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most citedOptical Observations of LIGO Source GW 170817 by the Antarctic Survey Telescopes at Dome A, Antarctica

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astro-ph.IM2024★ 10 cited

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope Project

JUST Team, Chengze Liu, Ying Zu +28

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) is a 4.4-meter f/6.0 segmentedmirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopic observations. The JUST primary mirror is composed…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 9 cited

Optical system for extremely large spectroscopic survey telescope

Ding-qiang Su, Hua Bai, Xiangyan Yuan +1

This article presents research work on a spectroscopic survey telescope. Our idea is as follows: for such a telescope, a pure reflecting optical system is designed, which should ha…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Data Release of the AST3-2 Automatic Survey from Dome A, Antarctica

Xu Yang, Yi Hu, Zhaohui Shang +18

AST3-2 is the second of the three Antarctic Survey Telescopes, aimed at wide-field time-domain optical astronomy. It is located at Dome A, Antarctica, which is by many measures the…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan

Tianrui Sun, Xiaoyan Li, Lei Hu +17

The third Antarctic Survey Telescope array instrument at Dome A in Antarctica, the AST3-3 telescope, has been in commissioning from March 2021. We deployed AST3-3 at the Yaoan astr…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited

Automation of the AST3 optical sky survey from Dome~A, Antarctica

Bin Ma, Yi Hu, Zhaohui Shang +6

The 0.5\,m Antarctic Survey Telescopes (AST3) were designed for time-domain optical/infrared astronomy. They are located in Dome~A, Antarctica, where they can take advantage of the…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 11 cited

Exoplanets in the Antarctic Sky. I. The First Data Release of AST3-II (CHESPA) and New Found Variables within the Southern CVZ of TESS

Hui Zhang, Zhouyi Yu, Ensi Liang +37

Located at Dome A, the highest point of the Antarctic plateau, the Chinese Kunlun station is considered to be one of the best ground-based photometric sites because of its extremel…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 17 cited

Exoplanets in the Antarctic sky. II. 116 Transiting Exoplanet Candidates Found by AST3-II (CHESPA) within the Southern CVZ of TESS

Hui Zhang, Zhouyi Yu, Ensi Liang +37

We report first results from the CHinese Exoplanet Searching Program from Antarctica (CHESPA)---a wide-field high-resolution photometric survey for transiting exoplanets carried ou…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

The First Release of the AST3-1 Point Source Catalogue from Dome A, Antarctica

Bin Ma, Zhaohui Shang, Yi Hu +35

The three Antarctic Survey Telescopes (AST3) aim to carry out time domain imaging survey at Dome A, Antarctica. The first of the three telescopes (AST3-1) was successfully deployed…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 96 cited

Optical Observations of LIGO Source GW 170817 by the Antarctic Survey Telescopes at Dome A, Antarctica

Lei Hu, Xuefeng Wu, I. Andreoni +30

The LIGO detection of gravitational waves (GW) from merging black holes in 2015 marked the beginning of a new era in observational astronomy. The detection of an electromagnetic si…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 23 cited

Variable Stars Observed in the Galactic Disk by AST3-1 from Dome A, Antarctica

Lingzhi Wang, Bin Ma, Gang Li +15

AST3-1 is the second-generation wide-field optical photometric telescope dedicated to time domain astronomy at Dome A, Antarctica. Here we present the results of band images su…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 13 cited

Scientific Goals of the Kunlun Infrared Sky Survey (KISS)

Michael Burton, Jessica Zheng, Jeremy Mould +10

The high Antarctic plateau provides exceptional conditions for conducting infrared observations of the cosmos on account of the cold, dry and stable atmosphere above the ice surfac…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 17 cited

Stellar Variability and Flare Rates from Dome A, Antarctica using 2009 and 2010 CSTAR Observations

Ryan J. Oelkers, Lucas M. Macri, Lifan Wang +12

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) carried out high-cadence time-series observations of 20.1 square degrees centered on the South Celestial Pole during the 2008, 2009 & 2010…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 18 cited

Photometric Variability in the CSTAR Field: Results From the 2008 Data Set

Songhu Wang, Hui Zhang, Xu Zhou +26

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) is the first telescope facility built at Dome A, Antarctica. During the 2008 observing season, the installation provided long-baseline and…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 19 cited

Eclipsing Binaries From the CSTAR Project at Dome A, Antarctica

Ming Yang, Hui Zhang, Songhu Wang +30

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) has observed an area around the Celestial South Pole at Dome A since 2008. About light curves in the i band were obtained lasting…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 21 cited

Difference Image Analysis of Defocused Observations with CSTAR

Ryan J. Oelkers, Lucas M. Macri, Lifan Wang +13

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) carried out high-cadence time-series observations of 27 square degrees centered on the South Celestial Pole during the Antarctic winter se…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 53 cited

Planetary Transit Candidates in the CSTAR Field: Analysis of the 2008 Data

Songhu Wang, Hui Zhang, Ji-Lin Zhou +26

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) is a group of four identical, fully automated, static 14.5 cm telescopes. CSTAR is located at Dome A, Antarctica and covers 20 square degr…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 48 cited

Photometry of Variable Stars from Dome A, Antarctica: Results from the 2010 Observing Season

Lingzhi Wang, Lucas M. Macri, Lifan Wang +17

We present results from a season of observations with the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR), obtained over 183 days of the 2010 Antarctic winter. We carried out high-cadence ti…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 46 cited

Photometry of Variable Stars from Dome A, Antarctica

Lingzhi Wang, Lucas M. Macri, Kevin Krisciunas +18

Dome A on the Antarctic plateau is likely one of the best observing sites on Earth thanks to the excellent atmospheric conditions present at the site during the long polar winter n…

astro-ph.GA2010★ 40 cited

The First Release of the CSTAR Point Source Catalog from Dome A, Antarctica

Xu Zhou, Zhou Fan, Zhaoji Jiang +29

In 2008 January the 24th Chinese expedition team successfully deployed the Chinese Small Telescope ARray (CSTAR) to DomeA, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau. CSTAR consist…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 23 cited

Testing and Data Reduction of the Chinese Small Telescope Array (CSTAR) for Dome A, Antarctica

Xu Zhou, Zhenyu Wu, Zhaoji Jiang +16

The Chinese Small Telescope ARray (hereinafter CSTAR) is the first Chinese astronomical instrument on the Antarctic ice cap. The low temperature and low pressure testing of the dat…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 2 cited

The sky brightness and transparency in i-band at Dome A, Antarctica

Hu Zou, Xu Zhou, Zhaoji Jiang +30

The i-band observing conditions at Dome A on the Antarctic plateau have been investigated using data acquired during 2008 with the Chinese Small Telescope ARray. The sky brightness…