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We use a newly developed observing mode on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), spatial scanning, to increase source sampling a thousand-fold and measure changes in source positions to a precision of 20--40…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Adam G. Riess , Stefano Casertano , Jay Anderson , John Mackenty , Alexei V. Filippenko

In the past six years, Betelgeuse has been in the news and drawn significant public interest. Starting in October 2019, Betelgeuse underwent a striking dimming event, fading from magnitude 0.5 to 1.7 by mid February 2020 a threefold…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-07 Priya Hasan

We conduct a rigorous examination of the nearby red supergiant Betelgeuse by drawing on the synthesis of new observational data and three different modeling techniques. Our observational results include the release of new, processed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-15 Meridith Joyce , Shing-Chi Leung , László Molnár , Michael J. Ireland , Chiaki Kobayashi , Ken'ichi Nomoto

A preliminary assessment of the in-flight radiometric calibration of the Hinode EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) is presented. This is done with the line ratio technique applied to a wide range of observations of the quiet Sun, active regions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 G. Del Zanna

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission aims to detect gravitational waves by interferometrically measuring the change of separation between free-falling test masses (TMs). LISA's interferometers must deliver pm/rtHz…

This paper presents a low-noise amplifier (LNA) that was developed for a new radio telescope comprised of 512 parabolic dish antennas. The LNA closely interfaces to a custom-made antenna feed with an impedance co-designed to provide noise…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-23 Mark Lai , Vincent MacKay , Dallas Wulf , Peter Shmerko , Leonid Belostotski

We use the Very Large Array (VLA) in the A configuration with the Pie Town (PT) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) antenna to spatially resolve the extended atmosphere of Betelgeuse over multiple epochs at 0.7, 1.3, 2.0, 3.5, and 6.1 cm. The…

We present the largest submillimeter images that have been made of the extragalactic sky. The Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS) is a survey of 660 deg$^2$ with the PACS and SPIRE cameras in five photometric bands:…

We present absolute parallaxes and relative proper motions for five AM CVn stars, which we obtained using the Fine Guidance Sensors on board the Hubble Space Telescope. Our parallax measurements translate into distances d(AM CVn)=606+135-93…

A new reduction of the astrometric data as produced by the Hipparcos mission has been published, claiming that the accuracies for nearly all stars brighter than magnitude $\mathrm{Hp}=8$ are improved, by up to a factor 4, compared to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-03-28 Floor van Leeuwen

We present updated empirical radio surface-brightness-to-diameter ($\Sigma-D$) relation for supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy. Our original calibration sample of Galactic SNRs with independently determined distances (Pavlovic et al.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-31 M. Z. Pavlović , A. Dobardžić , B. Vukotić , D. Urošević

Context. The mass-loss mechanism of cool massive evolved stars is poorly understood. The proximity of Betelgeuse makes it an appealing target to study its atmosphere, map the shape of its envelope, and follow the structure of its wind from…

Supernova H0pe is a multiply-imaged Type Ia supernova (SN~Ia) and the second lensed SN to yield a measurement of the Hubble constant by the time-delay cosmography method, finding $H_0 = 75.4^{+8.1}_{-5.5} \text{km s}^{-1} \text{Mpc}^{-1}$…

We report the results of the measurement of the trigonometric parallax of an H$_2$O maser source in \r22 with the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA). The annual parallax was determined to be 0.314$\pm$0.070~mas, corresponding to a…

We present an improved measurement of the Hubble constant (H_0) using the 'inverse distance ladder' method, which adds the information from 207 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) at redshift 0.018 < z < 0.85 to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 E. Macaulay , R. C. Nichol , D. Bacon , D. Brout , T. M. Davis , B. Zhang , B. A. Bassett , D. Scolnic , A. Möller , C. B. D'Andrea , S. R. Hinton , R. Kessler , A. G. Kim , J. Lasker , C. Lidman , M. Sako , M. Smith , M. Sullivan , T. M. C. Abbott , S. Allam , J. Annis , J. Asorey , S. Avila , K. Bechtol , D. Brooks , P. Brown , D. L. Burke , J. Calcino , A. Carnero Rosell , D. Carollo , M. Carrasco Kind , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , T. Collett , M. Crocce , C. E. Cunha , L. N. da Costa , C. Davis , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , P. Doel , A. Drlica-Wagner , T. F. Eifler , J. Estrada , A. E. Evrard , A. V. Filippenko , D. A. Finley , B. Flaugher , R. J. Foley , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , L. Galbany , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , K. Glazebrook , S. González-Gaitán , D. Gruen , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , G. Gutierrez , W. G. Hartley , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , J. K. Hoormann , B. Hoyle , D. Huterer , B. Jain , D. J. James , T. Jeltema , E. Kasai , E. Krause , K. Kuehn , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , G. F. Lewis , T. S. Li , M. Lima , H. Lin , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , P. Martini , R. Miquel , P. Nugent , A. Palmese , Y. -C. Pan , A. A. Plazas , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , E. Sanchez , V. Scarpine , R. Schindler , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , R. Sharp , M. Soares-Santos , F. Sobreira , N. E. Sommer , E. Suchyta , E. Swann , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , D. Thomas , R. C. Thomas , B. E. Tucker , S. A. Uddin , V. Vikram , A. R. Walker , P. Wiseman

We have used the Very Large Array, linked with the Pie Town Very Long Baseline Array antenna, to determine astrometric positions of 19 radio stars in the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF). The positions of these stars were…

We report the discovery of a new two-image gravitational lens system from the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey, CLASS B2319+051. Radio imaging with the Very Large Array (VLA) and Multi-Element Radio-Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN) shows…

The increased sensitivity of future radio telescopes will result in requirements for higher dynamic range within the image as well as better resolution and immunity to interference. In this paper we propose a new matrix formulation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chen Ben-David , Amir Leshem

Radial motions of stars in nearby moving clusters are determined from accurate proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes, without any use of spectroscopy. Assuming that cluster members share the same velocity vector (apart from a random…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Madsen , D. Dravins , L. Lindegren