2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Skykatana: a scalable framework to construct sky masks for the Vera Rubin Observatory and large astronomical surveys
Claudio Lopez, Emilio Donoso, Mariano Javier de L. Dominguez Romero
Modern wide-field surveys require robust spatial masks to excise bright-star halos, bleed trails, poor-quality regions, and user-defined geometry at scale. We present Skykatana, an…
astro-ph.IM2025
Shared-optical-path VLBI frequency phase transfer from 86 to 258 GHz on an 8600 km baseline: Demonstrated with the APEX and IRAM 30 m telescopes
G. -Y. Zhao, A. L. Roy, J. F. Wagner +24
The receiver N3AR operating at a frequency range between 67 and 116 GHz has been commissioned at the APEX telescope in October 2024. This adds a new low-frequency band for APEX, wi…