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Hammering with the telescope

open access: yesFrontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2022
The rapid pace in which various Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools are developed, both within the research community and outside of it, often discourages the involved researchers from taking time to consider potential consequences and applications of the technical advances, especially the unintended ones.
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Ultra-precise manufacturing of aspherical and freeform mirrors for high resolution telescopes

open access: yes, 2022
Paper 91510M, 10 S.Optical freeforms are increasingly gaining interest for optical systems like telescopes and spectrometers. This is a key topic of discussions for many years; however, the manufacturing process of freeform optics remains a challenging ...
Scheiding, S.   +5 more
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The LATT way towards large active primaries for space telescopes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Large Aperture Telescope Technology (LATT) goes beyond the current paradigm of future space telescopes, based on a deformable mirror in the pupil relay. Through the LATT project we demonstrated the concept of a low-weight active primary mirror, whose
Francesco d'Amato   +29 more
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To Upgrade a Telescope? [PDF]

open access: yesSymposium - International Astronomical Union, 1974
The effectiveness of existing telescopes can often be greatly enhanced through upgrading. Two important questions which should be answered in the planning stage are discussed, based on recent experience in upgrading two Lowell Observatory telescopes.
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From the Etna volcano to the Chilean Andes: ASTRI end-to-end telescopes for the Cherenkov telescope array [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the largest ground-based very high-energy gamma-ray detection observatory in the world with more than one hundred telescopes located in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (La Palma, Canary Islands and ...
Salvo Scuderi, SCUDERI, Salvatore
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To Telescope or Not To Telescope?

open access: yesRobotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education Proceedings, Vol 1, No 1, 2018
With the rapidly growing number of Internet-accessible and Internet-controlled research-grade telescopes becoming available, astronomy educators are rushing to create authentic research-programs for students that leverage these new resources. To date, the most successful programs are those that focus on upper-level science-focused students or highly ...
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Beam Maps of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) Measured With a Drone

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
We present beam measurements of the CHIME telescope using a radio calibration source deployed on a drone payload. During test flights, the pulsing calibration source and the telescope were synchronized to GPS time, enabling in-situ background subtraction
Will Tyndall   +18 more
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Observation Scheduling for a Network of Small-Aperture Telescopes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
: Over the past several years, a system for accepting, servicing and returning the results from a large number of imaging requests has been developed for use with automated optical telescopes.
A. R. Duncana B, Duncan, A. R.
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LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions

open access: yesInstruments
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is a world-leading astronomical observatory, where the Italian partnership has played an important role in increasing the telescope’s productivity, both through an optimized observing strategy and through peer-reviewed
Silvia Tosi   +5 more
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Mt. Dushak-Erekdag Observatory: A Chance to Close the Asian Gaps in WET Coverage

open access: yesOpen Astronomy, 2003
The Mt. Dushak-Erekdag Observatory (Central Asia, Turkmenistan, 58° E longitude) is located just in the longitudes gap of asteroseismological networks. It is the southernmost observatory of the former Soviet Union, its latitude is +38°. The sky seeing at
Dorokhova T. N., Dorokhov N. I.
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