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Opening up a new window of millimeter-wave observations that span frequency bands in the range of 30 to 500 GHz, survey half the sky, and are both an order of magnitude deeper (about 0.5 uK-arcmin) and of higher-resolution (about 10…

We present the image and catalogue of the 14.3 micron shallow survey of 0.55 square degrees in the region of the Lockman Hole (10h52m03s +57d21m46s, J2000) with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The data have been analyzed with the…

Pan-STARRS1 has carried out a set of distinct synoptic imaging sky surveys including the $3\pi$ Steradian Survey and the Medium Deep Survey in 5 bands ($grizy_{P1}$). The mean 5$\sigma$ point source limiting sensitivities in the stacked…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-31 K. C. Chambers , E. A. Magnier , N. Metcalfe , H. A. Flewelling , M. E. Huber , C. Z. Waters , L. Denneau , P. W. Draper , D. Farrow , D. P. Finkbeiner , C. Holmberg , J. Koppenhoefer , P. A. Price , A. Rest , R. P. Saglia , E. F. Schlafly , S. J. Smartt , W. Sweeney , R. J. Wainscoat , W. S. Burgett , S. Chastel , T. Grav , J. N. Heasley , K. W. Hodapp , R. Jedicke , N. Kaiser , R. -P. Kudritzki , G. A. Luppino , R. H. Lupton , D. G. Monet , J. S. Morgan , P. M. Onaka , B. Shiao , C. W. Stubbs , J. L. Tonry , R. White , E. Bañados , E. F. Bell , R. Bender , E. J. Bernard , M. Boegner , F. Boffi , M. T. Botticella , A. Calamida , S. Casertano , W. -P. Chen , X. Chen , S. Cole , N. Deacon , C. Frenk , A. Fitzsimmons , S. Gezari , V. Gibbs , C. Goessl , T. Goggia , R. Gourgue , B. Goldman , P. Grant , E. K. Grebel , N. C. Hambly , G. Hasinger , A. F. Heavens , T. M. Heckman , R. Henderson , T. Henning , M. Holman , U. Hopp , W. -H. Ip , S. Isani , M. Jackson , C. D. Keyes , A. M. Koekemoer , R. Kotak , D. Le , D. Liska , K. S. Long , J. R. Lucey , M. Liu , N. F. Martin , G. Masci , B. McLean , E. Mindel , P. Misra , E. Morganson , D. N. A. Murphy , A. Obaika , G. Narayan , M. A. Nieto-Santisteban , P. Norberg , J. A. Peacock , E. A. Pier , M. Postman , N. Primak , C. Rae , A. Rai , A. Riess , A. Riffeser , H. W. Rix , S. Röser , R. Russel , L. Rutz , E. Schilbach , A. S. B. Schultz , D. Scolnic , L. Strolger , A. Szalay , S. Seitz , E. Small , K. W. Smith , D. R. Soderblom , P. Taylor , R. Thomson , A. N. Taylor , A. R. Thakar , J. Thiel , D. Thilker , D. Unger , Y. Urata , J. Valenti , J. Wagner , T. Walder , F. Walter , S. P. Watters , S. Werner , W. M. Wood-Vasey , R. Wyse

The Galactic magnetar SGR1935+2154 has been reported to produce the first known example of a bright millisecond duration radio burst (FRB 200428) similar to the cosmological population of fast radio bursts (FRBs), bolstering the association…

We present the transient source detection efficiencies of the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF), parameterizing the number of transients that PTF found, versus the number of similar transients that occurred over the same period in the survey…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-16 C. Frohmaier , M. Sullivan , P. E. Nugent , D. A. Goldstein , J. DeRose

The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Diffuse Ionized Gas Survey (GDIGS) traces ionized gas in the Galactic midplane by measuring $4-8$GHz radio recombination line (RRL) emission. The nominal survey zone is $32.3^{\circ}> l >-5^{\circ}$,…

A fast-turnaround pipeline for realtime data reduction plays an essential role in discovering and permitting follow-up observations to young supernovae and fast-evolving transients in modern time-domain surveys. In this paper, we present…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Yi Cao , Peter E Nugent , Mansi M Kasliwal

The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite and the 2 Micron All Sky Survey have proven to be extremely useful…

A Low Humidity and Temperature Profiling (LHATPRO) microwave radiometer, manufactured by Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG), is used to monitor sky conditions over ESO's Paranal observatory in support of VLT science operations. In addition to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Florian Kerber , Richard R. Querel , Reinhard Hanuschik

Past millimeter-wave galaxy surveys have primarily probed the brightest starburst galaxies only and suffered heavily from confusion. The interpretation of existing surveys has also been hindered by the lack of reliable redshift indicators…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-05 Attila Kovács , Garrett K. Keating , Thomas R. Greve , Timothy Norton

We present the PANORAMIC survey, a pure parallel extragalactic imaging program with NIRCam observed during JWST Cycle 1. The survey obtained $\sim$530 sq arcmin of NIRCam imaging from 1-5$\mu$m, totaling $\sim$192 hours of science…

Robo-AO is the first autonomous laser adaptive optics system and science instrument operating on sky. With minimal human oversight, the system robotically executes large scale surveys, monitors long-term astrophysical dynamics and…

This paper presents new J and Ks data obtained from observations conducted at the ESO 3.5m New Technology Telescope using the SOFI camera. These data were taken as part of the ESO Imaging Survey Deep Public Survey (DPS) and significantly…

We present novel observations utilising the Cassini spacecraft to conduct an observing campaign for stellar astronomy from a vantage point in the outer solar system. By exploiting occultation events in which Mira passed behind the Saturnian…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-24 Paul N. Stewart , Peter G. Tuthill , Matthew M. Hedman , Philip D. Nicholson , James P. Lloyd

We present the Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey (MAGPIS), which maps portions of the first Galactic quadrant with an angular resolution, sensitivity and dynamic range that surpasses existing radio images of the Milky Way by more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-23 David J. Helfand , Robert H. Becker , Richard L. White , Adam Fallon , Sarah Tuttle

We present sensitivity estimates for point and resolved astronomical sources for the current design of the InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) on the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS, with TMT's adaptive optics system, will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Shelley A. Wright , Elizabeth J. Barton , James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , David Crampton , Luc Simard , IRIS team

The mid-infrared (IR) range contains many spectral features associated with large molecules and dust grains such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and silicates. These are usually very strong compared to fine-structure gas lines,…

Many of the transformative processes in the Universe have taken place in regions obscured by dust, and are best studied with far-IR spectroscopy. We present the Cryogenic-Aperture Large Infrared-Submillimeter Telescope Observatory…