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astro-ph.IM2017★ 47 cited

First optical validation of a Schwarzschild Couder telescope: the ASTRI SST-2M Cherenkov telescope

E. Giro, R. Canestrari, G. Sironi +10

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) represents the most advanced facility designed for Cherenkov Astronomy. ASTRI SST-2M has been developed as a demonstrator for the Small Size Tel…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 3 cited

GravityCam: Wide-Field High-Resolution High-Cadence Imaging Surveys in the Visible from the Ground

C. Mackay, M. Dominik, I. A. Steele +13

GravityCam is a new concept of ground-based imaging instrument capable of delivering significantly sharper images from the ground than is normally possible without adaptive optics.…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 10 cited

Gaia Data Release 1: The archive visualisation service

A. Moitinho, A. Krone-Martins, H. Savietto +31

Context: The first Gaia data release (DR1) delivered a catalogue of astrometry and photometry for over a billion astronomical sources. Within the panoply of methods used for data e…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 12 cited

TOSC: an algorithm for the tomography of spotted transit chords

Gaetano Scandariato, Valerio Nascimbeni, Antonio Francesco Lanza +3

Photometric observations of planetary transits may show localized bumps, called transit anomalies, due to the possible crossing of photospheric starspots. The aim of this work is t…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 13 cited

Geometric calibration of Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System of ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter

Stepan Tulyakov, Anton Ivanov, Nicolas Thomas +5

There are many geometric calibration methods for "standard" cameras. These methods, however, cannot be used for the calibration of telescopes with large focal lengths and complex o…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 124 cited

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

J. Delabrouille, P. de Bernardis, F. R. Bouchet +200

Future observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation have the potential to answer some of the most fundamental questions of modern physics and cosmology. In this p…