NAOMI Technical Information
This page lists links to pages of NAOMI technical information
mainly of interest to ING support staff.
The links are summarised under headings:
General information for observers can be found on the ING
NAOMI
and
OASIS pages.
Useful telephone numbers are written in the front of the NAOMI binder
of the control room.
"If the Theory of making Telescopes could at length be fully
brought into Practice, yet there would be certain Bounds beyond
which Telescopes could not perform.
For the Air through which we look upon the Stars, is in a perpetual Tremor;
as may be seen by the tremulous Motion of Shadows cast from high Towers,
and by the twinkling of the fix'd Stars. But these Stars do not twinkle
when viewed through Telescopes which have large apertures... Long
Telescopes may cause Objects to appear brighter and larger than short
ones can do, but they cannot be so formed as to take away that confusion
of the Rays which arises from the Tremors of the Atmosphere. The only
Remedy is a most serene and quiet Air, such as may perhaps be found on the
tops of the highest Mountains above the grosser Clouds."
(Isaac Newton, 1730)
These are PR links not already included on the NAOMI main page:
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