or the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory Examples of other Spectrograph calculators include CTIO 4m Echelle Spectrograph Exposure Time Calculator ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES - TOOLS SIGNAL: EXPOSURE-TIME CALCULATOR FOR ING INSTRUMENTS - C. Benn, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), Observatorio de Roque de los Muchachos, Spain "SIGNAL calculates the number of object and sky photons which will be detected during an imaging or spectroscopic exposure of a point or extended source" For more information see Chris Benn's Home Page; William Herschel Telescope (WHT) Home Page; ING Astronomy or the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) JAMES CLARK MAXWELL TELESCOPE - TOOLS HETERODYNE INTEGRATION TIME CALCULATOR (HITEC) - James Clark Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), Mauna Kea, Hawaii For more information see Heterodyne Integration Time Calculator Home Page; Heterodyne Receiver Information; James Clark Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) or the Joint Astronomy Centre JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE - TOOLS JWST MISSION SIMULATOR (JMS) - ANALYSIS TOOLS/CALCULATORS - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) or Astronomy Resources at STScI Some examples of Calculators include JMS Sensitivity Calculator JMS Exposure Time Calculator JMS S/N Calculator OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERVATORY - TOOLS OVRO BEAM MAP AND NOISE CALCULATOR (SIMBEAM) - Owens Valley Radio Obsevatory (OVRO), California Institute of Technology (Caltech) For more information see the Owens Valley Radio Obsevatory (OVRO) Millimeter Array or the Owens Valley Radio Obsevatory (OVRO) ROYAL OBSERVATORY (U.K.) - TOOLS ASTRO UTILITIES - United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT), UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, U.K. "The world's largest telescope dedicated solely to infrared astronomy, UKIRT is sited in Hawaii near the summit of Mauna Kea at an altitude of 4194m above sea level." For more information see United Kingdom Infrared Telescope or the UK Astronomy Technology Centre STSCI - TOOLS FAINT OBJECT CAMERA CALIBRATION TOOLS/CALCULATORS - Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) For more information see Faint Object Camera (FOC); Instruments and Calibration or Astronomy Resources at STScI Examples of tools/calculators include FOCSIM Exposure Simulation Set-up - Calculator Image Orientation Calculator NICMOS EXPOSURE TIME CALCULATOR - Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) ""...a tool for estimating integration times and Signal-to-Noise Ratios on a point-like or extended source, for deriving detection limits, and for checking saturation limits..." For more information see Tools; Near Infrared Camera and MultiObject Spectromete (NICMOS); Instruments and Calibration or Astronomy Resources at STScI Examples from more than "12" online Calculators include Synthetic DarGenerator GRISM Tools THE LINEAR RAMP FILTER CALCULATOR - Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) For more information see WFPC Tools; Wide Field Planetary Camera 2; Instruments and Calibration or Astronomy Resources at STScI WFPC EXPOSURE TIME CALCULATOR - Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) For more information see WFPC Tools; Wide Field Planetary Camera 2; Instruments and Calibration or Astronomy Resources at STScI Some examples of tools/calculators include WFPC2 E.T.C. For Point Sources - Calculator WFPC2 E.T.C. For Extended Sources - Calculator WFPC2 E.T.C. For Point Sources + Stellar Background - Calculator WFPC2 E.T.C. For Extnede Sources + Stellar Background - Calculator

Astronomical Data Viewers

Astronomical Data Viewers FOR MORE DATABASES SEE THE SPACE CENTER ASTRONOMICAL DATABASES WW - (ENGLISH & FRANÇAISE) - Canadian Astronomy Data Center Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). "The CADC was established in 1986 as one of three world-wide distribution centres for data from the Hubble Space Telescope. " For more information see the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics HEASARC ASTROBROWSE - High Energy Astrophysics Science archive Researh Center (HEASARC), a service of the Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics (LHEA), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA "The HEASARC Astrobrowse service allows users to query hundreds of different catalogs and services around the world using a single form." For more information see the High Energy Astrophysics Science archive Researh Center (HEASARC); Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) or the Goddard Space Flight Center SKY IMAGE PROCESSOR (JAVA APPLET) - J.H. Simonetti, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech VERY EXTENSIVE. 'A Web-based Astronomical image reduction and analysis system" For more information see Department of Physics

Sky Charts

Sky Charts in Real-Time HOURLY AIRMASS TABLE CALCULATOR - B. Casey, Imagiware "Provides the airmass for a star (or other object) for each hour in a given night." For more information see Imagiware Examples of other online Astronomy Tools/Calculators include Astronomical Sky Calendar Daily Almanac Object Seasonal Observability Planetary Positions SKY CHART: HEAVENS ABOVE (JAVA APPLET) - C. Peat, Heavens-Above GmbH, Germany VERY VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "generated in real-time and customized for your location and time zone." SKY VIEWS (JAVA APPLET) - Pangolin Communications, Auckland, New Zealand VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Alamanac On-line or Pangolin Communications NAVIGATOR STAR FINDER (JAVA APPLET) - O.F. Reis, São Paulo, Brazil VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Navigation Home Page YOUR SKY (JAVA APPLET) - J. Walker, Switzerland VERY EXTENSIVE. John Walker's Home Page SMALL-BODY SEARCH - Solar System Dynamics Group, JPL VERY EXTENSIVE. "...given an observation date, location, and region of sky (and optionally other constraints), find all asteroids and comets matching the constraints within the region. ..." For more information see SSD-JPL; Observer's Tool Corner or Solar System Dynamics Group WHAT'S OBSERVABLE TONIGHT - Solar System Dynamics Group, JPL VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see SSD-JPL; Observer's Tool Corner or Solar System Dynamics Group

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