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most citedThe Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

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astro-ph.SR2018★ 24 cited

Distant White Dwarfs in the US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Parallax Sample

S. K. Leggett, P. Bergeron, John P. Subasavage +18

This paper presents new trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions for 214 stars. The measurements were made at the US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) between 1989 and…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 36 cited

CCD Parallaxes for 309 Late-type Dwarfs and Subdwarfs

Conard C. Dahn, Hugh C. Harris, John P. Subasavage +16

New, updated, and/or revised CCD parallaxes determined with the Strand Astrometric Reflector at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) are presented. Included are results f…

astro-ph.IM2017

Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy

LSST Science Collaboration, Phil Marshall, Timo Anguita +102

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to provide an unprecedented optical imaging dataset that will support investigations of our Solar System, Galaxy and Universe, acros…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 26 cited

Characterization of the Praesepe Star Cluster by Photometry and Proper Motions with 2MASS, PPMXL, and Pan-STARRS

P. F. Wang, W. P. Chen, C. C. Lin +31

Membership identification is the first step to determine the properties of a star cluster. Low-mass members in particular could be used to trace the dynamical history, such as mass…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 1.2k cited

The Fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4)

Norbert Zacharias, Charlie Finch, Terry Girard +4

The fourth United States Naval Observatory (USNO) CCD Astrograph Catalog, UCAC4 was released in August 2012 (double-sided DVD and CDS data center Vizier catalog I/322). It is the f…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 47 cited

SN 2010ay is a Luminous and Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova within a Low-metallicity Host Galaxy

Nathan E. Sanders, A. M. Soderberg, S. Valenti +38

We report on our serendipitous pre-discovery detection and detailed follow-up of the broad-lined Type Ic supernova (SN) 2010ay at z = 0.067 imaged by the Pan-STARRS1 3pi survey jus…