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We present new observations of the cosmic ultraviolet background (CUVB) at high Galactic latitudes ($|b| > 40^{\circ}$), made using the Alice UV spectrograph on board the New Horizons spacecraft. These observations were taken at about 57 AU…

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The structure of our Galaxy has been studied from ultraviolet (UV) star counts obtained with the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board the {\em AstroSat} satellite, in Far-UV (FUV) and Near-UV (NUV) bands. The F154W (BaF2) and…

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In November 2020, the Swift team announced a major update to the calibration of the UltraViolet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) data to correct for the gradual loss of sensitivity over time. Beginning in roughly 2015, the correction affected…

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At present, the precision of deep ultraviolet photometry is somewhat limited by the dearth of faint ultraviolet standard stars. In an effort to improve this situation, we present a uniform catalog of eleven new faint (u sim17) ultraviolet…

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The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomical Satellite is a scientific space mission carrying an astronomical telescope. The mission is led by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Israel Space Agency, while the camera in the focal…

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Radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most luminous objects in the Universe, emitting radiation from low-energy radio waves to high energy $\gamma$-rays. They are well known to exhibit flux variations at nearly all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-19 M. Reshma , C. S. Stalin , Amit Kumar Mandal , S. B. Gudennavar , Senorita Benedict , Prajwel Joseph

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…

We present the first comprehensive source catalog (UVIT DR1) of ultraviolet (UV) photometry in four far-UV (FUV $\sim$1300$-$1800 \AA) and five near-UV (NUV $\sim$2000$-$3000 \AA) filters of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Sonika Piridi , Ranjan Kumar , Divya Pandey , Ananta C. Pradhan

We present observations of GRB 050318 by the Ultra-Violet and Optical Telescope (UVOT) on-board the Swift observatory. The data are the first detections of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) afterglow decay by the UVOT instrument, launched…

Accurate photometric redshift (photo-$z$) estimates are essential to the cosmological science goals of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). In this work we use simulated photometry for mock galaxy catalogs…

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) is one of the seven payloads on board Aditya-L1 mission of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). SUIT provides full and partial disk images of the Sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength…

We describe the calibration status and data products pertaining to the GR2 and GR3 data releases of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). These releases have identical pipeline calibrations that are significantly improved over the GR1 data…

Deep Swift UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) imaging of the Chandra Deep Field South is used to measure galaxy number counts in three near ultraviolet (NUV) filters (uvw2: 1928 A, uvm2: 2246 A, uvw1: 2600 A) and the u band (3645 A). UVOT…

The Euclid mission will conduct an extragalactic survey over 15000 deg$^2$ of the extragalactic sky. The spectroscopic channel of the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) has a resolution of $R\sim450$ for its blue and red…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-21 Euclid Collaboration , K. Paterson , M. Schirmer , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , W. Gillard , L. A. Gutiérrez Soto , L. Guzzo , H. Hoekstra , T. Kitching , S. Paltani , W. J. Percival , M. Scodeggio , L. Stanghellini , P. N. Appleton , R. Laureijs , Y. Mellier , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , M. Baldi , R. Bender , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , L. Corcione , F. Courbin , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , X. Dupac , S. Ferriol , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , M. Kümmel , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Meneghetti , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , T. Nutma , C. Padilla , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , H. -W. Rix , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , B. Sartoris , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , T. Vassallo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , S. Bardelli , E. Bozzo , C. Colodro-Conde , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Farina , J. Graciá-Carpio , E. Keihänen , V. Lindholm , D. Maino , N. Mauri , V. Scottez , M. Tenti , E. Zucca , Y. Akrami , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. Biviano , A. S. Borlaff , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , A. R. Cooray , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , S. Davini , G. De Lucia , G. Desprez , J. A. Escartin , S. Escoffier , I. Ferrero , L. Gabarra , J. Garcia-Bellido , K. George , F. Giacomini , G. Gozaliasl , H. Hildebrandt , I. Hook , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , C. C. Kirkpatrick , L. Legrand , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , G. Mainetti , R. Maoli , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , R. B. Metcalf , P. Monaco , G. Morgante , S. Nadathur , L. Patrizii , J. Pollack , C. Porciani , D. Potter , M. Pöntinen , A. G. Sánchez , Z. Sakr , A. Schneider , E. Sefusatti , M. Sereno , A. Shulevski , J. Stadel , J. Steinwagner , C. Valieri , J. Valiviita , A. Veropalumbo , M. Viel , I. A. Zinchenko

Accurate primary beam calibration is essential for precise brightness measurements in radio astronomy. The VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) faces challenges in calibration due to the offset Cassegrain optics used in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-20 Emil Polisensky , Tracy E. Clarke , Simona Giacintucci , Wendy Peters

We report on results of the on-ground X-ray calibration of the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) built from novel lobster-eye micro-pore optics, onboard the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite. To fully characterize the instrumental performance…