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Commissioning and First Observations with Wide FastCam at the Telescopio Carlos S\'anchez [PDF]

, 2016
The FastCam instrument platform, jointly developed by the IAC and the UPCT, allows, in real-time, acquisition, selection and storage of images with a resolution that reaches the diffraction limit of medium-sized telescopes.
Ayuso, Ismael, Etxegarai, Urtats, Hernández-Sánchez, Mónica, López, Roberto L., Murga, Gaizka, Oscoz, Alejandro, Pallé, Enric, Puga, Marta, Pérez-Garrido, Antonio, Ricci, Davide, Truant, Nicola, Velasco, Sergio   +11 more
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A Deep-learning Anomaly-detection Method to Identify Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Ratemeters of the AGILE Anticoincidence System

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero (AGILE) is a space mission launched in 2007 to study X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The AGILE team developed real-time analysis pipelines to detect transient phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and react to
N. Parmiggiani, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ursi, A. Macaluso, A. Di Piano, V. Fioretti, A. Aboudan, L. Baroncelli, A. Addis, M. Tavani, C. Pittori   +10 more
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The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: data acquisition system and data reduction [PDF]

, 2007
ZEPLIN-II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN-II and the reduction procedures which parameterise the ...
A. Bewick, A. Lindote, A.S. Murphy, Alner, Alner, Alner, Alner, B. Camanzi, B. Edwards, B. Morgan, C. Bungau, C. Ghag, C. Silva, C. Thorne, Cline, D. Cline, D. Davidge, D. Muna, D. Tovey, Davies, E. Daw, E. Tziaferi, E.V. Korolkova, F. Neves, F.L.H. Wolfs, G.G. Nicklin, G.J. Alner, H. Chagani, H. Wang, H.M. Araújo, I. Liubarsky, J. Dawson, J. Gao, J. Pinto da Cunha, J. Quenby, J. White, J.C. Davies, J.D. Lewin, J.E. McMillan, K. Mavrokoridis, Lewin, M. Joshi, M. Robinson, M.I. Lopes, M.J. Carson, N.J.C. Spooner, N.J.T. Smith, P. Majewski, P.F. Smith, P.K. Lightfoot, R. Lüscher, R.J. Walker, R.M. Preece, S.J.S. Plank, S.M. Paling, T. Durkin, T. Gamble, T. Lawson, T.J. Sumner, V. Chepel, V.A. Kudryavtsev, V.N. Lebedenko, V.N. Solovov, W. Ooi, W.G. Jones   +64 more
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Little Things [PDF]

, 2012
We present LITTLE THINGS (Local Irregulars That Trace Luminosity Extremes, The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey) that is aimed at determining what drives star formation in dwarf galaxies.
Andreas Schruba, Baars, Bigiel, Bottinelli, Bottinelli, Briggs, Brinks, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Caroline E. Simpson, Cornwell, Croxall, Dalcanton, Dale, Dana Ficut-Vicas, David J. Westpfahl, de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs, Deidre A. Hunter, Dickey, Dolphin, Dolphin, Eder, Elias Brinks, Elmegreen, Erwin, Fabian Walter, Freedman, Gieren, Gieren, Giovanelli, Gonźalez-Riestra, Greisen, Grocholski, Gutiérrez, Heesen, Herrmann, Hibbard, Holmberg, Hong-Xin Zhang, Huchtmeier, Huchtmeier, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Högbom, Johnson, Karachentsev, Karachentsev, Kimberly A. Herrmann, Kniazev, Kobulnicky, Koribalski, Lee, Lee, Lequeux, Lisa M. Young, Lynds, Martin, Masegosa, Megan Johnson, Meschin, Michael P. Rupen, Miller, Mori, Mould, Moustakas, Moustakas, Méndez, Ott, Phil Cigan, Pietrzynski, Rich, Rots, Sakai, Sakai, Schulte-Ladbeck, Se-Heon Oh, Shostak, Skillman, Springob, Trisha Ashley, van Dyk, van Zee, van Zee, Vogelaar, Volker Heesen, Wakker, Walter, Wilcots, Willett, Young, Young, Zhang, Zhang, Öpik   +98 more
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Three-Dimensional Modeling and Indoor Positioning for Urban Emergency Response

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017
Three-dimensional modeling of building environments and indoor positioning is essential for emergency response in cities. Traditional ground-based measurement methods, such as geodetic astronomy, total stations, and global positioning system (GPS ...
Xin Zhang, Yongxin Chen, Linjun Yu, Weisheng Wang, Qianyu Wu   +4 more
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The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Data Reduction System [PDF]

, 2016
IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is the diffraction-limited first light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that consists of a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 $\mu$m) imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS). The IFS makes use of a lenslet
Chapin, Edward L., Do, Tuan, Dunn, Jennifer, Ellerbroek, Brent, Gillies, Kim, Hayano, Yutaka, Johnson, Chris, Larkin, James E., Marshall, Daniel, Moore, Anna M., Riddle, Reed L., Simard, Luc, Sohn, Ji Man, Suzuki, Ryuji, Walth, Gregory, Weiss, Jason, Wincensten, James, Wright, Shelley A.   +17 more
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Precisely determining photon-number in real time [PDF]

Quantum
Superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) are extremely sensitive microcalorimeters used as photon detectors with unparalleled energy resolution.
Leonardo Assis Morais, Till Weinhold, Marcelo Pereira de Almeida, Joshua Combes, Markus Rambach, Adriana Lita, Thomas Gerrits, Sae Woo Nam, Andrew G. White, Geoff Gillett   +9 more
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Preparation of the VIRAC Radio Telescope RT-32 for e-VLBI Observations

Open Astronomy, 2013
A fully steerable parabolic antenna RT-32 with the mirror diameter 32 m owned by the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) is available for fundamental and applied research in radio astronomy.
Skirmante K., Bezrukovs Vl., Jekabsons N., Shmeld I.   +3 more
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Mapping the Melatonin Suppression, Star Light and Induced Photosynthesis Indices with the LANcube

Remote Sensing, 2020
Increased exposure to artificial light at night can affect human health including disruption of melatonin production and circadian rhythms which can extend to increased risks of hormonal cancers and other serious diseases.
Martin Aubé, Charles Marseille, Amar Farkouh, Adam Dufour, Alexandre Simoneau, Jaime Zamorano, Johanne Roby, Carlos Tapia   +7 more
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VIRIS: A Visual-Infrared Imaging System for the Lick Observatory 1-M Telescope [PDF]

, 1998
We describe a system in use at the Lick Observatory 1-m Nickel telescope for near-simultaneous imaging at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. The combined availability of a CCD and a NICMOS-3 camera makes the system well-suited for photometric ...
Anthony A.  Misch, Casali M. M., James R. Graham, Lynne A. Hillenbrand   +3 more
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