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We present a new method to subtract sky light from faint object observations with fiber-fed spectrographs. The algorithm has been developed in the framework of the phase A of OPTIMOS-EVE, an optical-to-IR multi-object spectrograph for the…

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We present the pulsar_spectra software repository, an open-source pulsar flux density catalogue and automated spectral fitting software that finds the best spectral model and produces publication-quality plots. The Python-based software…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-09 N. A. Swainston , C. P. Lee , S. J. McSweeney , N. D. R. Bhat

Interstellar diffuse bands are usually extracted from hot star spectra because they are characterized by smooth continua. It introduces a strong limitation on the number of available targets, and reduces potential studies of the IS matter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Hui-Chen Chen , Rosine Lallement , Carine Babusiaux , Lucky Puspitarini , Piercarlo Bonifacio , Vanessa Hill

Fabry-P\'erot interferometers (FPIs) have become very popular in solar observations because they offer a balance between cadence, spatial resolution, and spectral resolution through a careful design of the spectral sampling scheme according…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 C. J. Díaz Baso , L. Rouppe van der Voort , J. de la Cruz Rodríguez , J. Leenaarts

The Spitzer-South Pole Telescope Deep Field (SSDF) is a wide-area survey using Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) to cover 94 square degrees of extragalactic sky, making it the largest IRAC survey completed to date outside the Milky Way…

Aim: We present new extraction and identification techniques for supernova (SN) spectra developed within the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) collaboration. Method: The new spectral extraction method takes full advantage of photometric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Baumont , C. Balland , P. Astier , J. Guy , D. Hardin , D. A. Howell , C. Lidman , M. Mouchet , R. Pain , N. Regnault

In the future, optical stellar interferometers will provide true images thanks to larger number of telescopes and to advanced cophasing subsystems. These conditions are required to have sufficient resolution elements (resel) in the image…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Patru , N. Tarmoul , D. Mourard , O. Lardiere

A method for spatial deconvolution of spectra is presented. It follows the same fundamental principles as the ``MCS image deconvolution algorithm'' (Magain, Courbin, Sohy, 1998) and uses information contained in the spectrum of a reference…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Courbin , P. Magain , M. Kirkove , S. Sohy

We present a new solution for the dispersive element in astronomical spectrographs, which in many cases can provide an upgrade path to enhance the spectral resolution of existing moderate-resolution reflection-grating spectrographs. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Harland W. Epps , Judith G. Cohen , J. Christopher Clemens

Hyperspectral images enable precise identification of ground objects by capturing their spectral signatures with fine spectral resolution.While high spatial resolution further enhances this capability, increasing spatial resolution through…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-25 Ankur Garg , Meenakshi Sarkar , S. Manthira Moorthi , Debajyoti Dhar

Different types of spectroscopies, such as X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and Raman spectroscopy, play a very important role in analyzing the characteristics of different materials. In scientific literature, XANES/Raman data…

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We present the Swift Analysis Pipeline for Lightcurve Extraction (SAPLE), a semi-automated pipeline to extract the Swift-UVOT and Swift-XRT data products and spectral information (magnitudes, photon indices, and fluxes) for a set of…

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Hypergraph spectral analysis has emerged as an effective tool processing complex data structures in data analysis. The surface of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud and the multilateral relationship among their points can be naturally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Songyang Zhang , Shuguang Cui , Zhi Ding

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) enables low resolution slitless spectroscopic imaging in the three channels. The most-used modes are grism imaging with the WFC and the HRC at a resolution of 40 and 24 A/pixel, respectively. In the far…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Kuemmel , S. S. Larsen , J. R. Walsh

The methods and techniques for the slitless spectroscopy software aXe, which was designed to reduce data from the various slitless spectroscopy modes of Hubble Space Telescope instruments, are described. aXe can treat slitless spectra from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Martin Kümmel , Jeremy Walsh , Norbert Pirzkal , Harald Kuntschner , Anna Pasquali

The Low Resolution Spectrometer of the MIRI, which forms part of the imager module, will provide R~100 long-slit and slitless spectroscopy from 5 to 12 micron. The design is optimised for observations of compact sources, such as exoplanet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-10 S. Kendrew , S. Scheithauer , P. Bouchet , J. Amiaux , R. Azzolini , J. Bouwman , C. Chen , D. Dubreuil , S. Fischer , A. Glasse , T. Greene , P. -O. Lagage , F. Lahuis , S. Ronayette , D. Wright , G. S. Wright

Access to knowledge of the point spread function (PSF) of adaptive optics(AO)-assisted observations is still a major limitation when processing AO data. This limitation is particularly important when image analysis requires the use of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 A. Lau , R. JL. Fétick , B. Neichel , O. Beltramo-Martin , T. Fusco

We present a new algorithm for estimating the Point Spread Function (PSF) in wide-field astronomical images with extreme source crowding. Robust and accurate PSF estimation in crowded astronomical images dramatically improves the fidelity…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Brendt Wohlberg , Przemek Wozniak

Context: The technique of disentangling has been applied to numerous high-precision studies of spectroscopic binaries and multiple stars. Although, its possibilities have not yet been fully understood and exploited. Aims: Theoretical…

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We present the Spitzer Archival Far-InfraRed Extragalactic Survey (SAFIRES). This program produces refined mosaics and source lists for all far-infrared extragalactic data taken during the more than six years of the cryogenic operation of…