The balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope: BLAST [PDF]
The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a suborbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies (including the MilkyWay) and galaxies at cosmological ...
David Hughes
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SHARK-NIR Channel: A high contrast imager with coronagraphic capabilities for the Large Binocular Telescope [PDF]
A new coronagraphic instrument for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) has successfully passed the conceptual design phase. SHARK-NIR channel will be installed in one arm of the Large Binocular Telescope and it is designed to use different coronagraphic ...
Gaessler, Wolfgang +32 more
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On doing cosmology with a large optical telescope
This paper highlights the interesting problems in cosmology that require observational inputs normally available from optical telescopes in the 4 - 6 m ...
Narlikar, J. V.
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Chromospheric K CaII telescope of Baikal Astrophysical Observatory. New light
In recent years, most results of CaII studies of the solar chromosphere in H and K lines have been based on observations with narrow passband filters.
Lopteva L.S. +6 more
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STAGES:the Space Telescope A901/2 Galaxy Evolution Survey [PDF]
We present an overview of the Space Telescope A901/2 Galaxy Evolution Survey (STAGES). STAGES is a multiwavelength project designed to probe physical drivers of galaxy evolution across a wide range of environments and luminosity.
Bell, EF +64 more
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Imaging extrasolar planets with the European Extremely Large Telescope
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is the most ambitious of the ELTs being planned. With a diameter of 42 m and being fully adaptive from the start, the E-ELT will be more than one hundred times more sensitive than the present-day largest ...
Jolissaint L. +4 more
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VSTPOL: making the VST a large survey telescope for optical polarimetry
editorial reviewedSince the start of operations in 2011, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has been one of the most efficient wide-field imagers in the optical bands. However, in the next years the Vera C.
Savarese, Salvatore +65 more
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Simultaneous Water Vapor and Dry Air Optical Path Length Measurements and Compensation with the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer [PDF]
The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer uses a near-infrared camera to measure the optical path length variations between the two AO-corrected apertures and provide high-angular resolution observations for all its science channels (1.5-13 microns ...
W. C. Danchi +35 more
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Exploring the application of new telescope technologies in the testing of dwarf novae accretion models [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273.)In this thesis I investigate emerging telescope technologies and demonstrate, within the context of accretion in cataclysmic variables (CVs), their role in contributing to the stellar ...
Spark, Mellony
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Since the dawn of the Space Age, hundreds of payloads have been launched into heliocentric space. As near-Earth object (NEO) surveys search deeper for small asteroids, more artificial objects in heliocentric orbits are being discovered.
Adam Battle +15 more
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