Astrophysical: Instrumentation

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    QUIJOTE scientific results - IV. A northern sky survey in intensity and polarization at 10-20 GHz with the multifrequency instrument
    We present QUIJOTE intensity and polarization maps in four frequency bands centred around 11, 13, 17, and 19 GHz, and covering approximately 29 000 deg 2...
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    Recent advancements in the EST project
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project of a new-generation solar telescope. It has a large aperture of 4 m, which is necessary for achieving high...
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    Results of site testing using an aerosol, backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    Because of the high quality of its sky, the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM), located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, is home to many...
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    Retrieval of solar magnetic fields from high-spatial resolution filtergraph data: the Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX)
    Context. The design of modern instruments does not only imply thorough studies of instrumental effects but also a good understanding of the scientific analysis...
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    Sampling and Characterization of the Turbulence Vertical Distribution. Statistics of SCIDAR Profiling
    Unlike the trial procedures, a reliable characterization of the vertical turbulence distribution on a site should be based in unbiased statistical sample...
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    Science with the GTC 10-m telescope
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    Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
    We describe the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV), a project encompassing three major spectroscopic programs. The Apache Point Observatory Galactic...
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    SONG-OT: The prototype SONG node at Tenerife
    The prototype SONG node, SONG-OT, is currently being installed and tested at Observatory del Teide on Tenerife. SONG will be a global network of 1-m robotic...
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    SOPHISM: An End-to-end Software Instrument Simulator
    We present a software simulator for the modeling of astronomical instrumentation, which includes platform effects and software processing. It is an end-to-end...