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Research FacilitiesPega Team : Research : Resources : Publications : Facilities |
Below is a list of facilities the PEGA Group uses (or plan to use) on a regular basis. They include not only facilities located in Georgia, but around the world. With the exception of HLCO, all the observatories are run by people or institutions other than Georgia State University. |
Cerro Tololo Interamerican
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Kitt Peak Observatory |
La Silla and Cerro Paranal, ESO
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Gemini North at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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Siding Spring Observatory
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Lowell Observatory
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Hard Labor Creek Observatory
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The Hubble Space Telescope
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The CHANDRA X-Ray Observatory
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The FUSE EUV Observatory
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RXTE - The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
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Reduction PackagesAfter all that data is taken, it needs to be reduced. Below you will find the packages that we use on a regular basis. |
IRAF - NOAO's Image Reduction and Analysis Facility |
CCDPHOT - An interactive tool for CCD Photometry in IDL by Lowell Observatory's Marc Buie |
HEAsoft - Analysis suite for RXTE data by NASA's Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics. |
MIDAS - European Southern Observatory, Munich Image Data Analysis System |
Local DocumentationBelow is a partial list of documentation related to data processing and our local facilities. For more information on our facilities, go to the above HLCO pages. |
PEGA-Data-Processing-Tips-HOWTO |
PEGA-CCDPhot-HOWTO |
Operating procedures for our 16" Meade LX200 |
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