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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.IM2012

A new class of SETI beacons that contain information (22-aug-2010)

G. R. Harp, R. F. Ackermann, Samantha K. Blair +4

In the cm-wavelength range, an extraterrestrial electromagnetic narrow band (sine wave) beacon is an excellent choice to get alien attention across interstellar distances because 1…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 30 cited

Primary Beam and Dish Surface Characterization at the Allen Telescope Array by Radio Holography

ATA GROUP, Shannon Atkinson, D. C. Backer +46

The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a cm-wave interferometer in California, comprising 42 antenna elements with 6-m diameter dishes. We characterize the antenna optical accuracy usi…

astro-ph.IM2012

The ATA Digital Processing Requirements are Driven by RFI Concerns

G. R. Harp

As a new generation radio telescope, the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a prototype for the square kilometer array (SKA). Here we describe recently developed design constraints for…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 310 cited

Early Science with SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

E. T. Young, E. E. Becklin, P. M. Marcum +38

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an airborne observatory consisting of a specially modified Boeing 747SP with a 2.7-m telescope, flying at altitudes…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 46 cited

FIRST, a fibered aperture masking instrument. I. First on-sky test results

E. Huby, G. Perrin, F. Marchis +12

In this paper we present the first on-sky results with the fibered aperture masking instrument FIRST. Its principle relies on the combination of spatial filtering and aperture mask…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 1k cited

Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning II - A Bayesian Approach to Systematic Error Correction

Jeffrey C. Smith, Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve +8

With the unprecedented photometric precision of the Kepler Spacecraft, significant systematic and stochastic errors on transit signal levels are observable in the Kepler photometri…