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SAMPLE -- Stratospheric Altitude Microbiology Probe for Life Existence -- A Method of Collection of Stratospheric Samples Using Balloon-Borne Payload System
Margarita Safonova, Bharat Chandra P, Binukumar G. Nair +8
The Earth possesses many environmental extremes that mimic conditions on extraterrestrial worlds. The stratosphere at 30-40 km altitude closely resembles the surface of Mars in ter…
Daytime turbulence strength profile measurement at Kodaikanal Observatory
Saraswathi Kalyani Subramanian, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Prasanna Gajanan Deshmukh +2
The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) is developing a Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) system for the Kodaikanal Tower Telescope (KTT). In this context, we have measured…
Spectroscopic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING): Instrument Design, Assembly and Calibration
Bharat Chandra P, Binukumar G. Nair, Shubham Jankiram Ghatul +7
The Spectroscopic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING) is a near-ultraviolet (NUV) low-resolution spectrograph payload designed to operate in the NUV range, 1400 $\unicode{x212B}$ -…
Development Of Raspberry Pi-based Processing Unit for UV Photon-Counting Detectors
Bharat Chandra P, Binukumar G., Shubham Janakiram +6
In ultraviolet (UV) astronomical observations, photons from the sources are very few compared to the visible or infrared (IR) wavelength ranges. Detectors operating in the UV usual…
Low-Cost Raspberry Pi Star Sensor for Small Satellites
Bharat Chandra P, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Binukumar G. Nair +5
We present here a low-cost Raspberry Pi (RPi)-based star sensor StarberrySense using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, developed and built for applications in small satel…
The Near Ultraviolet Transient Surveyor (NUTS): An ultraviolet telescope to observe variable sources
S. Ambily, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Joice Mathew +9
Observing the ultraviolet (UV) sky for time-variable phenomena is one of the many exciting science goals that can be achieved by a relatively small aperture telescope in space. The…
Testing a Prototype 1U CubeSat on a Stratospheric Balloon Flight
Akaash Srikanth, Bharat Chandra, Binukumar G Nair +6
High-altitude balloon experiments are becoming very popular among universities and research institutes as they can be used for testing instruments eventually intended for space, an…
Prospect for UV observations from the Moon. III. Assembly and ground calibration of Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI)
Joice Mathew, B. G. Nair, Margarita Safonova +14
The Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a near-ultraviolet (NUV) telescope with all-spherical mirrors, designed and built to fly as a scientific payload on a lunar mission wi…
Processing of analogues of plume fallout in cold regions of Enceladus by energetic electrons
A. Bergantini, S. Pilling, B. G. Nair +2
Enceladus, a small icy moon of Saturn, is one of the most remarkable bodies in the solar system. This moon is a geologically active object, and despite the lower temperatures on mo…