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The VLBI Global Observing System, which is the next generation of geodetic VLBI and is called VGOS, observes simultaneously at four frequency bands in the range 3.0--10.7 GHz (expected to be extended to 14 GHz). Because source structure…

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This paper introduces a new instrument enabling a novel combination of Earth measuring techniques: direct observations with the radio astronomical instruments to satellites of the global navigation satellite systems. Inter-technique biases…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-03-26 Lucia McCallum , David Schunck , Jamie McCallum , Tiege McCarthy

The canonical observation mode for IACT gamma-ray observations employs four discrete pointings in the cardinal directions (the "wobble" mode). For the VERITAS Observatory, the target source is offset by 0.5-0.7 degrees from the camera…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Gary Finnegan

Very Long Baseline Interferometric (VLBI) observations of quasar jets enable one to measure many theoretically expected effects. Estimating the significance of observational findings is complicated by the correlated noise in the image…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-22 I. N. Pashchenko

Context and aims: The Onsala twin telescopes (OTT) are two 13 m telescopes located at the Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden. With dual linear polarized broad-band (3-14 GHz) receivers, they are part of the next generation Very Long…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-31 E. Varenius , F. Maio , K. Le Bail , R. Haas

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) at frequencies above 230 GHz with Earth-diameter baselines gives spatial resolution finer than the ${\sim}50 \mu$as "shadow" of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center, Sagittarius A* (Sgr…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Daniel C. M. Palumbo , Sheperd S. Doeleman , Michael D. Johnson , Katherine L. Bouman , Andrew A. Chael

We have analysed archival VLA 8.4-GHz monitoring data of the gravitational lens system JVAS B1030+074 with the goal of determining the time delay between the two lensed images via the polarization variability. In contrast to the previously…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 A. D. Biggs

Geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) measures the group delay in the barycentric reference frame. As the Earth is orbiting around the Solar system barycentre with the velocity $V$ of 30 km/s, VLBI proves to be a handy tool to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-10 Oleg Titov , Hana Krasna

Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. The instrument employs a Fresnel-lens optical system and a…

We present R- and V-band photometry of the gravitational lens system QSO 0957+561 from five nights (one in 2000 January and four in 2001 March, corresponding to the approximate time-delay for the system) of uninterrupted monitoring at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. E. Ovaldsen , J. Teuber , R. Stabell , A. K. D. Evans

The International VLBI Service for Geodesy & Astrometry (IVS) regularly provides high-quality data to produce Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP), and for the maintenance and realization of the International Terrestrial and Celestial…

Since 1999 we carried out seven trial VLBI radar experiments under LFVN project. The aim of this work is to adjust new research technique for investigating the Solar system bodies (planets, asteroids, space debris). It is planned to obtain…

We consider the cross-correlation search for periodic GWs and its potential application to the LMXB Sco X-1. This method coherently combines data from different detectors at the same time, as well as different times from the same or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-21 John T. Whelan , Santosh Sundaresan , Yuanhao Zhang , Prabath Peiris

The VERITAS Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT) was augmented in 2019 with high-speed focal plane electronics to create a new Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII) observational capability (VERITAS-SII, or VSII). VSII…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-09 David B. Kieda , VERITAS Collaboration

Stellar occultations currently provide the most accurate ground-based measurements of the positions of natural satellites (down to a few kilometres for the Galilean moons). However, when using these observations in the calculation of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 M. Fayolle , V. Lainey , D. Dirkx , L. I. Gurvits , G. Cimo , S. J. Bolton

We present an overview and the first results from a large-scale pulsar timing programme that is part of the UTMOST project at the refurbished Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Radio Telescope (MOST) near Canberra, Australia. We currently…

An intercontinental metrological clock comparison between Italy and the Republic of Korea was performed by means of geodetic K-band VLBI observations. The comparison involved the hydrogen masers (H-masers) used at Medicina and Sejong radio…

We present optical I-band light curves of the gravitationally lensed double QSO B1600+434 from observations obtained at the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) between April 1998 and November 1999. The photometry has been performed by…

The UTMOST-NS pulsar timing programme operated at the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope from April 2021 to June 2023, observing 173 pulsars with an average cadence of 50 pulsars per day. An overview of the programme is presented,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 L. Dunn , C. Flynn , M. Bailes , Y. S. C. Lee , G. Howitt , A. Melatos , V. Gupta , A. Mandlik , A. Deller

The "Space VLBI 2020: Science and Technology Futures" meeting was the second in The Future of High-Resolution Radio Interferometry in Space series. The first meeting (2018 September 5--6; Noordwijk, the Netherlands) focused on the full…