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We describe a versatile pipeline for processing the data collected by the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board Indian Multi-wavelength astronomical satellite AstroSat.The UVIT instrument carries out simultaneous astronomical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 S. K. Ghosh , S. N. Tandon , S. K. Singh , D. S. Shelat , P. Tahlani , A. K. Singh , T. P. Srinivasan , P. Joseph , A. Devaraj , K. George , R. Mohan , J. Postma , C. S. Stalin

We reported the photometric calibration of Lunar-based Ultraviolet telescope (LUT), the first robotic astronomical telescope working on the lunar surface, for its first six months of operation on the lunar surface. Two spectral datasets…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-15 J. Wang , L. Cao , X. M. Meng , H. B. Cai , J. S. Deng , X. H. Han , Y. L. Qiu , F. Wang , S. Wang , W. B. Wen , C. Wu , J. Y. Wei , J. Y. Hu

The potential effect of the lunar exosphere on the near-ultraviolet sky background emission is predicted for Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT: a funded Chinese scientific payload for the Chang'e-III mission). Using the upper limit on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 J. Wang , J. S. deng , J. Cui , L. Cao , Y. L. Qiu , J. Y. Wei

The introduction of infrared arrays for lunar occultations (LO) work and the improvement of predictions based on new deep IR catalogues have resulted in a large increase in the number of observable occultations. We provide the means for an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 O. Fors , A. Richichi , X. Otazu , J. Nunez

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

The Tianlai project is a 21cm intensity mapping experiment aimed at detecting dark energy by measuring the baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) features in the large scale structure power spectrum. This experiment provides an opportunity to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-05 Shifan Zuo , Jixia Li , Yichao Li , Das Santanu , Albert Stebbins , Kiyoshi W. Masui , Richard Shaw , Jiao Zhang , Fengquan Wu , Xuelei Chen

We present a new Python pipeline for processing data from astronomical long-slit spectroscopy observations recorded with CCD detectors. The pipeline is designed to aim for simplicity, manual execution, transparency and robustness. The goal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-02 Kostas Valeckas , Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo , Jens-Kristian Krogager , Kasper Elm Heintz

Tianyu telescope, an one-meter robotic optical survey instrument to be constructed in Lenghu, Qinghai, China, is designed for detecting transiting exoplanets, variable stars and transients. It requires a highly automated, optimally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-16 Yicheng Rui , Yifan Xuan , Shuyue Zheng , Kexin Li , Kaiming Cui , Kai Xiao , Jie Zheng , Jun Kai Ng , Hongxuan Jiang , Fabo Feng , Qinghui Sun

The Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) is a dedicated photometric surveying facility built jointly by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO). Since many of its scientific…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-26 Minxuan Cai , Zelin Xu , Lulu Fan , Zhen Wan , Binyang Liu , Xu Kong , Weida Hu , Lei Hu , Qing-feng Zhu , Guoliang Li , Jie Lin , Min Fang , Ji-an Jiang , Yongquan Xue , Xianzhong Zhen , Tinggui Wang

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-meter survey telescope continuously observing towards the zenith in the SDSS g', r', and i' bands. This survey telescope is designed to detect various astrophysical transients (for…

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is a 6U NASA CubeSat carrying on-board a low-resolution, near-ultraviolet (2479-3306 A) spectrograph. It has a Cassegrain telescope with a rectangular primary to maximize the collecting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 A. G. Sreejith , Luca Fossati , S. Ambily , Arika Egan , Nicholas Nell , Kevin France , Brian T. Fleming , Stephanie Haas , Michael Chambliss , Nicholas DeCicco , Manfred Steller

The primary task of the 1.26-m telescope jointly operated by the National Astronomical Observatory and Guangzhou University is photometric observations of the g, r, and i bands. A data processing pipeline system was set up with mature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Weirong Huang , Zhou Xie , Wenjie Zhong , Ying Mei , Hui Deng , Yingbo Liu , Feng Wang

We here report the photometric performance of Lunar-based Ultraviolet telescope (LUT), the first robotic telescope working on the Moon, for its 18-months operation. In total, 17 IUE standards have been observed in 51 runs until June 2015,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 J. Wang , X. M. Meng , X. H. Han , H. B. Cai , L. Cao , J. S. Deng , Y. L. Qiu , S. Wang , J. Y. Wei , J. Y. Hu

The Antarctic TianMu Staring Observation Program is a time-domain optical sky survey project carried out in Antarctica, capable of large sky coverage, high-cadence sampling, and long-period staring. It utilizes the exceptional observing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Hubiao Niu , Jing Zhong , Yu Zhang , Jianchun Shi , Rui Rong , Jinzhong Liu , Shiyin Shen , Zhenghong Tang , Dan Zhou

We present flame, a pipeline for reducing spectroscopic observations obtained with multi-slit near-infrared and optical instruments. Because of its flexible design, flame can be easily applied to data obtained with a wide variety of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-29 Sirio Belli , Alessandra Contursi , Richard I. Davies

PHOTOMETRYPIPELINE (PP) is an automated pipeline that produces calibrated photometry from imaging data through image registration, aperture photometry, photometric calibration, and target identification with only minimal human interaction.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-06 Michael Mommert

LuSEE-Night is a pathfinder radio telescope on the lunar far side employing four 3-m monopole antennas arranged as two horizontal cross pseudo-dipoles on a rotational stage and sensitive to the radio sky in the 1-50 MHz frequency band.…

(Abridged) Lunar occultations (LO) are a very efficient and powerful technique, that achieves the best combination of high angular resolution and sensitivity possible today at near-infrared wavelengths. Given that the events are fixed in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 A. Richichi , O. Fors , W-P. Chen , E. Mason

This paper describes the VIS Processing Function (VIS PF) of the Euclid ground segment pipeline, which processes and calibrates raw data from the VIS camera. We present the algorithms used in each processing element, along with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-12 Euclid Collaboration , H. J. McCracken , K. Benson , C. Dolding , T. Flanet , C. Grenet , O. Herent , P. Hudelot , C. Laigle , G. Leroy , P. Liebing , R. Massey , S. Mottet , R. Nakajima , H. N. Nguyen-Kim , J. W. Nightingale , J. Skottfelt , L. C. Smith , F. Soldano , E. Vilenius , M. Wander , M. von Wietersheim-Kramsta , M. Akhlaghi , H. Aussel , S. Awan , R. Azzollini , A. Basset , G. P. Candini , P. Casenove , M. Cropper , H. Hoekstra , H. Israel , A. Khalil , K. Kuijken , Y. Mellier , L. Miller , S. -M. Niemi , M. J. Page , K. Paterson , M. Schirmer , N. A. Walton , A. Zacchei , J. P. L. G. Barrios , T. Erben , R. Hayes , J. A. Kegerreis , D. J. Lagattuta , A. Lançon , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , S. Andreon , P. N. Appleton , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , S. Bardelli , P. Battaglia , A. N. Belikov , R. Bender , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Cañas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , A. Da Silva , R. da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , H. Dole , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. George , W. Gillard , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , G. D. Racca , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , B. Rusholme , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , J. A. Schewtschenko , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , A. Spurio Mancini , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , I. A. Zinchenko , E. Zucca , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , M. Calabrese , A. Cappi , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , L. Gabarra , M. Huertas-Company , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. Benoist , P. Bergamini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , L. Bisigello , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , F. Cogato , S. Conseil , A. R. Cooray , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. -A. Duc , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , A. G. Ferrari , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , A. H. Gonzalez , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , L. Leuzzi , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , J. Macias-Perez , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , C. Murray , S. Nadathur , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Passalacqua , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. Reimberg , P. -F. Rocci , G. Rodighiero , R. P. Rollins , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , C. Scarlata , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , F. Shankar , A. Silvestri , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , G. Testera , M. Tewes , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , D. Scott

We present the TRansient Image Processing Pipeline (TRIPP), a transient and variable source detection pipeline that employs both difference imaging and light curve analysis techniques for astronomical data. Additionally, we demonstrate…

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