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astro-ph.IM20168 cited

A novel method for transient detection in high-cadence optical surveys: Its application for a systematic search for novae in M31

Monika D. Soraisam, Marat Gilfanov, Thomas Kupfer +6

[abridged] In large-scale time-domain surveys, the processing of data, from procurement up to the detection of sources, is generally automated. One of the main challenges is contam…

astro-ph.IM201692 cited

Gaia Data Release 1: The reference frame and the optical properties of ICRF sources

F. Mignard, S. Klioner, L. Lindegren +18

As part of the data processing for Gaia Data Release~1 (Gaia DR1) a special astrometric solution was computed, the so-called auxiliary quasar solution. This gives positions for sel…

astro-ph.IM20162.1k cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +5

At about 1000 days after the launch of Gaia we present the first Gaia data release, Gaia DR1, consisting of astrometry and photometry for over 1 billion sources brighter than magni…

astro-ph.IM20167.1k cited

The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration

Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…

astro-ph.IM201612 cited

The Far-Infrared Surveyor Mission Study: Paper I, the Genesis

M. Meixner, A. Cooray, R. Carter +27

This paper describes the beginning of the Far-Infrared Surveyor mission study for NASA's Astrophysics Decadal 2020. We describe the scope of the study, and the open process approac…

astro-ph.IM201697 cited

The IPAC Image Subtraction and Discovery Pipeline for the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory

Frank Masci, Russ Laher, Umaa Rebbapragada +17

We describe the near real-time transient-source discovery engine for the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF), currently in operations at the Infrared Processing and Analy…