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Multi-purpose InSTRument for Astronomy at Low-resolution: MISTRAL@OHP

MISTRAL is the new Faint Object Spectroscopic Camera mounted at the folded Cassegrain focus of the 1.93m telescope of Haute-Provence Observatory. We describe the design and components of the instrument and give some details about its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-08 J. Schmitt , C. Adami , M. Dennefeld , F. Agneray , S. Basa , J. C. Brunel , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , C. Carvalho , G. Castagnoli , N. Grosso , F. Huppert , C. Moreau , F. Moreau , L. Moreau , E. Muslimov , S. Pascal , S. Perruchot , D. Russeil , J. L. Beuzit , F. Dolon , M. Ferrari , B. Hamelin , A. LevanSuu , K. Aravind , D. Gotz , E. Jehin , E. LeFloc'h , J. Palmerio , A. Saccardi , B. Schneider , F. Schüssler , D. Turpin , S. D. Vergani

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , K. Jahnke , W. Gillard , M. Schirmer , A. Ealet , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , R. Barbier , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , S. Dusini , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ligori , L. Martin , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , M. Trifoglio , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , B. Garilli , P. B. Lilje , H. -W. Rix , N. Auricchio , A. Balestra , J. -C. Barriere , P. Battaglia , M. Berthe , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , V. Capobianco , M. Carle , R. Casas , H. Cho , A. Costille , F. Ducret , S. Ferriol , E. Franceschi , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , I. Lloro , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , P. Strada , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , S. Anselmi , E. Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. Morris , C. Neissner , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , Y. Charles , R. Chary , J. Colbert , S. Contarini , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , B. De Caro , S. de la Torre , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Hosseini , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. Jacobson , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , V. Le Brun , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , L. Nicastro , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , B. Rusholme , M. Sahlén , A. G. Sánchez , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , J. A. Schewtschenko , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , A. Shulevski , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , M. Tucci , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. L. Bennett , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , S. Conseil , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , I. Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

Spectropolarimetry with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 610 MHz: a case study of two Southern Compact Group fields

We present 610 MHz spectropolarimetric images from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We discuss the properties of the GMRT's full-polarisation mode in detail and provide a technical characterisation of the instrument's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-02 J. S. Farnes , D. A. Green , N. G. Kantharia

Speckle observations of binary stars with a 0.5 m telescope

We present 36 observations of 17 visual binaries of moderate separation (range from 0.15'' to 0.79'') made with the 50 cm Cassegrain telescope of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. The speckle interferometry technique was combined with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Artur Rutkowski , Waclaw Waniak

Surveying the Bright Stars by Optical Interferometry I: A Search for Multiplicity Among Stars of Spectral Types F - K

We present the first results from an ongoing survey for multiplicity among the bright stars using the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI). We first present a summary of NPOI observations of known multiple systems, including the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Donald Hutter , Robert Zavala , Christopher Tycner , James Benson , Christian Hummel , Jason Sanborn , Otto G. Franz , Kenneth Johnston

Sub-milliarcsecond Optical Interferometry of the HMXB BP Cru with VLTI/GRAVITY

We observe the HMXB BP Cru using interferometry in the near-infrared K band with VLTI/GRAVITY. Continuum visibilities are at most partially resolved, consistent with the predicted size of the hypergiant. Differential visibility amplitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-04 GRAVITY Collaboration , I. Waisberg , J. Dexter , O. Pfuhl , R. Abuter , A. Amorin , N. Anugu , J. P. Berger , N. Blind , H. Bonnet , W. Brandner , A. Buron , Y. Clénet , W. de Wit , C. Deen , F. Delplancke-Ströbele , R. Dembet , G. Duvert , A. Eckart , F. Eisenhauer , P. Fédou , G. Finger , P. Garcia , R. Garcia Lopez , E. Gendron , R. Genzel , S. Gillessen , X. Haubois , M. Haug , F. Haussmann , Th. Henning , S. Hippler , M. Horrobin , Z. Hubert , L. Jochum , L. Jocou , P. Kervella , Y. Kok , M. Kulas , S. Lacour , V. Lapeyrère , J. -B. Le Bouquin , P. Lèna , M. Lippa , A. Mérand , E. Müller , T. Ott , L. Pallanca , J. Panduro , T. Paumard , K. Perraut , G. Perrin , S. Rabien , A. Ramírez , J. Ramos , C. Rau , R. -R. Rohloff , G. Rousset , J. Sanchez-Bermudez , S. Scheithauer , M. Schöller , C. Straubmeier , E. Sturm , F. Vincent , I. Wank , E. Wieprecht , M. Wiest , E. Wiezorrek , M. Wittkowski , J. Woillez , S. Yazici

The faint counterparts of MAMBO mm sources near the NTT Deep Field

We discuss identifications for 18 sources from our MAMBO 1.2mm survey of the region surrounding the NTT Deep Field. We have obtained accurate positions from Very Large Array 1.4GHz interferometry and in a few cases IRAM mm interferometry,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Dannerbauer , M. D. Lehnert , D. Lutz , L. Tacconi , F. Bertoldi , C. Carilli , R. Genzel , K. M. Menten

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope I: Introduction

MIRI (the Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)) operates from 5 to 28.5 microns and combines over this range: 1.) unprecedented sensitivity levels; 2.) sub-arcsec angular resolution; 3.) freedom from atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 G. H. Rieke , G. S. Wright , T. Boeker , J. Bouwman , L. Colina , Alistair Glasse , K. D. Gordon , T. P. Greene , Manual Guedel , Th. Henning , K. Justtanont , P. -O. Lagage , M. E. Meixner , H. -U. Norgaard-Nielsen , T. P. Ray , M. E. Ressler , E. G. van Dishoeck , C. Waelkens

LIINUS/SERPIL: a design study for interferometric imaging spectroscopy at the LBT

LIINUS/SERPIL is a design study to augment LBTs interferometric beam combiner camera LINC-NIRVANA with imaging spectroscopy. The FWHM of the interferometric main beam at 1.5 micron will be about 10 mas, offering unique imaging and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Csaba Gal , Francisco Mueller-Sanchez

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope: IV. The Low Resolution Spectrometer

The Low Resolution Spectrometer of the MIRI, which forms part of the imager module, will provide R~100 long-slit and slitless spectroscopy from 5 to 12 micron. The design is optimised for observations of compact sources, such as exoplanet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-10 S. Kendrew , S. Scheithauer , P. Bouchet , J. Amiaux , R. Azzolini , J. Bouwman , C. Chen , D. Dubreuil , S. Fischer , A. Glasse , T. Greene , P. -O. Lagage , F. Lahuis , S. Ronayette , D. Wright , G. S. Wright

A 33 GHz interferometer for CMB observations on Tenerife

We describe a new high sensitivity experiment for observing cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. The instrument is a 2-element interferometer operating at 33 GHz with a ~3 GHz bandwidth. It is installed on the high and dry Teide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. J. Melhuish , S. Dicker , R. D. Davies , C. M. Gutierrez , R. A. Watson , R. J. Davis , R. Hoyland , R. Rebolo

Brute-Force Mapmaking with Compact Interferometers: A MITEoR Northern Sky Map from 128 MHz to 175 MHz

We present a new method for interferometric imaging that is ideal for the large fields of view and compact arrays common in 21 cm cosmology. We first demonstrate the method with simulations for two very different low frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 H. Zheng , M. Tegmark , J. Dillon , A. Liu , A. R. Neben , S. Tribiano , R. Bradley , V. Buza , A. Ewall-Wice , H. Gharibyan , J. Hickish , E. Kunz , J. Losh , A. Lutomirski , E. Morgan , S. Morrison , S. Narayanan , A. Perko , D. Rosner , N. Sanchez , K. Schutz , M. Valdez , J. Villasenor , H. Yang , K. Zarb-Adami , I. Zelko , K. Zheng

Infrared interferometry to spatially and spectrally resolve jets in X-ray binaries

Infrared interferometry is a new frontier for precision ground based observing, with new instrumentation achieving milliarcsecond (mas) spatial resolutions for faint sources, along with astrometry on the order of 10 microarcseconds. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-06 Sera Markoff , David M. Russell , Jason Dexter , Oliver Pfuhl , Frank Eisenhauer , Roberto Abuter , James C. A. Miller-Jones , Thomas D. Russell

The James Webb Space Telescope Absolute Flux Calibration. III. Mid-Infrared Instrument Medium Resolution IFU Spectrometer

We describe the spectrophotometric calibration of the Mid-Infrared Instrument's (MIRI) Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This calibration is complicated by a time-dependent evolution in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-26 David R. Law , Ioannis Argyriou , Karl D. Gordon , G. C. Sloan , Danny Gasman , Alistair Glasse , Kirsten Larson , Leigh N. Fletcher , Alvaro Labiano , Alberto Noriega-Crespo

The angular diameter and distance of the Cepheid Zeta Geminorum

Cepheids are the primary distance indicators for extragalactic astronomy and therefore are of very high astrophysical interest. Unfortunately, they are rare stars, situated very far from Earth.Though they are supergiants, their typical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 P. Kervella , V. Coude du Foresto , G. Perrin , M. Schoeller , W. A. Traub , M. G. Lacasse

Interferometric Constraints on Spacelike Coherent Rotational Fluctuations

Precision measurements are reported of the cross-spectrum of rotationally-induced differential position displacements in a pair of colocated 39 m long, high power Michelson interferometers. One arm of each interferometer is bent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-21 Jonathan W. Richardson , Ohkyung Kwon , H. Richard Gustafson , Craig Hogan , Brittany L. Kamai , Lee P. McCuller , Stephan S. Meyer , Chris Stoughton , Raymond E. Tomlin , Rainer Weiss

Starlight Demonstration of the Dragonfly Instrument: an Integrated Photonic Pupil Remapping Interferometer for High Contrast Imaging

In the two decades since the first extra-solar planet was discovered, the detection and characterization of extra-solar planets has become one of the key endeavors in all of modern science. Recently direct detection techniques such as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 N. Jovanovic , P. G. Tuthill , B. Norris , S. Gross , P. Stewart , N. Charles , S. Lacour , M. Ams , J. S. Lawrence , A. Lehmann , C. Niel , J. G. Robertson , G. D. Marshall , M. Ireland , A. Fuerbach , M. J. Withford

Infrared photometry with InGaAs detectors: First light with SPECULOOS

We present the photometric performance of SPIRIT, a ground-based near-infrared InGaAs CMOS-based instrument (1280 by 1024 pixels, 12 micron pitch), using on-sky results from the SPECULOOS-Southern Observatory during 2022 - 2023. SPIRIT was…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-30 Peter P. Pedersen , Didier Queloz , Lionel Garcia , Yannick Schacke , Laetitia Delrez , Brice-Olivier Demory , Elsa Ducrot , Georgina Dransfield , Michael Gillon , Matthew J. Hooton , Clàudia Janó-Muñoz , Emmanuël Jehin , Daniel Sebastian , Mathilde Timmermans , Samantha Thompson , Amaury H. M. J. Triaud , Julien de Wit , Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández

RAFTER: Ring Astrometric Field Telescope for Exo-planets and Relativity

High precision astrometry aims at source position determination to a very small fraction of the diffraction image size, in high SNR regime. One of the key limitations to such goal is the optical response variation of the telescope over a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-08 Alberto Riva , Mario Gai , Alberto Vecchiato , Deborah Busonero , Mario G. Lattanzi , Federico Landini , Zhaoxiang Qi , Zhenghong Tang

Astrophysical imaging with the Darwin IR interferometer

The proposed infrared space interferometry mission Darwin has two main aims: (i) to detect and characterize exo-planets similar to the Earth, and (ii) to carry out astrophysical imaging in the wavelength range 6 - 20 micron at a sensitivity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. J. A. Rottgering , L. d'Arcio , C. Eiroa , I. Labbe , G. Rudnick