Seeing the limited coupling of starlight into single‐mode fiber with a small telescope
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DOI: 10.1002/asna.20220080
Abstract: An optical fiber link to a telescope provides many advantages for spectrometers designed to detect and characterize extrasolar planets through precise radial velocity (PRV) measurements. In the seeing-limited regime, a multi-mode fiber is typically used… read more here.
Keywords: single mode; telescope; mode fiber; mode ... See more keywords
Astrophysical approach to search for heavy neutrino decay
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DOI: 10.1002/asna.20240005
Abstract: Cosmic rays are a very valuable tool of multi‐messenger astrophysics, as they provide a very different picture of the sky. During the past decades, a large number of active astrophysical objects in our Galaxy and… read more here.
Keywords: search heavy; astrophysical approach; cosmic rays; approach search ... See more keywords
First Observations from the Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) Narrow-Band Imager
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DOI: 10.1007/s11207-017-1127-y
Abstract: The Multi-Application Solar Telescope is a 50 cm off-axis Gregorian telescope recently installed at the Udaipur Solar Observatory, India. In order to obtain near-simultaneous observations at photospheric and chromospheric heights, an imager optimized for two… read more here.
Keywords: application solar; multi application; imager; telescope ... See more keywords
Seeing Measurements with the Merak H$\upalpha$ Telescope
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DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01807-3
Abstract: The parameter-search method (PSM) established by Rengaswamy, Ravindra, and Prabhu (Solar Phys. 294, 5, 2019) for measuring the terrestrial atmospheric seeing from long-exposure solar H $\upalpha$ images is further validated – through simulations – to… read more here.
Keywords: measurements merak; spread function; merak upalpha; seeing measurements ... See more keywords
Optical detection of a GMRT-detected candidate high-redshift radio galaxy with 3.6-m Devasthal optical telescope
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DOI: 10.1007/s12036-019-9583-4
Abstract: We report optical observations of TGSS J1054+5832, a candidate high-redshift ($$z=4.8\pm 2$$z=4.8±2) steep-spectrum radio galaxy, in r and i bands, using the faint object spectrograph and camera mounted on 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT). The… read more here.
Keywords: high redshift; galaxy; radio; telescope ... See more keywords
Science with the AstroSat Soft X-ray telescope: An overview
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DOI: 10.1007/s12036-020-09678-z
Abstract: The Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) aboard the AstroSat satellite is the first Indian X-ray telescope in space. It is a modest size X-ray telescope with a charge coupled device (CCD) camera in the focal plane,… read more here.
Keywords: telescope; astrosat soft; soft ray; ray ... See more keywords
Microdosimetry with a sealed mini-TEPC and a silicon telescope at a clinical proton SOBP of CATANA
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DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108730
Abstract: Abstract A sealed miniaturized Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (mini-TEPC) able to work in gas-steady modality was developed at the Legnaro National Laboratories of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (LNL – INFN, Legnaro, Italy).… read more here.
Keywords: tepc; sobp catana; telescope; tepc silicon ... See more keywords
How the James Webb Space Telescope Can Inform Health Security
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.306
Abstract: In a moment when life on Earth has felt increasingly tragic and troubling based on what has become the background noise of the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, dangerous climate change impacts, and other… read more here.
Keywords: telescope; space telescope; health security; james webb ... See more keywords
SPICA—A Large Cryogenic Infrared Space Telescope: Unveiling the Obscured Universe
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DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2018.15
Abstract: Abstract Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow direct assessment of the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, enabling the detailed study of the processes that govern the formation and evolution… read more here.
Keywords: space; telescope; obscured universe; spica large ... See more keywords
Converting the ANU 2.3 telescope to fully automated operation
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DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2024.75
Abstract: Abstract The operation of the ANU 2.3 m telescope transitioned from classically scheduled remote observing to fully autonomous queue scheduled observing in March 2023. The instrument currently supported is WiFeS, a visible-light low-resolution image-slicing integral… read more here.
Keywords: anu telescope; converting anu; fully automated; telescope fully ... See more keywords
Breakthrough Listen follow-up of the reported transient signal observed at the Arecibo Telescope in the direction of Ross 128
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DOI: 10.1017/s1473550417000465
Abstract: Abstract We undertook observations with the Green Bank Telescope, simultaneously with the 300 m telescope in Arecibo, as a follow-up of a possible flare of radio emission from Ross 128. We report here the non-detections… read more here.
Keywords: breakthrough listen; listen follow; telescope; ross 128 ... See more keywords