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  • Additional calibration of the ultraviolet imaging telescope on board AstroSat 
    Tandon, S. N; Postma, J; Joseph, P; Devaraj, A; Subramaniam, A; Subramaniam, I. V; George, K; Ghosh, S. K; Girish, V; Hutchings, J. B; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Kumar, A; Lancelo, J. P; Leahy, D; Mahesh, P. K; Mohan, R; Nagabhushana, S; Pati, A. K; Kameswara Rao, N; Sankarasubramanian, K; Sriram, S; Stalin, C. S (IOP Publishing, 2020-04)
    Results of the initial calibration of the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) were reported earlier by Tandon et al. The results reported earlier were based on the ground calibration as well as the first observations in ...
  • Contamination control of UVIT 
    Kathiravan, S; Tandon, S. N; Prasad, B. R; Sriram, S; Pradeep, A; Vishnu, T; Mahesh, P. K; Kamath, P. U; Nagabhushana, S; Amit Kumar (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2021-10)
    Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the 5 instruments on AstroSat satellite, which was launched on September 28, 2015. UVIT was designed to make images with a resolution of <1.8′′, simultaneously in two ultraviolet ...
  • Data analysis method for the search of point sources of gamma rays with the HAGAR telescope array 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhattacharjee, P; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Mahesh, P. K; Manoharan, J; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R (French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011-12)
    The High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) experiment is the highest altitude atmospheric Cherenkov sampling array, set up at 4300 m amsl in the Himalayas (Northern India). It constitutes 7 telescopes, each one with seven 90 ...
  • Dynamic Loading Assembly for Testing Actuators of Segmented Mirror Telescope 
    Prasanna Deshmukh; Parihar, P. S; Balasubramaniam, K. A; Mishra, Deepta Sundar; Mahesh, P. K (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017-09)
    Upcoming large telescopes are based on Segmented Mirror Telescope (SMT) technology which uses small hexagonal mirror segments placed side by side to form the large monolithic surface. The segments alignment needs to be ...
  • Feasibility study for a polar disc mount 
    Mahesh, P. K (Astronomical Society of India, 1996)
    A 61 cm Schmidt telescope employing a Yoke mount is being prepared for installation at Hanle, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir. This paper studies the feasibility of an alternate type of mount viz. the polar disc mount, ...
  • Fiber-fed echelle spectrometer of the 2.34 meter Vainu Bappu Telescope 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Sriram, S; Gabriel, F; Prasad, B. R; Samson, J. P. A; Jayakumar, K; Srinivasan, R; Mahesh, P. K; Giridhar, S (Anita Publications, 2004-12)
    The optical design and performance of high resolution fiber-fed echelle spectrometer for the 2.34 meter Vainu Bappu Telescope (VBT) is described. An optical fiber of core 100 J-Lm and length 45 meter is used to link the ...
  • Gamma-ray source observations with the HAGAR telescope system at Hanle in the Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Mahesh, P. K; Nagesh, B. K; Naidu, A; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R (Societe Francaise d’Astronomie et dAstrophysique, 2009-11)
    We have observed Crab nebula using the recently commissioned wavefront sampling high alti- tude (4270 m) array, HAGAR, at Hanle in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas. Regular source observations have begun with the ...
  • In-orbit Calibrations of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope 
    Tandon, S. N; Subramaniam, A; Girish, V; Postma, J; Sankarasubramanian, K; Sriram, S; Stalin, C. S; Mondal, Chayan; Sahu, S; Joseph, P; Hutchings, J; Ghosh, S. K; Barve, Indrajit V; George, K; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Kumar, A; Lancelot, J. P; Leahy, D; Mahesh, P. K; Mohan, Rekhesh; Nagabhushana, S; Pati, A. K; Kameswara Rao, N; Sreedhar, Yuvraj Harsha; Sreekumar, P (IOP Publishing, 2017-09)
    The Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the payloads in ASTROSAT, the first Indian Space Observatory. The UVIT instrument has two 375 mm telescopes: one for the far-ultraviolet (FUV) channel (1300–1800 Å), ...
  • In-orbit performance of UVIT and first results 
    Tandon, S. N; Hutchings, J. B; Ghosh, S. K; Subramaniam, A; George, K|; Girish, V; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Kumar, A; Lancelot, J.P; Mahesh, P. K; Mohan, Rekhesh; Murthy, J; Nagabhushana, S; Pati, A. K; Postma, J; Kameswara Rao, N; Sankarasubramanian, K; Sreekumar, P; Sriram, S; Stalin, C. S; Sutaria, F. K; Sreedhar, Yuvraj Harsha; Barve, Indrajit V; Mondal, Chayan; Snehalata Sahu (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2017-06)
    The performance of the ultraviolet telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat is reported. The performance in orbit is also compared with estimates made from the calibrations done on the ground. The sensitivity is found to be ...
  • In-orbit performance of UVIT over the past 5 years 
    Ghosh, S. K; Joseph, P; Kumar, A; Postma, J; Stalin, C. S; Subramaniam, A; Tandon, S. N; Barve, Indrajit V; Devaraj, A; George, K; Girish, V; Hutchings, J. B; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Lancelot, J. P; Leahy, D; Mahesh, P. K; Mohan, R; Nagabhushana, S; Pati, A. K; Kameswara Rao, N; Sankarasubramanian, K; Sreekumar, P; Sriram, S (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2021-10)
    Over the last 5 years, UVIT has completed observations of more than 500 proposals with ∼800 unique pointings. In addition, regular planned monitoring observations have been made and from their analysis various key parameters ...
  • Observations with the High Altitude GAmma Ray (HAGAR) telescope array in the Indian Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S. S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Mahesh, P. K; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010-12)
    For several decades, it was thought that astrophysical sources emit high energy photons within the energy range of the gamma-ray region of the lectromagnetic spectrum also. These photons originate from interactions of high ...
  • Observations with the High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) telescope array in the Indian Himalayas 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Manoharan, J; Mahesh, P. K; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (Copernicus Publications, 2011-11)
    The High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) array is a wavefront sampling array of 7 telescopes, set-up at Hanle, at 4270 m amsl, in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas (Northern India). It constitutes the first phase of the HImalayan ...
  • Pointing of HAGAR telescope mirrors 
    Gothe, K. S; Prabhu, T. P; Vishwanath, P. R; Acharya, B. S; Srinivasan, R; Chitnis, V. R; Kamath, P. U; Srinivasulu, G; Saleem, F; Kemkar, P. M. M; Mahesh, P. K; Gabriel, F; Manoharan, J; Dorji, N; Dorjai, T; Angchuk, D; D'souza, A. I; Duhan, S. K; Nagesh, B. K; Rao, S. K; Sharma, S. K; Singh, B. B; Sudersanan, P. V; Thsering, M. T; Upadhya, S. S; Anupama, G. C; Britto, R. J; Cowsik, R; Saha, L; Shukla, A (Springer, 2013-04)
    An array of seven atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes was commissioned at a high altitude site in Hanle in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas. The array called HAGAR has been designed to observe celestial γ-rays of energy ...
  • Proposed visible emission line space solar coronagraph 
    Singh, J; Prasad, B. R; Venkatakrishnan, P; Sankarasubramanian, K; Banerjee, D; Bayanna, R; Mathew, S; Murthy, J; Subramaniam, P; Ramesh, R; Kathiravan, S; Nagabhushana, S; Mahesh, P. K; Manoharan, P. K; Uddin, W; Sriram, S; Amit Kumar; Srivastava, N; Koteswara Rao; Nagendra, C. L; Chakraborty, P; Sriram, K. V; Venkateswaran, R; Krishnamurthy, T; Sreekumar, P; Sarma, K. S; Murthy, R; Navalgund, K. H; Samudraiah, D. R. M; Narayan Babu, P; Patra, A (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2011-01-25)
    The outer atmosphere of the sun – called the corona – has been observed during total solar eclipse for short periods (typically < 6 min), from as early as the eighteenth century. In the recent past, space-based instruments ...
  • Status of the Himalayan Gamma-Ray Observatory (HIGRO) and observation with HAGAR at very high energies 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Mahesh, P. K; Manoharan, J; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2011-12)
    High Altitude GAmma Ray (HAGAR) telescope array, which is the first stage of HImalayan Gamma Ray Observatory (HIGRO), has been successfully installed at Hanle in Himalayas and has been collecting science data since September, ...
  • Tests and calibration on ultra violet imaging telescope (UVIT) 
    Amit Kumar; Ghosh, S. K; Kamath, P. U; Postma, Joe; Kathiravan, S; Mahesh, P. K; Nagbhushana, S; Navalgund, K. H; Rajkumar, N; Rao, M. N; Sarma, K. S; Sriram, S; Stalin, C. S; Tandon, S. N (SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2012-09)
    Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope on ASTROSAT Satellite mission is a suite of Far Ultra Violet (FUV; 130 – 180 nm), Near Ultra Violet (NUV; 200 – 300 nm) and Visible band (VIS; 320–550nm) imagers. ASTROSAT is a first ...
  • Towards new analysis of Gamma-Ray sources at HImalayan Gamma-Ray Observatory (HIGRO) in northern India 
    Britto, R. J; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhatt, N; Bhattacharjee, P; Bhattacharya, S; Chitnis, V. R; Cowsik, R; Dorji, N; Duhan, S. K; Gothe, K. S; Kamath, P. U; Koul, R; Mahesh, P. K; Mitra, A; Nagesh, B. K; Parmar, N. K; Prabhu, T. P; Rannot, R. C; Rao, S. K; Saha, L; Saleem, F; Saxena, A. K; Sharma, S. K; Shukla, A; Singh, B. B; Srinivasan, R; Srinivasulu, G; Sudersanan, P. V; Tickoo, A. K; Tsewang, D; Upadhya, S. S; Vishwanath, P. R; Yadav, K. K (French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010-12)
    The High Altitude GAmma-Ray (HAGAR) array is a wavefront sampling array of 7 telescopes, set-up at Hanle, at 4270 m a.s.l., in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas (North India). It constitutes the first phase of the HImalayan ...
  • Ultra violet imaging telescope (UVIT) on ASTROSAT 
    Amit Kumar; Ghosh, S. K; Hutchings, J; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Mahesh, P. K; Murthy, J; Nagbhushana, S; Pati, A. K; Rao, M. N; Rao, N. K; Sriram, S; Tandon, S. N (SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2012-09)
    The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope on ASTROSAT Satellite mission is a suite of Far Ultra Violet (FUV: 130 – 180 nm), Near Ultra Violet (NUV: 200 – 300 nm) and Visible band (VIS: 320–550nm) imagers. ASTROSAT is the ...
  • The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope: Mechanical Design 
    Pati, A. K; Mahesh, P. K; Nagabhushana, S; Subramanian, V. K (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is one of the major scientific instruments on the proposed ASTROSAT mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation. The design of a telescope to meet the scientific requirements ...

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