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most citedThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

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astro-ph.IM2021★ 16 cited

SDSS-IV MaStar: Data-driven Parameter Derivation for the MaStar Stellar Library

Julie Imig, Jon A. Holtzman, Renbin Yan +10

The MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar) is a large collection of high-quality empirical stellar spectra designed to cover all spectral types and ideal for use in the stellar population…

astro-ph.IM2021

Uncertainty-Aware Learning for Improvements in Image Quality of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Sankalp Gilda, Stark C. Draper, Sebastien Fabbro +6

We leverage state-of-the-art machine learning methods and a decade's worth of archival data from CFHT to predict observatory image quality (IQ) from environmental conditions and ob…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

Critical processing temperature for high performance protected silver thin film mirrors

David M. Fryauf, Andrew C. Phillips, Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi

Silver (Ag) mirrors for astronomical telescopes consist of multiple metallic and dielectric thin films. Furthermore, the topmost surface of such Ag mirrors needs to be covered by a…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 188 cited

PHANGS-ALMA Data Processing and Pipeline

Adam K. Leroy, Annie Hughes, Daizhong Liu +65

We describe the processing of the PHANGS-ALMA survey and present the PHANGS-ALMA pipeline, a public software package that processes calibrated interferometric and total power data…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

Performance of Kitt Peak's Mayall 4-meter Telescope During DESI Commissioning

Aaron M. Meisner, Behzad Abareshi, Arjun Dey +21

In preparation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a new top end was installed on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The refurbished t…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 319 cited

The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2

DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Adamow +132

We present the second public data release of the Dark Energy Survey, DES DR2, based on optical/near-infrared imaging by the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the 4-m Blanco telescope a…