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Telescopic Network of Zhulong for Orbit Determination and Prediction of Space Objects

open access: yesRemote Sensing
The increasing proliferation of space debris, intermittent space incidents, and the rapid emergence of massive LEO satellite constellations pose significant threats to satellites in orbit.
Xiangxu Lei   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

L’observatoire de Juvisy-sur-Orge, l’« univers d’un chercheur » à sauvegarder

open access: yesIn Situ, 2017
In 1882, Camille Flammarion was given a property at Juvisy-sur-Orge by one of his admirers. He transformed the house into an astronomical observatory and installed what was for its day advanced scientific equipment.
Colette Aymard, Laurence-Anne Mayeur
doaj   +1 more source

Software design for the control system for Small-Size Telescopes with single-mirror of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

open access: yes, 2015
The Small-Size Telescope with single-mirror (SST-1M) is a 4 m Davies-Cotton telescope and is among the proposed telescope designs for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). It is conceived to provide the high-energy ($>$ few TeV) coverage.
Bilnik, W.   +52 more
core   +1 more source

Extragalactic HI Surveys at Arecibo: the Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Starting in the 1970s, the Arecibo 305m telescope has made seminal contributions in the field of extragalactic spectroscopy. With the Gregorian upgrade completed in the late 1990s, the telescope acquired a field of view.
Emmanuel Momjian   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope [PDF]

open access: yesSPIE Optics + Photonics, 2002
The Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) is one of three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. It is designed to capture the early (∼1 min) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the 170–600 nm band as well
P. Roming   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Current Performance and On-Going Improvements of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope

open access: yes, 2004
An overview of the current status of the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope constructed and operated at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is presented.
Ando, Hiroyasu   +83 more
core   +1 more source

Plans for a 10-m Submillimeter-wave Telescope at the South Pole [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
A 10 meter diameter submillimeter-wave telescope has been proposed for the NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Current evidence indicates that the South Pole is the best submillimeter-wave telescope site among all existing or proposed ground-based ...
Carlstrom, John E.   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes

open access: yes, 2019
Adaptive Optics has become a key technology for the largest ground-based telescopes currently under or close to begin of construction. Adaptive optics is an indispensable component and has basically only one task, that is to operate the telescope at its ...
Hippler, Stefan
core   +1 more source

Cerenkov Events Seen by The TALE Air Fluorescence Detector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Telescope Array Low-Energy Extension (TALE) is a hybrid, Air Fluorescence Detector (FD) / Scintillator Array, designed to study cosmic ray initiated showers at energies above $\sim3\times10^{16}$ eV. Located in the western Utah desert, the TALE FD is
Abu-Zayyad, Tareq   +1 more
core  

The Dark Matter Telescope [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Weak gravitational lensing enables direct reconstruction of dark matter maps over cosmologically significant volumes. This research is currently telescope-limited.
DM Wittman   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

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