The SiTian project, designed to utilize 60 telescopes distributed across multiple sites in China, is a next-generation time-domain survey initiative. As a...
The Osiris Tunable Imager and Spectrograph: a 2004 Status Report
OSIRIS (Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy) is the optical Day one instrument for the GTC and the only Spanish Day One...
The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the Herschel Space Observatory
The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) is one of the three science instruments on ESA's far infrared and submillimetre observatory. It employs...
The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on Solar Orbiter
Aims: This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseismology instrument...
The Preparation of the GTC for the Scientific Operation of CanariCam
CanariCam is a mid-IR camera and spectrograph with coronographic and polarimetric capabilities, built by the University of Florida to operate at the GTC...
Elmer is a visible imager-spectrograph currently scheduled to be in operation at the GTC on Day One. The instrument will allow imaging over a 4.2 arcminute...
The SDSS-III APOGEE Radial Velocity Survey of M Dwarfs. I. Description of the Survey and Science Goals
We are carrying out a large ancillary program with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, SDSS-III, using the fiber-fed multi-object near-infrared APOGEE spectrograph...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey extended point spread functions
A robust and extended characterization of the point spread function (PSF) is crucial to extract the photometric information produced by deep imaging surveys...