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High Contrast and High Angular Imaging at Subaru Telescope

Adaptive Optics projects at Subaru Telescope span a wide field of capabilities ranging from ground-layer adaptive optics (GLAO) providing partial correction over a 20 arcmin FOV to extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) for exoplanet imaging. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-04 Olivier Guyon , Kyohoon Ahn , Masayuki Akiyama , Thayne Currie , Vincent Deo , Takashi Hattori , Tomoyuki Kudo , Julien Lozi , Yosuke Minowa , Yoshito Ono , Nour Skaf , Motohide Tamura , Vincent Vievard

AAO Starbugs: software control and associated algorithms

The Australian Astronomical Observatory's TAIPAN instrument deploys 150 Starbug robots to position optical fibres to accuracies of 0.3 arcsec, on a 32 cm glass field plate on the focal plane of the 1.2 m UK-Schmidt telescope. This paper…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Nuria P. F. Lorente , Minh V. Vuong , Keith Shortridge , Tony J. Farrell , Scott Smedley , Sungwook E. Hong , Carlos Bacigalupo , Michael Goodwin , Kyler Kuehn , Christophe Satorre

Some problems of developing astrophysical equipment and combining it with optical telescopes

The results of a study of the accuracy characteristics and image quality on the SAO RAS optical telescopes, Zeiss-1000 and BTA, using the recently developed "Telescope Analyzer" device are described: a method for determining the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-14 Edward Emelianov

The latest on Apertif

We describe a Phased Array Feed (PAF) system, called Apertif, which will be installed in the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). The aim of Apertif is, at frequencies from 1.0 to 1.7 GHz, to increase the instantaneous field of view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-12 Tom Oosterloo , Marc Verheijen , Wim van Cappellen

Overview of the SOFIA Data Processing System: A generalized system for manual and automatic data processing at the SOFIA Science Center

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an airborne astronomical observatory comprised of a 2.5-meter telescope mounted in the aft section of a Boeing 747SP aircraft. During routine operations, several instruments…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-18 R. Y. Shuping , R. Krzaczek , W. D. Vacca , M. Charcos-Llorens , W. T. Reach , R. Alles , M. Clarke , R. Melchiorri , J. Radomski , S. Shenoy , D. Sandel , E. B. Omelian

All Sky Camera, LIDAR and Electric Field Meter: auxiliary instruments for the ASTRI SST-2M prototype

ASTRI SST-2M is the end-to-end prototype telescope of the Italian National Institute of Astro- physics, INAF, designed to investigate the 10-100 TeV band in the framework of the Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA. The ASTRI SST-2M telescope has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Giuseppe Leto , Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez , Giancarlo Bellassai , Pietro Bruno , Maria Concetta Maccarone , Eugenio Martinetti

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Observing System

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Observing System (OS) is the data collector for the ZTF project to study astrophysical phenomena in the time domain. ZTF OS is based upon the 48-inch aperture Schmidt-type design Samuel Oschin Telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-13 Richard Dekany , Roger M. Smith , Reed Riddle , Michael Feeney , Michael Porter , David Hale , Jeffry Zolkower , Justin Belicki , Stephen Kaye , John Henning , Richard Walters , John Cromer , Alex Delacroix , Hector Rodriguez , Daniel J. Reiley , Peter Mao , David Hover , Patrick Murphy , Rick Burruss , John Baker , Marek Kowalski , Klaus Reif , Phillip Mueller , Eric Bellm , Matthew Graham , Shrinivas R. Kulkarni

The Durham Adaptive Optics Simulation Platform (DASP): Current status

The Durham Adaptive Optics Simulation Platform (DASP) is a Monte-Carlo modelling tool used for the simulation of astronomical and solar adaptive optics systems. In recent years, this tool has been used to predict the expected performance of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-26 Alastair Basden , Nazim Bharmal , David Jenkins , Timothy Morris , James Osborn , Peng Jia , Lazar Staykov

Development of the Arizona Robotic Telescope Network

The Arizona Robotic Telescope Network (ARTN) project is a long term effort to develop a system of telescopes to carry out a flexible program of PI observing, survey projects, and time domain astrophysics including monitoring, rapid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-06 Benjamin J. Weiner , David Sand , Paul Gabor , Chris Johnson , Scott Swindell , Petr Kubanek , Victor Gasho , Taras Golota , Buell Jannuzi , Peter Milne , Nathan Smith , Dennis Zaritsky

March of the Starbugs: Configuring Fibre-bearing Robots on the UK-Schmidt Optical Plane

The TAIPAN instrument, currently being developed for the Australian Astronomical Observatory's UK Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, makes use of the AAO's Starbug technology to deploy 150 science fibres to target positions on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Nuria P. F. Lorente , Minh Vuong , Christophe Satorre , Sungwook E. Hong , Keith Shortridge , Michael Goodwin , Kyler Kuehn

The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

FRAM (F/Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) is a robotic telescope operated at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina for the purposes of atmospheric monitoring using stellar photometry. As a passive system which does not produce…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-27 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , A. Aab , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , J. M. Albury , I. Allekotte , A. Almela , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Alves Batista , G. A. Anastasi , L. Anchordoqui , B. Andrada , S. Andringa , C. Aramo , P. R. Araújo Ferreira , J. C. Arteaga Velázquez , H. Asorey , P. Assis , G. Avila , A. M. Badescu , A. Bakalova , A. Balaceanu , F. Barbato , R. J. Barreira Luz , K. H. Becker , J. A. Bellido , C. Berat , M. E. Bertaina , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , T. Bister , J. Biteau , J. Blazek , C. Bleve , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , L. Bonneau Arbeletche , N. Borodai , A. M. Botti , J. Brack , T. Bretz , P. G. Brichetto Orchera , F. L. Briechle , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , S. Buitink , M. Buscemi , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caccianiga , F. Canfora , I. Caracas , J. M. Carceller , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , F. Catalani , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , M. Cerda , J. A. Chinellato , K. Choi , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , R. W. Clay , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , R. Colalillo , A. Coleman , M. R. Coluccia , R. Conceição , A. Condorelli , G. Consolati , F. Contreras , F. Convenga , D. Correia dos Santos , C. E. Covault , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , J. A. Day , R. M. de Almeida , J. de Jesús , S. J. de Jong , G. De Mauro , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , J. de Oliveira , D. de Oliveira Franco , F. de Palma , V. de Souza , E. De Vito , M. del Río , O. Deligny , A. Di Matteo , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , R. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , J. Ebr , R. Engel , I. Epicoco , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , H. Falcke , J. Farmer , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Feldbusch , F. Fenu , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , A. Filipčič , T. Fodran , M. M. Freire , T. Fujii , A. Fuster , C. Galea , C. Galelli , B. García , A. L. Garcia Vegas , H. Gemmeke , F. Gesualdi , A. Gherghel-Lascu , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giammarchi , M. Giller , J. Glombitza , F. Gobbi , F. Gollan , G. Golup , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , J. P. Gongora , J. M. González , N. González , I. Goos , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , M. Gottowik , T. D. Grubb , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , E. Guido , S. Hahn , P. Hamal , M. R. Hampel , P. Hansen , D. Harari , V. M. Harvey , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , G. C. Hill , C. Hojvat , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , J. Hulsman , A. Insolia , P. G. Isar , P. Janecek , J. A. Johnsen , J. Jurysek , A. Kääpä , K. H. Kampert , B. Keilhauer , J. Kemp , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , M. Köpke , N. Kunka , B. L. Lago , R. G. Lang , N. Langner , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , V. Lenok , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , D. Lo Presti , L. Lopes , R. López , L. Lu , Q. Luce , A. Lucero , J. P. Lundquist , A. Machado Payeras , G. Mancarella , D. Mandat , B. C. Manning , J. Manshanden , P. Mantsch , S. Marafico , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Mariş , G. Marsella , D. Martello , H. Martinez , O. Martínez Bravo , M. Mastrodicasa , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , E. Mayotte , P. O. Mazur , G. Medina-Tanco , D. Melo , A. Menshikov , K. -D. Merenda , S. Michal , M. I. Micheletti , L. Miramonti , S. Mollerach , F. Montanet , C. Morello , M. Mostafá , A. L. Müller , M. A. Muller , K. Mulrey , R. Mussa , M. Muzio , W. M. Namasaka , A. Nasr-Esfahani , L. Nellen , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , M. Niechciol , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , L. Nožka , A Nucita , L. A. Núñez , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , P. Papenbreer , G. Parente , A. Parra , M. Pech , F. Pedreira , J. Pękala , R. Pelayo , J. Peña-Rodriguez , E. E. Pereira Martins , J. Perez Armand , C. Pérez Bertolli , M. Perlin , L. Perrone , S. Petrera , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , V. Pirronello , M. Platino , B. Pont , M. Pothast , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , A. Puyleart , S. Querchfeld , J. Rautenberg , D. Ravignani , M. Reininghaus , J. Ridky , F. Riehn , M. Risse , V. Rizi , W. Rodrigues de Carvalho , J. Rodriguez Rojo , M. J. Roncoroni , M. Roth , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , P. Ruehl , S. J. Saffi , A. Saftoiu , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , J. D. Sanabria Gomez , F. Sánchez , E. M. Santos , E. Santos , F. Sarazin , R. Sarmento , C. Sarmiento-Cano , R. Sato , P. Savina , C. M. Schäfer , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , M. Schimassek , M. Schimp , F. Schlüter , D. Schmidt , O. Scholten , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schröder , S. Schröder , J. Schulte , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scornavacche , A. Segreto , S. Sehgal , R. C. Shellard , G. Sigl , G. Silli , O. Sima , R. Šmída , P. Sommers , J. F. Soriano , J. Souchard , R. Squartini , M. Stadelmaier , D. Stanca , S. Stanič , J. Stasielak , P. Stassi , A. Streich , M. Suárez-Durán , T. Sudholz , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , J. Šupík , Z. Szadkowski , A. Taboada , A. Tapia , C. Taricco , C. Timmermans , O. Tkachenko , P. Tobiska , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Travaini , P. Travnicek , C. Trimarelli , M. Trini , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , L. Vaclavek , M. Vacula , J. F. Valdés Galicia , L. Valore , E. Varela , V. Varma K. C. , A. Vásquez-Ramírez , D. Veberič , C. Ventura , I. D. Vergara Quispe , V. Verzi , J. Vicha , J. Vink , S. Vorobiov , H. Wahlberg , C. Watanabe , A. A. Watson , M. Weber , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , H. Wilczyński , T. Winchen , M. Wirtz , D. Wittkowski , B. Wundheiler , A. Yushkov , O. Zapparrata , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , L. Zehrer , A. Zepeda , R. Cunniffe , J. Eliášek , I. Ebrová , M. Jelínek , S. Karpov , P. Kubánek , M. Mašek

The Renovated Thacher Observatory and First Science Results

Located on the campus of the Thacher School in Southern California, the Thacher Observatory has a legacy of astronomy research and education that dates back to the late 1950's. In 2016, the observatory was fully renovated with upgrades…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-13 Jonathan J. Swift , Karina Andersen , Toby Arculli , Oakley Browning , Jeffrey Ding , Nick Edwards , Tomas Fanning , John Geyer , Grace Huber , Dylan Jin-Ngo , Ben Kelliher , Colin Kirkpatrick , Liam Kirkpatrick , Douglas Klink , Connor Lavine , George Lawrence , Yousef Lawrence , Feng Lin Cyrus Leung , Julien Luebbers , Justin Myles , Theo J. O'Neill , Jaime Osuna , Peter Phipps , Gazi Rahman , Teddy Rosenbaum , Holland Stacey , Piper Stacey , Hadrien Tang , Asher Wood , Alejandro Wilcox , Christopher R. Vyhnal , Grace Yang , Jennifer Yim , Yao Yin , Jack Zhang , Ryan J. Foley , Paul Gardner , Greg Stafford , David Rowe , Kevin Ivarsen , Richard Hedrick

Development of the new multi-beam receiver and telescope control system for NASCO

We report the current status of the NASCO (NAnten2 Super CO survey as legacy) project which aims to provide all-sky CO data cube of southern hemisphere using the NANTEN2 4-m submillimeter telescope installed at the Atacama Desert through…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-03 Atsushi Nishimura , Akio Ohama , Kimihiro Kimura , Daichi Tsutsumi , Yudai Matsue , Rin Yamada , Mariko Sakamoto , Kenta Matsunaga , Yutaka Hasegawa , Taisei Minami , Takeru Matsumoto , Kazuki Shiotani , So Okuda , Kakeru Fujishiro , Keisuke Sakasai , Masahiro Suzuki , Shun Saeki , Kouki Satani , Kousuke Urushihara , Chiharu Kato , Takashi Kondo , Kazuki Okawa , Daiki Kurita , Tetsuta Inaba , Shohei Maruyama , Masako Koga , Kenya Noda , Mikito Kohno , Hiroaki Iwamura , Yuki Hyoto , Yuichi Hori , Kaoru Nishikawa , Takeru Nishioka , Thoqin Pang , Hidetoshi Sano , Rei Enokiya , Satoshi Yoshiike , Shinji Fujita , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Kazufumi Torii , Takahiro Hayakawa , Akio Taniguchi , Kisetsu Tsuge , Yumiko Yamane , Yusuke Hattori , Takahiro Ohno , Shota Ueda , Sho Masui , Yasumasa Yamasaki , Hiroshi Kondo , Kazuji Suzuki , Kazuhiro Kobayashi , Yasunori Fujii , Yumi Fujii , Tetsuhiro Minamidani , Takeshi Okuda , Hiroaki Yamamoto , Kengo Tachihara , Toshikazu Onishi , Akira Mizuno , Hideo Ogawa , Yasuo Fukui

PASSATA - Object oriented numerical simulation software for adaptive optics

We present the last version of the PyrAmid Simulator Software for Adaptive opTics Arcetri (PASSATA), an IDL and CUDA based object oriented software developed in the Adaptive Optics group of the Arcetri observatory for Monte-Carlo end-to-end…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 G. Agapito , A. Puglisi , S. Esposito

Scanamorphos for the APEX-ArT\'eMiS 350-450 $\mu$m camera : description and user guide

Scanamorphos is public software initially developed to post-process scan observations performed with the Herschel photometer arrays. This post-processing mainly consists in subtracting the total low-frequency noise (both its thermal and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-25 Hélène Roussel

Adaptive Optics for Astronomy

Adaptive Optics is a prime example of how progress in observational astronomy can be driven by technological developments. At many observatories it is now considered to be part of a standard instrumentation suite, enabling ground-based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Davies , M. Kasper

LASSO: Large Adaptive optics Survey for Substellar Objects using the new SAPHIRA detector on Robo-AO

We report on initial results from the largest infrared AO direct imaging survey searching for wide orbit (>100 AU) massive exoplanets and brown dwarfs as companions around young nearby stars using Robo-AO at the 2.1-m telescope on Kitt…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-26 Maissa Salama , James Ou , Christoph Baranec , Michael C. Liu , Brendan P. Bowler , Reed Riddle , Dmitry Duev , Donald Hall , Dani Atkinson , Sean Goebel , Mark Chun , Shane Jacobson , Charles Lockhart , Eric Warmbier , Shrinivas Kulkarni , Nicholas M. Law

Photometry with the new 1.5-meter telescope of the Rozhen Observatory

The new 1.5~m telescope (AZ1500) is operating at the National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen, Bulgaria. This paper gives an overview of the telescope and presents a snapshot of the current performance. Science observations are under way,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 E. Semkov , N. Petrov , M. Minev , M. Moyseev , D. Marchev , E. Ovcharov , J. Marti , I. E. Dimitrova , R. K. Zamanov

A multi-wavelength pipeline for pulsar searches

Pulsar studies in the recent years have shown, more than others, to have benefited from a multi-wavelength approach. The INAF - Astronomical Observatory in Cagliari (INAF-OAC) is a growing facility with a young group devoted to pulsar and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-05 Maura Pilia , Alessio Trois , Matteo Bachetti , Alberto Pellizzoni , Giuseppe Atzeni , Elise Egron , Maria Noemi Iacolina , Sara Loru , Antonio Poddighe , Valentina Vacca

On-The-Fly Observing System of the Nobeyama 45-m and ASTE 10-m Telescopes

We have developed spectral line On-The-Fly (OTF) observing mode for the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45-m and the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment 10-m telescopes. Sets of digital autocorrelation spectrometers are available for OTF…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Tsuyoshi Sawada , Norio Ikeda , Kazuyoshi Sunada , Nario Kuno , Takeshi Kamazaki , Koh-Ichiro Morita , Yasutaka Kurono , Norikazu Koura , Katsumi Abe , Sachiko Kawase , Jun Maekawa , Osamu Horigome , Kiyohiko Yanagisawa