Sentences with phrase «observation instruments used»
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The team made the observations using LRO's LEND instrument, which detects hydrogen by counting the number of subatomic particles called neutrons flying off the lunar surface.
Spectacular new observations of vast pillar - like structures within the Carina Nebula have been made using the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope.
Experiments conducted in 1992 using NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer provided the first images of the temperature variations, and later observations from other instruments hinted at the presence of a peak.
This latest support for cosmic inflation theory comes from observations made by two scientific teams using instruments operating from the South Pole.
Researchers have shown that observations by Earth - orbiting instruments can be used to estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from individual power plants.
Moreover, the partnership with China will likely continue, and the two nations are considering the development of a new family of satellites using radar instead of optical instruments, enabling the observation of forests even through clouds.
In addition to the observations with the SINFONI instrument the team has also made a long series of measurements of the polarisation of the light coming from the supermassive black hole region using the NACO instrument on the VLT.
New observations of the star using the SPHERE instrument on the VLT have clearly revealed how the brilliant light of VY Canis Majoris lights up the clouds of material surrounding it and have allowed the properties of the component dust grains to be determined better than ever before.
The new observations of the star used the SPHERE instrument on the VLT.
Researchers have already tested the method using observations from GOSAT and the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment 2 (GOME - 2) instrument aboard the European meteorological satellite MetOp - A — with surprising results.
Using observations from the very sensitive instrument, the X-shooter spectrograph on the Large Telescope, VLT in Chile, we measured the galaxy's spectrum and from that calculated its redshift, i.e. the change in the light's wavelength as the object recedes from us.
This image incorporates observations made in June and Aug. 2015 using the Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument.
In order to make efficient use of TMT, NFIRAOS and the science instruments, the observer will need to prepare their observation in advance.
Observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii validated that the dimming was indeed caused by a planet, using both of the 10 meter Keck telescopes: the HIRES instrument installed on Keck I and NIRC2 on the Keck II.
Finnish Meteorological Institute makes observations of the atmosphere, sea and space at over 400 stations around Finland, and using remote sensing instruments such as radars and satellites.
The aftermath of a massive storm that erupted in Saturn's northern hemisphere in December 2010 continues to be tracked by researchers, including observations planned using the new high - resolution iSHELL instrument at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility.
Unlike previous pointing systems used by NASA, the WASP can accurately point highly sensitive instruments at the right observation targets with a margin of error of less than one arc - second.
We performed a series of observations of Proxima Centauri using SPHERE, the planet finder instrument installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope UT3, using its near infrared modules, IRDIS and IFS.
We have carried out near - infrared observations in the JHKs bands using the SIRIUS instrument on the 1.4 m Infrared Survey Facility (IRSF) telescope.
This involves a combination of satellite observations (when different satellites captured temperatures in both morning and evening), the use of climate models to estimate how temperatures change in the atmosphere over the course of the day, and using reanalysis data that incorporates readings from surface observations, weather balloons and other instruments.
Our barycentric radial velocities, derived from observations taken at the KPNO 2.1 meter telescope, differ from... ▽ More We demonstrate the ability to measure precise stellar barycentric radial velocities with the dispersed fixed - delay interferometer technique using the Exoplanet Tracker (ET), an instrument primarily designed for precision differential Doppler velocity measurements using this technique.
At the Galaxy Zoos (both at Galaxy Zoo & Radio Galaxy Zoo), we are fizzling with excitement as we prepare for observations using the Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope.
Conduct remote sensing observations using Dawn Spacecraft's suite of science instruments on Vesta and Ceres.
Hubble's new observations, using its most advanced instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3, are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy (Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA)- ESA / Hubble Collaboration.
We detect C3 in absorption arising from the warm envelope surrounding the... ▽ More We present spectrally resolved observations of triatomic carbon (C3) in several ro - vibrational transitions between the vibrational ground state and the low - energy nu2 bending mode at frequencies between 1654 - 1897 GHz along the sight - lines to the submillimeter continuum sources W31C and W49N, using Herschel's HIFI instrument.
Building on past observations of the white dwarf called SDSSJ1043 +0855 (the dead core of a star that originally was a few times the mass of the Sun), which has been known to be gobbling up rocky material in its orbit for almost a decade, the team used Keck Observatory's HIRES instrument fitted to the 10 - meter Keck I telescope as well as data from the Hubble Space Telescope to measure and characterize the material being accreted by the star.
Follow - up high - contrast imaging observations were then taken in 2012 using the NIRC2 instrument on the Keck II telescope with the adaptive optics system revealing the companion as shown above.
The ERC - funded BlackHoleCam project aims to conduct GR tests in a strong - field regime using three different types of observations of Sgr A * and M87 with new - generation instruments.
But they needed additional observations, using more precise instruments, to make a definitive call.
Abstract: We present the first high spectral resolution observations of Orion KL in the frequency ranges 1573.4 - 1702.8 GHz (band 6b) and 1788.4 - 1906.8 GHz (band 7b) obtained using the HIFI instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory.
HST's current complement of science instruments includes three cameras, two spectrographs, and fine guidance sensors (primarily used for accurate pointing, but also for astrometric observations).
We characterize the main emission lines found in the spectrum, which primarily arise from a range of components associated with Orion KL including the hot core, but... ▽ More We present the first high spectral resolution observations of Orion KL in the frequency ranges 1573.4 - 1702.8 GHz (band 6b) and 1788.4 - 1906.8 GHz (band 7b) obtained using the HIFI instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory.
The spacecraft will begin regular observations April 4, 2011 by using seven instruments to investigate the composition of the planet's surface, measure its topology, and mesure the planet's magnetic field (NASA Science News; and Maggie McKee, New Scientist, March 16, 2011).
Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Côte d'Azur Observatory and elsewhere used observations made by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory's (SOHO) Global Oscillations at Low Frequency (GOLF) instrument to measure solar oscillations, then used a new technique to determine the speed at which the solar core was spinning.
According to the authors of the study, who used geological observations made using the THEMIS instrument on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, laboratory impact experiments and computer modeling of impact processes, large crater - forming impacts would have created tornado - like wind vortices that reached speeds of up to 500 miles per hour.
We have detected, as well as strong diffuse emission, 274 new point X-ray sources (4 sigma confidence) within two partially overlapping fields (~ 250 arcmin ^ 2 in total) down to the flux limit ~ 3 x 10 ^ -LCB--1... ▽ More Using the Chandra ACIS - I instruments, we have carried out a deep X-ray observation on the Galactic plane region at (l, b) ~ (28.5, 0.0), where no discrete X-ray sources have been known previously.
From its base in Namibia, the Observations of Clouds above Aerosols and their Interactions (ORACLES) study will use airborne instruments this fall to probe the impact on climate and rainfall of the interaction between clouds over the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and smoke from vegetation burning in southern Africa.
In order to identify these new X-ray sources, we have carried out a near infrared follow - up observation using ESO / NTT infrared camera on 2002/7/28 an... ▽ More We have carried out a deep X-ray observation on a typical Galactic plane region with the Chandra ACIS - I instrument with unprecedented sensitivity and spatial resolution, and detected 274 unidentified X-ray point sources in the \ ~ 500 arcmin2 region.
Abstract: Using the Chandra ACIS - I instruments, we have carried out a deep X-ray observation on the Galactic plane region at (l, b) ~ (28.5, 0.0), where no discrete X-ray sources have been known previously.
Methods: Using VLTI / PIONIER in H band we have carried out multi-epoch observations of the stars for which a near - infrared excess was previously detected with the same observing technique and instrument.
Therefore, all evaluations should use multiple types of instruments — surveys, focus groups, interviews, observations, and questionnaires — in order to capture and analyze data from as many different angles as possible to triangulate the data most effectively.
To test these approaches, the Educational Testing Service trained more than 900 observers to score 7,500 lesson videos using different classroom - observation instruments.
For our second report, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) scored 7,500 lesson videos for 1,333 teachers in six school districts using five different classroom - observation instruments.
There are a range of tools that researchers could use here — value - added measures that distinguish between the level of a school's test scores and gains of students on test scores (gains probably are what parents care about, and levels are a noisy signal of gains), school climate surveys, teacher observation instruments, descriptions of curricula.
Principal Practice: Based upon at least two observations using a state - approved, research - based principal practice instrument (non-tenured principals receive 3 observations).
CLASS ratings in sampled K - 3 classrooms (one of Bob Pianta's classroom observation instruments), or another classroom observation system for primary grades with equal or greater evidence of reliability and validity to judge the quality of classroom interactions, with sampling and observation windows designed to draw school - level (not class - level) inferences — see for example the use of CLASS in the Head Start Designation Renewal System.
The SIOP may be used as part of a program for preservice and inservice professional development, as a lesson planner for sheltered content lessons, as a training resource for faculty, and as an observation and evaluation instrument for site - based administrators and researchers who evaluate teachers.
We also knew we wanted teachers to begin with the list of important practices suggested by the observation instrument, deeply internalize this list of practices, and then develop and use their own ideas about how to apply them in their instruction.
A report by Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Mid-Atlantic provides new evidence to help educators choose among five widely used «off - the shelf» teacher observation instruments and decide how much weight to attach to scores on different Read more about Choosing the Best Teacher Observation Instrument -LSB-...]