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We present an unsupervised, data-driven framework for rapid characterisation of astronomical photometric time series using a Multi-Time Attention Network. The model learns time-aware latent representations directly from irregular, partial…

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We propose the implementation of an imaging telescope in combination with an inter-frequency calibrator to measure the spectral shape of the microwave sky by exploiting the differences in the sky intensity between multiple pairs of…

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We introduce new methods for robust high-precision photometry from well-sampled images of a non-crowded field with a strongly varying point-spread function. For this work, we used archival imaging data of the open cluster M37 taken by MMT…

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We broadly explore the effects of systematic errors on reverberation mapping lag uncertainty estimates from {\tt JAVELIN} and the interpolated cross-correlation function (ICCF) method. We focus on simulated lightcurves from random…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-15 Zhefu Yu , C. S. Kochanek , B. M. Peterson , Y. Zu , W. N. Brandt , E. M. Cackett , M. M. Fausnaugh , I. M. McHardy

We present a new method of interpolation for the pixel brightness estimation in astronomical images. Our new method is simple and easily implementable. We show the comparison of this method with the widely used linear interpolation and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-03 A. Popowicz , A. R. Kurek , Z. Filus

Intensity interferometry -- the correlation of spatially separated light intensities -- has historically been an important tool for precision optical astronomical observations. However, due to the extremely narrow field of view, its scope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-10 Ken Van Tilburg , Masha Baryakhtar , Marios Galanis , Neal Weiner

We present a method enabling the creation of constant-uncertainty/constant-significance light curves with the data of the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT). The adaptive-binning method enables more information to be encapsulated within the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 B. Lott , L. Escande , S. Larsson , J. Ballet

Measuring time delays between the multiple images of gravitationally lensed quasars is now recognized as a competitive way to constrain the cosmological parameters, and it is complementary with other cosmological probes. This requires long…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-21 M. Tewes , F. Courbin , G. Meylan

Upcoming astronomical surveys such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will rely on photometric classification to identify the majority of the transients and variables that they discover. We present a set of techniques for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Kyle Boone

The science goals for ground-based large-area surveys, such as the Dark Energy Survey, Pan-STARRS, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, require calibration of broadband photometry that is stable in time and uniform over the sky to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-12 David L. Burke , Abhijit Saha , Jenna Claver , T. Axelrod , Chuck Claver , Darren DePoy , Zeljko Ivezic , Lynne Jones , R. Chris Smith , Christopher W. Stubbs

This paper introduces a novel method for inter-camera color calibration for multispectral imaging with camera arrays using a consensus image. Capturing images using multispectral camera arrays has gained importance in medical, agricultural,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-14 Katja Kossira , Jürgen Seiler , André Kaup

Vast amounts of astronomical photometric data are generated from various projects, requiring significant effort to identify variable stars and other object classes. In light of this, a general, widely applicable classification framework…

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We present an efficient algorithm designed for and capable of detecting elongated, thin features such as lines and curves in astronomical images, and its application to the automatic detection of gravitational arcs. The algorithm is…

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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) vary in their brightness across all wavelengths. Moreover, longer wavelength ultraviolet - optical continuum light curves appear to be delayed with respect to shorter wavelength light curves. A simple way to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 David Starkey , Keith Horne , Carolin Villforth

Iterative projection algorithms are successfully being used as a substitute of lenses to recombine, numerically rather than optically, light scattered by illuminated objects. Images obtained computationally allow aberration-free…

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The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) observes most of the sky every night in search of dangerous asteroids. Its data are also used to search for photometric variability, where sensitivity to variability is limited by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 J. L. Tonry , L. Denneau , H. Flewelling , A. N. Heinze , C. A. Onken , S. J. Smartt , B. Stalder , H. J. Weiland , C. Wolf

Targeting at the realization of scalable photonic quantum technologies, the generation of many photons, their propagation in large optical networks, and a subsequent detection and analysis of sophisticated quantum correlations are essential…

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5 Galaxy Sample, we explore photometric morphology classification and redshift estimation of galaxies using photometric data and known spectroscopic redshifts. An unsupervised method,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yanxia Zhang , Lili Li , Yongheng Zhao

We have begun a large-scale photometric survey of nearby open clusters and star-forming regions, the Monitor project, aiming to measure time-series photometry for >10,000 cluster members over >10 sq.deg of sky, to find low-mass eclipsing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jonathan Irwin , Mike Irwin , Suzanne Aigrain , Simon Hodgkin , Leslie Hebb , Estelle Moraux

We propose a new method of constraining the redshifts of individual extragalactic sources based on celestial coordinates and their ensemble statistics. Techniques from integer linear programming are utilized to optimize simultaneously for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Benjamin C. G. Lee , Tamás Budavári , Amitabh Basu , Mubdi Rahman