4 papers
Eclipses by Artificial Satellites to Measure the Angular Sizes of Stars
Leo W. H. Fung, Albert Wai Kit Lau, Richard Massey +1
Direct measurements of the angular sizes of stars (other than our Sun) are inherently limited by telescopes' optical diffraction limit. The spatial diffraction limit can be overcom…
LUVCam: A high-performance, low-cost, UV/optical camera for the future of astronomy in space
Aaron Tohuvavohu, Suresh Sivanandam, Jean-Christophe Fronteddu +23
Astronomy-grade cameras with robust performance and heritage in the space environment have long been costly, substantially limiting capacity for space-based astronomy and creating…
Remembering George Smoot
John Berliner, Tom Broadhurst, Martin Bucher +31
George Smoot (1945-2025) was a major figure in observational cosmology, particularly through his role in the precision measurement of the CMB dipole and the discovery of the primor…
False Alarm Rate based Statistical Detection Limit for Astronomical Photon Detectors
Albert Wai Kit Lau, Leo W. H. Fung, George F. Smoot
In ultra-fast astronomical observations featuring fast transients on sub-s time scales, the conventional Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) threshold, often fixed at , becomes in…