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astro-ph2004

Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS): Public data release

P. R. Wozniak, W. T. Vestrand, C. W. Akerlof +15

The Northern Sky Variability Survey (NSVS) is a temporal record of the sky over the optical magnitude range from 8 to 15.5. It was conducted in the course of the first generation R…

astro-ph2000

Rapid Optical Followup Observations of SGR Events with ROTSE-I

ROTSE Collaboration, C. Akerlof, R. Balsano +17

In order to observe nearly simultaneous emission from Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs), the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) receives triggers via the GRB Coordinates Net…

astro-ph1999

Observation of contemporaneous optical radiation from a gamma-ray burst

C. Akerlof, R. Balsano, S. Barthelmy +18

The origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been enigmatic since their discovery. The situation improved dramatically in 1997, when the rapid availability of precise coordinates for…

astro-ph2000

ROTSE All Sky Surveys for Variable Stars I: Test Fields

ROTSE Collaboration, C. Akerlof, S. Amrose +14

The ROTSE-I experiment has generated CCD photometry for the entire Northern sky in two epochs nightly since March 1998. These sky patrol data are a powerful resource for studies of…

astro-ph2005

Solar Site Survey for the Advanced Technology Solar Telecope. I. Analysis of the Seeing Data

H. Socas-Navarro, J. Beckers, P. Brandt +17

The site survey for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope concluded recently after more than two years of data gathering and analysis. Six locations, including lake, island and c…