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Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

EUSO-TA is a ground-based experiment, placed at Black Rock Mesa of the Telescope Array site as a part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. The UV fluorescence imaging telescope with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Z. Plebaniak , M. Przybylak , D. Barghini , M. Bertaina , F. Bisconti , M. Casolino , D. Gardiol , R. Lipiec , L. W. Piotrowski , K. Shinozaki , J. Szabelski

Prospect for UV observations from the Moon. III. Assembly and ground calibration of Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI)

The Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a near-ultraviolet (NUV) telescope with all-spherical mirrors, designed and built to fly as a scientific payload on a lunar mission with Team Indus - the original Indian entry to the Google…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-02 Joice Mathew , B. G. Nair , Margarita Safonova , S. Sriram , Ajin Prakash , Mayuresh Sarpotdar , S. Ambily , Nirmal K. , A. G. Sreejith , Jayant Murthy , P. U. Kamath , S. Kathiravan , B. R. Prasad , Noah Brosch , Norbert Kappelmann , Nirmal Suraj Gadde , Rahul Narayan

The Spectroscopy of Plasma Evolution from Astrophysical Radiation Mission

The Spectroscopy of Plasma Evolution from Astrophysical Radiation (or the Far-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph) instruments, flown aboard the STSAT-1 satellite mission, have provided the first large-area spectral mapping of the cosmic far…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Edelstein , K. W. Min , W. Han , E. J. Korpela , K. Nishikida , B. Y. Welsh , C. Heiles , J. Adolfo , M. Bowen , W. M. Feuerstein , K. McKee , J. -T. Lim , K. Ryu , J. -H. Shinn , U. -W. Nam , J. -H. Park , I. -S. Yuk , H. Jin , K. I Seon , D. H. Lee , E. Sim

Euclid. II. The VIS Instrument

This paper presents the specification, design, and development of the Visible Camera (VIS) on the ESA Euclid mission. VIS is a large optical-band imager with a field of view of 0.54 deg^2 sampled at 0.1" with an array of 609 Megapixels and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , M. S. Cropper , A. Al-Bahlawan , J. Amiaux , S. Awan , R. Azzollini , K. Benson , M. Berthe , J. Boucher , E. Bozzo , C. Brockley-Blatt , G. P. Candini , C. Cara , R. A. Chaudery , R. E. Cole , P. Danto , J. Denniston , A. M. Di Giorgio , B. Dryer , J. -P. Dubois , J. Endicott , M. Farina , E. Galli , L. Genolet , J. P. D. Gow , P. Guttridge , M. Hailey , D. Hall , C. Harper , H. Hoekstra , A. D. Holland , B. Horeau , D. Hu , R. E. James , A. Khalil , R. King , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , C. Larcheveque , A. Lawrenson , P. Liebing , S. J. Liu , J. Martignac , R. Massey , H. J. McCracken , L. Miller , N. Murray , R. Nakajima , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , S. Paltani , A. Pendem , A. Philippon , C. Plana , P. Pool , S. Pottinger , G. D. Racca , J. Rhodes , A. Rousseau , K. Ruane , M. Salatti , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Sciortino , A. Short , J. Skottfelt , S. J. A. Smit , I. Swindells , M. Szafraniec , P. D. Thomas , W. Thomas , E. Tommasi , S. Tosti , F. Visticot , D. M. Walton , G. Willis , B. Winter , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , H. Aussel , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , R. Bender , F. Bernardeau , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , R. Casas , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Crocce , J. -G. Cuby , J. -C. Cuillandre , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , J. Dinis , C. Dolding , M. Douspis , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , M. Fabricius , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , P. -A. Frugier , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. V. H. Haugan , O. Herent , J. Hoar , M. S. Holliman , W. Holmes , I. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , S. Ilić , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , R. Laureijs , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , K. Paech , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , A. Renzi , G. Riccio , Hans-Walter Rix , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , B. Rusholme , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , J. A. Schewtschenko , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. -L. Starck , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , S. Wachter , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , R. Farinelli , F. Finelli , J. Gracia-Carpio , H. Israel , N. Mauri , H. N. Nguyen-Kim , A. Pezzotta , M. 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Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , E. Sarpa , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , J. Martín-Fleitas , D. Scott

A Stellar Population Synthesis Model for the Study of Ultraviolet Star Counts of the Galaxy

GALEX, the first all sky imaging UV satellite, has imaged a large part of the sky providing an excellent opportunity for studying UV star counts. The aim of our study is to investigate in detail the observed UV star counts obtained by GALEX…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-08 Ananta C. Pradhan , D. K. Ojha , A. C. Robin , S. K. Ghosh , John J. Vickers

Image calibration between the Extreme Ultraviolet Imagers on Solar Orbiter and the Solar Dynamics Observatory

To study and monitor the Sun and its atmosphere, various space missions have been launched in the past decades. With the rapid improvement in technology and different mission requirements, the data products are subject to constant change.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-23 Christoph Schirninger , Robert Jarolim , Astrid M. Veronig , Anna Jungbluth , Lilli Freischem , J. Emmanuel Johnson , Véronique Delouille , Laurent Dolla , Anne Spalding

The VLT Survey Telescope ATLAS

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) ATLAS is an optical ugriz survey aiming to cover ~4700deg^2 of the Southern sky to similar depths as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). From reduced images and object catalogues provided by the Cambridge…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-20 T. Shanks , N. Metcalfe , B. Chehade , J. R. Findlay , M. J. Irwin , E. Gonzalez-Solares , J. R. Lewis , A. Kupcu Yoldas , R. G. Mann , M. A. Read , E. T. W. Sutorius , S. Voutsinas

Imaging Spectropolarimeter for Multi-application Solar Telescope at Udaipur Solar Observatory: Characterization of polarimeter and preliminary observations

Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) is a 50 cm off-axis Gregorian telescope and started operational recently at Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO). For understanding the evolution and dynamics of solar magnetic and velocity fields, an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-07 Alok Ranjan Tiwary , Shibu K. Mathew , A. Raja Bayanna , P. Venkatakrishnan , Rahul Yadav

Optical design for CETUS: a wide-field 1.5m aperture UV payload being studied for a NASA probe class mission study

As part of a study funded by NASA Headquarters, we are developing a Probe-class mission concept called the Cosmic Evolution Through UV Spectroscopy (CETUS). CETUS includes a 1.5-m aperture diameter telescope with a large field-of-view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-17 Robert A. Woodruff , William C. Danchi , Sara R. Heap , Tony Hull , Stephen E. Kendrick , Lloyd R. Purvesb , Michael S. Rhee , Eric Mentzell , Brian Fleming , Marty Valente , James Burge , Ben Lewis , Kelly Dodson , Greg Mehle , Matt Tomic

MILUV: A Multi-UAV Indoor Localization dataset with UWB and Vision

This paper introduces MILUV, a Multi-UAV Indoor Localization dataset with UWB and Vision measurements. This dataset comprises 217 minutes of flight time over 36 experiments using three quadcopters, collecting ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Mohammed Ayman Shalaby , Syed Shabbir Ahmed , Nicholas Dahdah , Charles Champagne Cossette , Jerome Le Ny , James Richard Forbes

ESO Imaging Survey. AXAF Field: Deep Optical-Infrared Observations, Data Reduction and Photometry

This paper presents ground-based data obtained from deep optical and infrared observations carried out at the ESO 3.5 New Technology Telescope (NTT) of a field selected for its low HI content for deep observations with AXAF. These data were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Rengelink , M. Nonino , L. da Costa , S. Zaggia , T. Erben , C. Benoist , A. Wicenec , M. Scodeggio , L. F. Olsen , D. Guarnieri , E. Deul , R. Hook , A. Moorwood , R. Slijkhuis

Inflight Performance and Calibrations of the Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope on board the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory

The Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST) on board the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) is the first payload to image the full solar disk and the solar corona in both white-light (WL) and ultraviolet (UV) H I Lya, extending up to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-06 Bo Chen , Li Feng , Guang Zhang , Hui Li , Lingping He , Kefei Song , Quanfeng Guo , Ying Li , Yu Huang , Jingwei Li , Jie Zhao , Jianchao Xue , Gen Li , Guanglu Shi , Dechao Song , Lei Lu , Beili Ying , Haifeng Wang , Shuang Dai , Xiaodong Wang , Shilei Mao , Peng Wang , Kun Wu , Shuai Ren , Liang Sun , Xianwei Yang , Mingyi Xia , Xiaoxue Zhang , Peng Zhou , Chen Tao , Yang Liu , Sibo Yu , Xinkai Li , Shuting Li , Ping Zhang , Qiao Li , Zhengyuan Tian , Yue Zhou , Jun Tian , Jiahui Shan , Xiaofeng Liu , Zhichen Jing , Weiqun Gan

Optical design and polarimetric performance of a SmallSat UV polarimeter to study interstellar dust: PUFFINS

The Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features in INterStellar dust (PUFFINS) is a SmallSat mission concept designed to obtain ultraviolet (UV) spectropolarimetric observations to probe the interstellar dust grain properties and to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-04 Ramya M Anche , Hyukmo Kang , Kyle Van Gorkom , Dan Vargas , Haeun Chung , Ellie Spitzer , Meredith Kupinski , B-G Andersson , Geoff Clayton , Ewan S. Douglas , Luca Fossati , Victor Gasho , Sreejith Aickara Gopinathan , Erika Hamden , Thiem Hoang , Marcus Klupar , Ryan Lau , Alexandre Lazarian , Tram N Le , Joanna Rosenbluth , Ambily Suresh , Carlos J. Vargas

A Spherical Shells Model of Atmospheric Absorption for Instrument Calibration

We present a model for atmospheric absorption of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The initial motivation for this work is to predict this effect and correct it in Sounding Rocket (SR) experiments. In particular, the Full-sun Ultraviolet…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-02-17 Nicolas Donders , Genevieve Vigil , Adam Kobelski , Amy Winebarger , Larry Paxton , Charles Kankelborg , Gary Zank

Science with the World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet

The World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) will provide access to the UV range during the next decade. The instrumentation on board will allow to carry out high resolution imaging, high sensitivity imaging, high resolution (R~55000)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Ana I. Gomez de Castro , Isabella Pagano , Mikhail Sachkov , Alain Lecavelier , Giampaolo Piotto , Rosa Gonzalez , Boris Shustov

Stellar Imaging Coronagraph and Exoplanet Coronal Spectrometer: Two Additional Instruments for Exoplanet Exploration Onboard The WSO-UV 1.7 Meter Orbital Telescope

The World Space Observatory for Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) is an orbital optical telescope with a 1.7 m-diameter primary mirror currently under development. The WSO-UV is aimed to operate in the 115-310 nm UV spectral range. Its two major science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-18 Alexander Tavrov , Shingo Kameda , Andrey Yudaev , Ilia Dzyuban , Alexander Kiselev , Inna Shashkova , Oleg Korablev , Mikhail Sachkov , Jun Nishikawa , Motohide Tamura , Go Murakami , Keigo Enya , Masahiro Ikoma , Norio Narita

Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS Detector System

The SOXS spectrograph, designed for the ESO NTT telescope, operates in both the optical (UV-VIS: 350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) bands. This article provides an overview of the final tests conducted on the UV-VIS camera system using a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 R. Cosentino , M. Hernandez , H. Ventura , S. Campana , R. Claudi , P. Schipani , M. Aliverti , L. Asquini , A. Baruffolo , F. Battaini , Sagi Ben-Ami , A. Bichkovsky , G. Capasso , F. D'Alessio , P. D'Avanzo , O. Hershko , H. Kuncarayakti , M. Landoni , M. Munari , G. Pignata , A. Rubin , S. Scuderi , F. Vitali , D. Young , J. Achren , J. A. Araiza-Duran , I. Arcavi , A. Brucalassi , R. Bruch , E. Cappellaro , M. Colapietro , M. Della Valle , R. Di Benedetto , S. Di Filippo , S. D'Orsi , A. Gal-Yam , M. Genoni , J. Kotilainen , G. Li Causi , L. Marty , S. Mattila , M. Rappaport , K. Radhakrishnan , D. Ricci , M. Riva , B. Salasnich , S. Savarese , S. Smartt , R. Zanmar Sanchez , M. Stritzinger , M. Accardo , L. H. Mehrgan , D. Ives

VITRUV - Imaging close environments of stars and galaxies with the VLTI at milli-arcsec resolution

The VITRUV project has the objective to deliver milli-arcsecond spectro-images of the environment of compact sources like young stars, active galaxies and evolved stars to the community. This instrument of the VLTI second generation based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Fabien Malbet , Jean-Philippe Berger , Paulo Garcia , Pierre Kern , Karine Perraut , Myriam Benisty , Laurent Jocou , Emilie Herwats , Jean-Baptiste Lebouquin , Pierre Labeye , Etienne Le Coarer , Olivier Preis , Eric Tatulli , Eric Thiébaut

NUV Star Catalogue from the Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope Survey. First Release

We present a star catalogue extracted from the Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) survey program. LUT's observable sky area is a circular belt around the Moon's north pole, and the survey program covers a preferred area for about 2400…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Xian-Min Meng , Xu-Hui Han , Jian-Yan Wei , Jing Wang , Li Cao , Yu-Lei Qiu , Chao Wu , Jin-Song Deng , Hong-Bo Cai , Li-Ping Xin

On the prospects of cross-calibrating the Cherenkov Telescope Array with an airborne calibration platform

Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have made UAVs an attractive possibility as an airborne calibration platform for astronomical facilities. This is especially true for arrays of telescopes spread over a large area…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Anthony M. Brown