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20102015
most citedThe SOFIA Observatory at the Start of Routine Science Operations : Mission capabilities and performance

49 citations · 68 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.SR2015★ 19 cited

The 2010 Eruption of the Recurrent Nova U Scorpii: The Multi-Wavelength Light Curve

Ashley Pagnotta, Bradley E. Schaefer, James L. Clem +8

The recurrent nova U Scorpii most recently erupted in 2010. Our collaboration observed the eruption in bands ranging from the Swift XRT and UVOT w2 (193 nm) to K-band (2200 nm), wi…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 49 cited

The SOFIA Observatory at the Start of Routine Science Operations : Mission capabilities and performance

Pasquale Temi, Pamela M. Marcum, Erick Young +65

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has recently concluded a set of engineering flights for Observatory performance evaluation. These in-flight opportuniti…

astro-ph.IM2014

Automated Classification of Periodic Variable Stars detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Frank J. Masci, Douglas I. Hoffman, Carl J. Grillmair +1

We describe a methodology to classify periodic variable stars identified using photometric time-series measurements constructed from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)…

astro-ph.GA2013

A Preliminary Calibration of the RR Lyrae Period-Luminosity Relation at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths: WISE Data

Barry F. Madore, Douglas Hoffman, Wendy L. Freedman +6

Using time-resolved, mid-infrared data from WISE and geometric parallaxes from HST for four Galactic RR Lyrae variables, we derive the following Population II Period-Luminosity (PL…

astro-ph.SR2012

Herschel Observations of Cataclysmic Variables

Thomas E. Harrison, Ryan T. Hamilton, Claus Tappert +2

We have used the PACS instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory to observe eight cataclysmic variables at 70 and 160 microns. Of these eight objects, only AM Her was detected. W…

astro-ph.IM2012

Variability Flagging in the WISE Preliminary Data Release

Douglas I. Hoffman, R. M. Cutri, F. J. Masci +3

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Preliminary Data Release Source Catalog contains over 257 million objects. We describe the method used to flag variable source candidates in…