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Panoramic SETI: Overall focal plane electronics and timing and network protocols
Wei Liu, Dan Werthimer, Ryan Lee +11
The PANOSETI experiment is an all-sky, all-the-time visible search for nanosecond to millisecond time-scale transients. The experiment will deploy observatory domes at several site…
Panoramic SETI: on-sky results from prototype telescopes and instrumental design
J. Maire, S. A. Wright, D. Werthimer +12
The Panoramic SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) experiment (PANOSETI) aims to detect and quantify optical transients from nanosecond to second precision over a large…
Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: prototype design and testing
Maren Cosens, Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright +12
The Pulsed All-sky Near-infrared Optical Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (PANOSETI) is an instrument program that aims to search for fast transient signals (nano-second to…
Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: optical and structural design concepts
Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright, Maren Cosens +13
We propose a novel instrument design to greatly expand the current optical and near-infrared SETI search parameter space by monitoring the entire observable sky during all observab…
Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: overall specifications and science program
Shelley A. Wright, Paul Horowitz, Jérôme Maire +13
We present overall specifications and science goals for a new optical and near-infrared (350 - 1650 nm) instrument designed to greatly enlarge the current Search for Extraterrestri…
A near-infrared SETI experiment: probability distribution of false coincidences
Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright, Dan Werthimer +5
A Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI), based on the possibility of interstellar communication via laser signals, is being designed to extend the search into the near-infrared s…
A near-infrared SETI experiment: instrument overview
Shelley A. Wright, Dan Werthimer, Richard R. Treffers +7
We are designing and constructing a new SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) instrument to search for direct evidence of interstellar communications via pulsed laser sig…
The RCT 1.3-meter Robotic Telescope: Broad-band Color Transformation and Extinction Calibration
Louis-Gregory Strolger, Andrew M. Gott, Michael Carini +7
The RCT 1.3-meter telescope, formerly known as the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) 50-inch telescope, has been refurbished as a fully robotic telescope, using an autonomous s…
The Distance to SN 1999em in NGC 1637 from the Expanding Photosphere Method
Douglas C. Leonard, Alexei V. Filippenko, Elinor L. Gates +13
We present 30 optical spectra and 49 photometric epochs sampling the first 517 days after discovery of supernova (SN) 1999em, and derive its distance through the expanding photosph…
BVRI Photometry of Supernovae
Wynn C. G. Ho, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Chien Y. Peng +5
We present optical photometry of one Type IIn supernova (1994Y) and nine Type Ia supernovae (1993Y, 1993Z, 1993ae, 1994B, 1994C, 1994M, 1994Q, 1994ae, and 1995D). SN 1993Y and SN 1…
The Unique Type Ia Supernova 2000cx in NGC 524
Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko, Elinor Gates +8
We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2000cx in the S0 galaxy NGC 524, which reveal it to be peculiar. Photometrically, S…
Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Akn 564. III. Optical Observations and the Optical--UV--X-ray Connection
O. Shemmer, P. Romano, R. Bertram +36
We present the results of a two-year long optical monitoring program of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Akn 564. The majority of this monitoring project was also covered by X-ray…
An Infrared Camera for Leuschner Observatory and the Berkeley Undergraduate Astronomy Lab
James R. Graham, Richard R. Treffers
We describe the design, fabrication, and operation of an infrared camera which is in use at the 30-inch telescope of the Leuschner Observatory. The camera is based on a Rockwell PI…
SN 1997bs in M66: Another Extragalactic Eta Carinae Analog?
S. D. Van Dyk, C. Y. Peng, J. Y. King +4
We report on SN 1997bs in NGC 3627 (M66), the first supernova discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search using the 0.75-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT). Based…
The Subluminous Type Ia Supernova 1998de in NGC 252
Maryam Modjaz, Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko +5
We present spectroscopic and extensive photometric observations of supernova (SN) 1998de in the S0 galaxy NGC 252, discovered during the course of the Lick Observatory Supernova Se…
A High Intrinsic Peculiarity Rate Among Type Ia Supernovae
Weidong Li, Alexei V. Filippenko, R. R. Treffers +3
We have compiled a sample of 45 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) and the Beijing Astronomical Observatory Supernova Survey (BA…
A High Peculiarity Rate for Type Ia SNe
W. D. Li, A. V. Filippenko, A. G. Riess +2
We have compiled a sample of 90 SNe Ia from 1997 to 1999 (up to SN 1999da) and studied the peculiarity rate of SN 1991T, SN 1991bg and SN 1986G-like objects. A Monte Carlo code is…
The Lick Observatory Supernova Search
W. D. Li, A. V. Filippenko, R. R. Treffers +8
We report here the current status of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) with the Katman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT). The progress on both the hardware and the soft…
The Risetime of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae
Adam G. Riess, Alexei V. Filippenko, Weidong Li +7
We present calibrated photometric measurements of the earliest detections of nearby type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The set of ~30 new, unfiltered CCD observations delineate the early…
The Type Ia Supernova 1998bu in M96 and the Hubble Constant
S. Jha, P. Garnavich, R. Kirshner +39
We present optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the type Ia SN 1998bu in the Leo I Group galaxy M96 (NGC 3368). The data set consists of 356 photometric measure…
The Type Ia Supernova 1997br in ESO 576-G40
W. D. Li, Y. L. Qiu, X. H. Zhu +5
The peculiar type Ia supernova SN 1997br in ESO 576-G40 was extensively observed at Beijing Astronomical Observatory and Lick Observatory. In this paper, we present and discuss the…