The improved High-resolution Fast Imager (HiFI+) is a multiwavelength imaging filtergraph, which was commissioned at the GREGOR solar telescope at Observatorio...
The main goal of this work is the analysis of new approaches in order to study the properties of astronomical sites. The objective is to calibrate the...
Integral field spectroscopy supports atmospheric optics to reveal the finite outer scale of the turbulence
Context. The spatial coherence wavefront outer scale (ℒ 0) characterizes the size of the largest turbulence eddies in Earth's atmosphere, determining low...
Inverse problem approach in adaptive optics for the European-ELT
The ambitious astrophysical objectives of the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) will be achievable only with innovative Adaptive Optics (AO) systems to correct...
Laser Guide Star uplink beam: scattering and Raman emission measurements with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS
Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO) is becoming routine in several astronomical observatories. The use of powerful lasers generates sensible Raman...
Measurements of the Surface Brightness of the Earthshine with Applications to Calibrate Lunar Flashes
We have used the large database of photometric observations of the bright and dark portions of the face of the Moon from the Earthshine Project at Big Bear...
MELCHIORS. The Mercator Library of High Resolution Stellar Spectroscopy
Aims: Over the past decades, libraries of stellar spectra have been used in a large variety of science cases, including as sources of reference spectra for a...
Multi-instrument measurement campaign at Paranal in 2007. Characterization of the outer scale and the seeing of the surface layer
Aims: Within the framework of site qualification for the future European large telescope E-ELT, a campaign of measurements was carried out for ten nights in...
In 2018, Solar Cycle 24 entered into a solar minimum phase. During this period, 11 million zenithal night sky brightness (NSB) data were collected at different...