Primary beam calibration for commensal telescopes utilizing offset optics [PDF]
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesIntroductionAccurate primary beam calibration is essential for precise brightness measurements in radio astronomy. The VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) faces challenges in calibration due to the offset Cassegrain optics used in ...
Emil Polisensky +3 more
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THE ROLE OF ASTRONOMY TOURISM IN PROMOTING EGYPT [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2023 This study aims to increase the awareness about the astronomy tourism in Egypt which can be considered as a new and niche branch of tourism, as well as highlighting the potential resources of astronomy tourism in Egypt.
Merna TAREK +2 more
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CASA, the Common Astronomy Software Applications for Radio Astronomy [PDF]
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2022 CASA, the Common Astronomy Software Applications, is the primary data processing software for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Karl G.
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Social Network Analysis of Editorial Board Interlocking Phenomena from the Perspective of Astronomy and Astrophysics Journals [PDF]
International Journal of Information Science and Management, 2023 Editorial board members (EBMs) of journals play a pivotal role in authentic international scientific journals. Editorial Board Interlocking (EBI) phenomenon reflects the effectiveness and importance of the scholarly journal's editorial boards in various ...
Farshid Danesh +3 more
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High Performance W-stacking for Imaging Radio Astronomy Data: a Parallel and Accelerated Solution [PDF]
RAS Techniques and Instruments, 2023 Current and upcoming radio-interferometers are expected to produce volumes of data of increasing size that need to be processed in order to generate the corresponding sky brightness distributions through imaging.
C. Gheller, G. Taffoni, D. Goz
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Climate Change and Astronomy: A Look at Long-term Trends on Maunakea [PDF]
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2022 Maunakea is one of the world’s primary sites for astronomical observing, with multiple telescopes operating over submillimeter to optical wavelengths. With its summit higher than 4200 m above sea level, Maunakea is an ideal location for astronomy, with a
M. V. van Kooten, Jonathan G. Izett
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Report on the ASTERICS projects CORELib and ROAst [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 Two projects included in the OBELICS work package of the ASTERICS cluster will be described: CORELib and ROAst. CORELib is a collection of simulated showers induced by primary cosmic rays and a common framework to produce and manage such large production.
Bozza Cristiano +3 more
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First tests of a 1 megapixel near-infrared avalanche photodiode array for ultra-low background space astronomy [PDF]
Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022 One of the primary goals of HgCdTe linear-mode avalanche photodiode arrays is to provide a 1kx1k pixels format, @15 μm pitch, near-infrared (0.9 to 2.5 μm) detector suitable for ultra-low background astronomical applications and long integration times ...
C. Claveau +12 more
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Digital Data Preservation for Scholarly Publications in Astronomy
International Journal of Digital Curation, 2008 Astronomy is similar to other scientific disciplines in that scholarly publication relies on the presentation and interpretation of data. But although astronomy now has archives for its primary research telescopes and associated surveys, the highly ...
Sayeed Choudhury +8 more
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Looking for the sun within the educational core standards: the Spanish case [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 Although Astronomy is engaging and motivating for both precollege and college students, it is often difficult to fit it in within the formal educational core standards. In this work, we present an analysis of the Spanish educational curricula for primary
Eff-Darwich Antonio +2 more
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