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  • Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Optics Systems 
    Sridharan, R; Raja Bayanna, A; Srivastava, N; Kumar, B; Ravindra, B; Gupta, S. K; Jain, N; Ambastha, A; Venkatakrishnan, P (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    Adaptive Optics (AO) systems improve the resolution of ground based telescopes and allow for long exposure images. Their performance depends on the seeing conditions at the time of observations. In this paper, we evaluate ...
  • Photometric and polarimetric observations of fast declining Type II supernovae 2013hj and 2014G 
    Bose, S; Kumar, B; Misra, K; Matsumoto, K; Brajesh Kumar; Singh, M; Fukushima, D; Kawabata, M (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-01)
    We present broad-band photometric and polarimetric observations of two Type II supernovae (SNe) 2013hj and 2014G. SN 2014G is a spectroscopically classified Type IIL event, which we also confirm photometrically because ...
  • Photometry and low resolution spectroscopy of hot post-AGB candidates 
    Gauba, G; Parthasarathy, M; Kumar, B; Yadav, R. K. S; Sagar, R (The European Southern Observatory, 2003-06)
    We have obtained Johnson U, B, V and Cousins R, I photometry and low resolution spectra of a small sample of hot post-AGB candidates. Using the present data in combination with JHK data from 2MASS, infrared data from the ...
  • Present status of the 4-m ILMT data reduction pipeline: application to space debris detection and characterization 
    Pradhan, B; Delchambre, L; Akhunov, T; Hickson, P; Bartczak, P; Kumar, B; Surdej, J (Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 2018-04)
    The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) located at the ARIES Observatory (Devasthal, India) has been designed to scan at a latitude of +29◦ 22’ 26” a band of sky having a width of about half a degree in the ...
  • Probing into emission mechanisms of GRB 190530A using time-resolved spectra and polarization studies: synchrotron origin? 
    Gupta, Rahul; Gupta, S; Chattopadhyay, T; Lipunov, V; Castro-Tirado, A. J; Bhattacharya, D; Pandey, S. B; Oates, S. R; Kumar, Amit; Hu, Y-D; Valeev, A. F; Minaev, P. Yu; Kumar, H; Vinko, J; Dimple; Sharma, V; Aryan, A; Castellon, A; Gabovich, A; Moskvitin, A; Ordasi, A; Pal, A; Pozanenko, A; Zhang, B-B; Kumar, B; Svinkin, D; Saraogi, D; Vlasenko, D; Fernandez-Garcia, E; Gorbovskoy, E; Anupama, G. C; Misra, K; Sarneczky, K; Kriskovics, L; Castro-Tirado, M. A; Caballero-Garcia, M. D; Tiurina, N; Balanutsa, P; Lopez, R. R; Sanchez-Ramirez, R; Szakats, R; Belkin, S; Guziy, S; Iyyani, S; Tiwari, S. N; Vadawale, Santosh V; Sun, T; Bhalerao, V; Kornilov, V; Sokolov, V. V (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2022-04)
    Multipulsed GRB 190530A, detected by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope onboard Fermi, is the sixth most fluent GBM burst detected so far. This paper presents the timing, spectral, and polarimetric ...
  • Radio observations of a nearby type IIP SN 2012aw 
    Yadav, N; Ray, A; Chakraborti, S; Stockdale, C; Chandra, P; Smith, R; Roy, R; Dwarkadas, V; Sutaria, F. K; Pooley, D; Kumar, B; Bose, S (Cambridge University Press, 2014-01)
    SN 2012AW is a type-IIP supernova which exploded in M95. In this paper we discuss the radio observations of this supernova and model them to determine the important parameters relevant to the explosion and the evolution ...
  • A relation between frequency shift and the changes in activity indices 
    Jain, K; Tripathy, S. C; Kumar, B; Bhatnagar, A (Astronomical Society of India, 2000)
    We present a linear relation between the shift in p-mode frequencies and variation in two solar activity indices, namely the sunspot number and 10.7 cm radio flux. From this relation, an empirical model is constructed to ...
  • Scientific capabilities and advantages of the 3.6 meter optical telescope at Devasthal, Uttarakhand 
    Omar, A; Kumar, B; Maheswar, G; Sagar, R (Current Science Association, 2015-08)
    India’s largest 3.6 m aperture optical telescope has been successfully installed in the central Himalayan region at Devasthal, Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The primary mirror of the telescope uses the active optics ...
  • Scientific potential of the Indo-Belgian 3.6-m DOT in the field of Galactic Astronomy 
    Sagar, R; Kumar, B; Subramaniam, A (Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 2019-10)
    India and Belgium have jointly established two 4-meter class optical telescopes at Devasthal located in Nainital, India. After successful installation of the 3.6-m modern new technology Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) ...
  • Seeing and microthermal measurements near Devasthal top 
    Stalin, C. S; Sagar, R; Pant, P; Mohan, V; Kumar, B; Joshi, Y. C; Yadav, R. K. S; Joshi, S; Chandra, R; Durgapal, A. K; Uddin, W (Astronomical Society of India, 2001)
    Results of the seeing measurements carried out near Devasthal top on 43 nights during March to April 1999 are presented. Open air seeing measurements were carried out with a differential image motion monitor (DIMM) using ...
  • Site characterization for the UPSO-TIFR telescope 
    Sagar, R; Uddin, W; Pandey, A. K; Stalin, C. S; Mohan, V; Sanwal, B. B; Gupta, S. K; Yadav, R. K. S; Durgapal, A. K; Joshi, S; Kumar, B; Gupta, A. C; Joshi, Y; Srivastava, J. B; Chaubey, U. S; Singh, M; Pant, P; Gupta, K. G; Padalia, T. D (Astronomical Society of India, 2000)
    The Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, Naini Tal and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai plan to install jointly a 3 metre size optical telescope at Devasthal located east of Naini Tal about 50 km by road. The ...
  • Sky transparency over Naini Tal : A retrospective study 
    Kumar, B; Sagar, R; Rautela, B. S; Srivastava, J. B; Srivastava, R. K (Astronomical Society of India, 2000)
    We present an analysis of the atmospheric extinction coefficients measured during 1964 to 1999 in broad-band photometric passbands at U.P. State Observatory, Naini Tal. The extinction properties are also studied from the ...
  • SN 2012aa: a transient between type Ibc core-collapse and superluminous supernovae 
    Roy, R; Sollerman, J; Silverman, J. M; Pastorello, A; Fransson, C; Drake, A; Taddia, F; Fremling, C; Kankare, E; Brajesh Kumar; Cappellaro, E; Bose, S; Benetti, S; Filippenko, A. V; Valenti, S; Nyholm, A; Ergon, M; Sutaria, F. K; Kumar, B; Pandey, S. B; Nicholl, M; Garcia-Alvarez, D; Tomasella, L; Karamehmetoglu, E; Migotto, K (EDP Sciences, 2016-12)
    Context. Research on supernovae (SNe) over the past decade has confirmed that there is a distinct class of events which are much more luminous (by ~2 mag) than canonical core-collapse SNe (CCSNe). These events with visual ...
  • SN 2013ab: a normal type IIP supernova in NGC 5669 
    Bose, S; Valenti, S; Misra, K; Pumo, M. L; Zampieri, L; Sand, D; Kumar, B; Pastorello, A; Sutaria, F. K; Maccarone, T. J; Kumar, B; Graham, M. L; Howell, D. A; Ochner, P; Chandola, H. C; Pandey, S. B (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2015-07-01)
    We present densely sampled ultraviolet/optical photometric and low-resolution optical spectroscopic observations of the Type IIP supernova 2013ab in the nearby (∼24 Mpc) galaxy NGC 5669, from 2 to 190 d after explosion. ...
  • SN 2013ej: a type IIL supernova with weak signs of interaction 
    Bose, S; Sutaria, F. K; Kumar, B; Duggal, C; Misra, K; Brown, P. J; Singh, M; Dwarkadas, V; York, D. G; Chakraborti, S; Chandola, H. C; Dahlstrom, J; Ray, A; Safonova, M (IOP Publishing, 2015-06)
    We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2013ej. It is one of the brightest Type II supernovae (SNe II) exploded in a nearby (∼10 Mpc) galaxy, NGC 628. The light-curve characteristics are similar ...
  • SN 2015as: a low-luminosity Type IIb supernova without an early light-curve peak 
    Gangopadhyay, A; Misra, K; Pastorello, A; Sahu, D. K; Tomasella, L; Tartaglia, L; Singh, M; Dastidar, R; Srivastav, S; Ochner, P; Brown, P. J; Anupama, G. C; Benetti, S; Cappellaro, E; Brajesh Kumar; Kumar, B; Pandey, S. B (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018-05)
    We present results of the photometric (from 3 to 509 days past explosion) and spectroscopic (up to 230 days past explosion) monitoring campaign of the He-rich Type IIb supernova (SN) 2015as. The (B-V) colour evolution of ...
  • SN 2016B a.k.a. ASASSN-16ab: a transitional Type II supernova 
    Dastidar, R; Misra, K; Singh, M; Sahu, D. K; Pastorello, A; Gangopadhyay, A; Tomasella, L; Benetti, S; Terreran, G; Sanwal, Pankaj; Kumar, B; Singh, A; Brajesh Kumar; Anupama, G. C; Pandey, S. B (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019-06)
    We present photometry, polarimetry, and spectroscopy of the Type II supernova ASASSN-16ab/SN 2016B in PGC 037392. The photometric and spectroscopic follow-up commenced about 2 weeks after shock breakout and continued until ...
  • Solar rotation rate from minimum to maximum of activity cycle 
    Jain, K; Tripathy, S. C; Bhatnagar, A; Kumar, B (Astronomical Society of India, 2001)
    Using helioseismic data from SOI/MDI and GONG for the current solar cycle 23, from solar minimum to near maximum phase, we report here on the temporal variation of the rotation rate.
  • Spectrophotometry of the comets C /2000 WM 1(LINEAR) and C /2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) 
    Sanwal, B. B; Kumar, B; Singh, M (Astronomical Society of India, 2002-12)
    Spectrophotometric observations of the coma of the comets Cj2000 WM1 (LINEAR) and Cj2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang) were taken during Nov, Dec 2001 and Mar, Apr 2002 respectively with 104-cm telescope of the State Observatory, ...
  • Supernovae study: Context of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope 
    Kumar, B; Pandey, S. B; Pandey, Kanhaiya L; Anapuma, G. C; Surdej, J (Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 2018-04)
    The upcoming 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) facility will perform deep imaging (in single scan g 0 ∼22 mag) of a narrow strip of sky each clear night in the Time Delayed Integration mode. A cadence of ...

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