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The Arecibo Ultra Deep Survey (AUDS) is a blind HI survey aimed at detecting galaxies beyond the local Universe in the 21-cm emission line of neutral hydrogen (HI). The Arecibo $L$-band Feed Array (ALFA) was used to image an area of…

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Building on the successful development of the 10 $\mu m$ HgCdTe detector arrays for the proposed NEOCam mission, the University of Rochester Infrared Detector team and Teledyne Imaging Systems are working together to extend the cutoff…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-19 Mario S. Cabrera , Craig W. McMurtry , Meghan L. Dorn , William J. Forrest , Judith L. Pipher , Donald Lee

The Array Camera for Optical to Near-IR Spectrophotometry, or ARCONS, is a camera based on Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs), a new technology that has the potential for broad application in astronomy. Using an array of MKIDs,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 J. C. van Eyken , M. J. Strader , A. B. Walter , S. R. Meeker , P. Szypryt , C. Stoughton , K. O'Brien , D. Marsden , N. K. Rice , Y. Lin , B. A. Mazin

Dynamic axial focusing functionality has recently experienced widespread incorporation in microscopy, augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), adaptive optics, and material processing. However, the limitations of existing varifocal tools continue…

We present an observational approach for the independent detection of the early optical emission of long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). For this purpose, we explore the potential of the Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST). This array of small…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-25 Iftach Sadeh

The Evryscope is a telescope array designed to open a new parameter space in optical astronomy, detecting short timescale events across extremely large sky areas simultaneously. The system consists of a 780 MPix 22-camera array with an 8150…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Jeffrey K. Ratzloff , Nicholas M. Law , Octavi Fors , Henry T. Corbett , Ward S. Howard , Daniel del Ser , Joshua Haislip

The Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) 80 cm telescope is a new generation near-infrared (NIR) facility in China dedicated to time-domain astronomy, while also serving as a testbed for emerging NIR cameras. Commissioned in October 2024 at the…

ArTeMiS is a wide-field submillimeter camera operating at three wavelengths simultaneously (200, 350 and 450 microns). A preliminary version of the instrument equipped with the 350 microns focal plane, has been successfully installed and…

The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a design concept for a next-generation UHECR observatory, addressing the requirements for a large-area, low-cost detector suitable for measuring the properties of…

We present the technical design, construction and testing of the Colibri telescope array at Elginfield Observatory near London, Ontario, Canada. Three 50-cm telescopes are arranged in a triangular array and are separated by 110-160 metres.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-13 M. J. Mazur , S. Metchev , R. A. Brown , R. Gupta , R. Bloch , T. Mills , E. Pass

Radio interferometers provide the means to perform the wide-field-of-view (FoV), high-sensitivity observations required for modern radio surveys. As computing power per cost has decreased, there has been a move towards larger arrays of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Yunpeng Men , Ewan Barr , Amit Bansod , Weiwei Chen , Jason Wu , John Antoniadis , Jan Behrend , Niclas Esser , Oliver Polch , Gundolf Wieching , Tobias Winchen

Technical description of the new project called All Sky Automated Survey and results of the tests of our prototype instrument are presented. The ultimate goal of this project is photometric monitoring of the large area of the sky with fully…

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ARCONS, the Array Camera for Optical to Near-infrared Spectrophotometry, was recently commissioned at the Coude focus of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory. At the heart of this unique instrument is a 1024-pixel…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Kieran O'Brien , Benjamin A. Mazin , Sean McHugh , Seth Meeker , Bruce Bumble

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) ATLAS is an optical ugriz survey aiming to cover ~4700deg^2 of the Southern sky to similar depths as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). From reduced images and object catalogues provided by the Cambridge…

A new 10 meter diameter telescope is being constructed for deployment at the NSF South Pole research station. The telescope is designed for conducting large-area millimeter and sub-millimeter wave surveys of faint, low contrast emission, as…

We are contructing an interferometric telescope, the Very Small Array, to study the cosmic microwave background on angular scales 0.2--4.5 degrees. The physical layout and electronic design of the telescope are optimised to give maximum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael E. Jones , P. F. Scott

The Orbiting Astronomical Satellite for Investigating Stellar Systems (OASIS) is a proposed space telescope with a 14 m inflatable primary reflector that will perform high spectral resolution observations at terahertz frequencies with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Siddhartha Sirsi , Yuzuru Takashima , Arthur Palisoc , Heejoo Choi , Jonathan W. Arenberg , Daewook Kim , Chistopher Walker

We present two novel designs for a telescope suitable for massively-multiplexed spectroscopy. The first is a very wide field Cassegrain telescope optimised for fibre feeding. It provides a Field Of View (FOV) of 2.5 degrees diameter with a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 L. Pasquini , B. Delabre , R. Ellis , T. de Zeeuw

A prototype system for the Permanent All Sky Survey (PASS) project is presented. PASS is a continuous photometric survey of the entire celestial sphere with a high temporal resolution. Its major objectives are the detection of all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. J. Deeg , R. Alonso , J. A. Belmonte , Keith Horne , K. Alsubai , A. C. Cameron , L. R. Doyle