Astrophysical: Telescopes

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    MEGARA: The future IFU and MOS of the 10.4 m GTC
    In these proceedings we summarize the characteristics and current status of MEGARA, the future optical IFU and MOS for the 10.4 m GTC. MEGARA is being built by...
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    Mid-IR cosmological spectrophotometric surveys from space: Measuring AGN and star formation at the cosmic noon with a SPICA-like mission
    We use the SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) project as a template to demonstrate how deep spectrophotometric surveys covering...
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    Modelling astronomical adaptive optics - I. The software package CAOS
    The software package CAOS (code for adaptive optics systems) described in this paper is a software ensemble of modules designed for end-to-end simulation of...
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    Multiwavelength monitoring of GRS 1915+105
    Since its discovery in 1992, the superluminal X-ray transient GRS 1915+105 has been extensively observed in an attempt to understand its behavior. We present...
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    Optical seeing at La Palma Observatory. 2: Intensive site testing campaign at the Nordic Optical Telescope
    The results of an intensive site testing assessment campaign, held at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) (La Palma) during four nights on July...
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    Optical seeing at La Palma Observatory. I - General guidelines and preliminary results at the Nordic Optical Telescope
    The results of one night of observations corresponding to an intensive site assessment campaign, held at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma)...
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    Optimization with numerical simulations of the conjugate altitudes of deformable mirrors in an MCAO system
    This article reports on the results of simulations conducted to assess the performance of a modal Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system on a 10 m...
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    OSIRIS software: the Mask Designer Tool
    OSIRIS is a Day One instrument that will be available at the 10m GTC telescope which is being built at La Palma observatory in the Canary Islands. This optical...
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    Phasing segmented mirrors using defocused images at visible wavelengths
    Plans for future optical telescopes of diameter more than 10m are based on segmented mirrors, made up of hundreds or even thousands of segments. A challenge for...