Astrophysical: Telescopes

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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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    Spatial and luminosity distributions of the ionized hydrogen in NGC 3992
    From H-alpha CCD observations taken with the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope a catalog of 394 HII regions of the spiral NGC 3992 has been compiled. The...
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    Spectro-polarimetry in the era of large solar telescopes
    This paper discusses some of the challenges of spectro-polarimetric observations with a large aperture solar telescope such as the ATST or the EST. The observer...
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    Spectroscopy of ring nebulae around Wolf-Rayet stars in M33
    We present high and low resolution spectroscopic observations for a sample of seven ring nebulae around Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in M33: MC 27, MC 44, MC 46, MC 51...
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    SPECULOOS Northern Observatory: Searching for Red Worlds in the Northern Skies
    SPECULOOS is a ground-based transit survey consisting of six identical 1 m robotic telescopes. The immediate goal of the project is to detect temperate...
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    Star tracking for pointing determination of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. Application to the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
    We present a novel approach to the determination of the pointing of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) using the trajectories of the stars in...
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    Stray-light measurements at the Observatorio del Teide
    A new procedure to separate the instrumental and atmospheric components of stray light is presented. It is based on the dependence of the aureole's atmospheric...
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    Studying the Relationship Between the Average Velocity of the Turbulence and High Altitude Winds at the Teide Observatory
    The requirements for excellent image quality of current large and future very large telescopes demand a proper knowledge of atmospheric turbulence. Thus several...
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    Telescope and instrument robotization at Dome C
    This article reviews the situation for robotization of telescopes and instruments at the Antarctic station Concordia on Dome C. A brain-storming meeting was...