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Astronomical Optical Interferometry. I. Methods and Instrumentation [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2010 Previous decade has seen an achievement of large interferometricprojects including 8-10m telescopes and 100m class baselines. Modern computerand control technology has enabled the interferometric combination of lightfrom separate telescopes also in the ...
Jankov, S.
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Bayesian methods of astronomical source extraction [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 We present two new source extraction methods, based on Bayesian model selection and using the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). The first is a source detection filter, able to simultaneously detect point sources and estimate the image background. The
Pilbratt G. L. +3 more
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Revitalizing Astronomical Azimuth Determination: Integrating Modern Computing with Traditional Techniques [PDF]
SensorsIt is not widely recognized today that astronomical methods for azimuth determination continue to rank among the most accurate techniques for establishing orientation.
Luigi Barazzetti
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Plasma Diagnostics in the Era of Integral Field Spectroscopy
Galaxies, 2022 To understand the physical conditions of various gaseous systems, plasma diagnostics must be performed properly. To that end, it is equally important to have extinction correction performed properly, even before performing plasma diagnostics.
Toshiya Ueta
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Reconstruction of ancient Egyptian sundials [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014 The article presents the results of a study of the design features of vertical and L-shaped ancient Egyptian sundials, developed their models, on the basis of which the reconstruction of the sundial was carried out.
Vodolazhskaya, L.N.
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Dispersion Characteristics of the Multi-mode Fiber-fed VIPA Spectrograph
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 A high-resolution ( ${ \mathcal R }\gt {10}^{5}$ ), multi-mode fiber-fed spectrograph on large telescopes with a reasonable size is desirable in astronomy.
Xiaoming Zhu +4 more
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A Multilevel Scheduling Framework for Distributed Time-domain Large-area Sky Survey Telescope Array
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Telescope arrays are receiving increasing attention due to their promise of higher resource utilization, greater sky survey area, and higher frequency of full space-time monitoring than single telescopes.
Yajie Zhang +7 more
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Solving the Traveling Telescope Problem with Mixed-integer Linear Programming
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The size and complexity of modern astronomical surveys has grown to the point where, in many cases, traditional human scheduling of observations are tedious at best and impractical at worst.
Luke B. Handley +2 more
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Scaled Gradient Projection Methods for Astronomical Imaging [PDF]
EAS Publications Series, 2013 This book is a collection of 19 articles which reflect the courses given at the Collège de France/Summer school “Reconstruction d'images − Applications astrophysiques“ held in Nice and Fréjus, France, from June 18 to 22, 2012. The articles presented in this volume address emerging concepts and methods that are useful in the complex process of improving
M. Bertero +3 more
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Astronomical observatory site selection using fuzzy AHP and BWM methods [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2023 Establishing an observatory often involves complex decisions, such as choosing a site based on multiple conflicting criteria. In this study, we develop a multi-criteria decision analysis process by combining Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis ...
Yılmaz A.
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