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Abridged : The various IBIS/ISGRI catalogues contain a large population of hard X-ray sources whose nature is still unknown. Even if the $>20$ keV positional uncertainty provided by ISGRI is unprecedented, it is still too large to pinpoint…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Jerome Rodriguez , John A. Tomsick , Arash Bodaghee

Infrared observations of stellar orbits about Sgr A* probe the mass distribution in the inner parsec of the Galaxy and provide definitive evidence for the existence of a massive black hole. However, the infrared astrometry is relative and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-08 Jeremy Darling , Jennie Paine , Mark J. Reid , Karl M. Menten , Shoko Sakai , Andrea Ghez

Thanks to the INTEGRAL satellite the way of looking at the hard X-ray sky above 20 keV has changed substantially. Through the unique imaging and spectroscopy capabilities of the IBIS instrument that has formed the basis of the INTEGRAL…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Parisi , N. Masetti

We report results of a new analysis of a deep 95 mu imaging survey with the photo-polarimeter ISOPHOT on board the Infrared Space Observatory, over a half square degree area within the Lockman Hole. To this end we exploit a newly developed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Rodighiero , C. Lari , A. Franceschini , A. Gregnanin , D. Fadda

We present a new infrared survey covering the three Euclid deep fields and four other Euclid calibration fields using Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). We have combined these new observations with all relevant IRAC archival data of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 Andrea Moneti , H. J. McCracken , M. Shuntov , O. B. Kauffmann , P. Capak , I. Davidzon , O. Ilbert , C. Scarlata , S. Toft , J. Weaver , R. Chary , J. Cuby , A. L. Faisst , D. C. Masters , C. McPartland , B. Mobasher , D. B. Sanders , R. Scaramella , D. Stern , I. Szapudi , H. Teplitz , L. Zalesky , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , S. Brau-Nogue , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , A. Costille , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Farrens , S. Ferriol , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , P. Hudelot , K. Jahnke , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , R. Kohley , M. Kuemmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , I. Lloro , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , F. Marulli , R. Massey , S. Maurogordato , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , S. M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , J. Rhodes , H. Rix , M. Roncarelli , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , P. Schneider , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , P. Tallada-Crespi , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , Y. Wang , N. Welikala , J. Weller , G. Zamorani , J. Zoubian , S. Andreon , S. Bardelli , S. Camera , J. Gracia-Carpio , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , G. Polenta , E. Romelli , F. Sureau , M. Tenti , T. Vassallo , A. Zacchei , E. Zucca , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolinez , F. Bernardeau , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , G. Castignani , C. Colodro-Conde , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Farina , F. Finelli , P. Flose-Reimberg , S. Fotopoulou , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , J. Garcia-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , I. Hook , B. Joachimi , V. Kansal , E. Keihanen , C. C. Kirkpatrick , V. Lindholm , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , R. Maoli , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , M. Maturi , R. B. Metcalf , G. Morgante , N. Morisset , A. Nucita , L. Patrizii , D. Potter , A. Renzi , G. Riccio , A. G. Sanchez , D. Sapone , M. Schirmer , M. Schultheis , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , R. Teyssier , O. Tubio , I. Tutusaus , J. Valiviita , M. Viel , H. Hildebrandt

High-resolution images of the hypercompact HII regions (HCHII) in W3 IRS 5 taken with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 1.3 and 0.7 cm are presented. Four HCHII regions were detected with sufficient signal-to-noise ratios to allow the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. L. Wilson , D. A. Boboltz , R. A. Gaume , S. T. Megeath

After more than 5.5 years of in flight lifetime, the ESA space observatory INTEGRAL is depicting a new scenario in the soft gamma Ray domain. With the observation and discovery of more than 400 hard X-Ray sources has changed our view of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Pietro Ubertini

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), owing to their great distances and compact sizes, serve as fundamental anchors for defining the celestial reference frame. With about 1.9 million AGNs observed in Gaia DR3 at optical precision comparable to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-05 Shilong Liao , Qiqi Wu , Ye Ding , Qi Xu , Zhaoxiang Qi

We present a multi-wavelength observational study of IRAS 17008-4040 and IRAS 17009-4042 to probe the star-formation (SF) mechanisms operational in both the sites. Each IRAS site is embedded within a massive ATLASGAL 870 micron clump (~2430…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-19 Lokesh K. Dewangan , Tapas Baug , Devendra K. Ojha , Swarna K. Ghosh

Precision measurements of the stars in short-period orbits around the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center are now being used to constrain general relativistic effects, such as the gravitational redshift and periapse precession.…

Astronomical spectrographs require frequency calibration through sources like hollow-cathode lamps or absorption-gas cells. Laser frequency combs (LFCs) provide highest accuracy but are facing operational challenges. We aim to provide a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-05 Ansgar Reiners , Michael Debus , Sebastian Schäfer , Eberhard Tiemann , Mathias Zechmeister

We report VLBA polarimetric observations of the CSS sources 3C119, 3C318, and 3C343 at 5 and 8.4 GHz. The CSS source 3C119 has source rest-frame RM values up to ~10200 rad/m**2 in a region which coincides with a change in the direction of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Mantovani , A. Rossetti , W. Junor , D. J. Saikia , C. J. Salter

Context. The INTEGRAL observatory operating in a hard X-ray/gamma domain has gathered a large observational data set over nine years starting in 2003. Most of the observing time was dedicated to the Galactic source population study, making…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-18 R. Krivonos , S. Tsygankov , A. Lutovinov , M. Revnivtsev , E. Churazov , R. Sunyaev

We present here results on the source location accuracy of the INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI coded mask telescope, based on ten years of INTEGRAL data and on recent developments in the data analysis procedures. Data were selected and processed with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-28 A. Gros , A. Goldwurm , S. Soldi , D. Gotz , I. Caballero , F. Mattana , J. A. Zurita Heras

Intensity interferometry permits very long optical baselines and the observation of sub-milliarcsecond structures. Using planned kilometric arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes at short wavelengths, intensity interferometry may increase the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Dainis Dravins , Hannes Jensen , Stephan LeBohec , Paul D. Nuñez

In this paper we report on the third soft gamma-ray source catalog obtained with the IBIS/ISGRI gamma-ray imager on board the INTEGRAL satellite. The scientific dataset is based on more than 40 Ms of high quality observations performed…

Gaia DR2 published positions, parallaxes and proper motions for an unprecedented 1,331,909,727 sources, revolutionising the field of Galactic dynamics. We complement this data with the Astrometry Spread Function (ASF), the expected…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-18 Andrew Everall , Douglas Boubert , Sergey E. Koposov , Leigh Smith , Berry Holl

We present positions and fluxes of point sources found in the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) images of the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) at 6.7 and 15 micron. We have constructed algorithmically selected ``complete'' flux-limited samples of 19…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The ISO-HDF Consortium , : , Pippa Goldschmidt

We present the third installment of the Yale/San Juan Southern Proper Motion Catalog, SPM3. Absolute proper motions, positions, and photographic B,V photometry are given for roughly 10.7 million objects, primarily stars, down to a magnitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. M. Girard , D. I. Dinescu , W. F. van Altena , I. Platais , D. G. Monet , C. E. Lopez

Hard X-ray imaging of the Galactic plane by the INTEGRAL satellite is uncovering large numbers of 20-100 keV "IGR" sources. We present results from Chandra, INTEGRAL, optical, and IR observations of 4 IGR sources: 3 sources in the Norma…