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most citedBRITE-Constellation: nanosatellites for precision photometry of bright stars

228 citations · 491 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2017★ 3 cited

UVSat: a concept of an ultraviolet/optical photometric satellite

A. Pigulski, A. Baran, M. Bzowski +25

Time-series photometry from space in the ultraviolet can be presently done with only a few platforms, none of which is able to provide wide-field long-term high-cadence photometry.…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 3 cited

The BRITE-Constellation Nanosatellite Space Mission And Its First Scientific Results

G. Handler, A. Pigulski, W. W. Weiss +15

The BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) Constellation is the first nanosatellite mission applied to astrophysical research. Five satellites in low-Earth orbits perform precise optical t…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 73 cited

The BRITE Constellation nanosatellite mission: Testing, commissioning and operations

H. Pablo, G. N. Whittaker, A. Popowicz +27

BRITE (BRIght Target Explorer) Constellation, the first nanosatellite mission applied to astrophysical research, is a collaboration among Austria, Canada and Poland. The fleet of s…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 12 cited

The roAp star Circini as seen by BRITE-Constellation

W. W. Weiss, H. -E. Fröhlich, A. Pigulski +25

We report on an analysis of high-precision, multi-colour photometric observations of the rapidly-oscillating Ap (roAp) star Cir. These observations were obtained with the BRITE…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 228 cited

BRITE-Constellation: nanosatellites for precision photometry of bright stars

W. W. Weiss, S. M. Rucinski, A. F. J. Moffat +17

BRITE-Constellation (where BRITE stands for BRIght Target Explorer) is an international nanosatellite mission to monitor photometrically, in two colours, the brightness and tempera…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 5 cited

BRITE-Constellation: Nanosatellites for Precision Photometry of Bright Stars

W. W. Weiss, A. F. J. Moffat, A. Schwarzenberg-Czerny +15

BRITE-Constellation (where BRITE stands for BRIght Target Explorer) is an international nanosatellite mission to monitor photometrically, in two colours, brightness and temperature…