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  • Design and modeling of a tunable spatial heterodyne spectrometer for emission line studies 
    Nirmal, K; Sridharan, R; Sriram, S; Murthy, J; Ambily, S; Safonova, M; Sreejith, A. G; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar (SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018-04)
    Spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS) is an interferometric technique similar to the Fourier transform spectroscopy with heritage from the Michelson interferometer. An imaging detector is used at the output of an SHS to ...
  • Development of a spatial heterodyne spectrometer and associated instrumentation for space and ground observatories 
    Nirmal, K (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2018-09)
    We describe the development of compact, lightweight payloads suitable for ground, space, and balloon-based observatories. The first instrument is a compact high resolution (≥ 20000) tunable spatial heterodyne spectrom- eter ...
  • Development of Data Acquisition Methods for an FPGA-Based Photon Counting Detector 
    Ambily, S; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Mathew, J; Sreejith, A. G; Nirmal, K; Prakash, A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017-03)
    MCP-based detectors are widely used in the ultraviolet (UV) region due to their low noise levels, high sensitivity and good spatial and temporal resolution. We have developed a compact near-UV (NUV) detector for highaltitude ...
  • The first aluminum coating of the 3700 mm primary mirror of the Devasthal Optical Telescope 
    Bheemireddy, K. R; Maheswar, G; Pant, J; Omar, A; Kumar, B; Uddin, W; Nirmal, K (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-07)
    Initially the primary mirror of the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope is uncoated polished zerodur glass supplied by Lytkarino Optical Glass Factory, Russia/Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems, Belgium. In order to do ...
  • Measurements of Gondola Motion on a Stratospheric Balloon Flight 
    Safonova, M; Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A.G.; Satpodar, Mayuresh; Suresh, Ambily; Prakash, A; Mathew, Joice; Murthy, J; Anand, D; Karpardhi, B.V.N.; Suneel Kumar, B; Kulkarni, P.M. (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2016)
    Balloon experiments are an economically feasible method of conducting observations in astron- omy that are not possible from the ground. The astronomical payload may include a telescope, a detector, and a pointing/stabilization ...
  • The near ultraviolet transient surveyor (NUTS): An ultraviolet telescope to observe variable sources 
    Ambily, S; Sarpotda, Mayuresh; Mathew, Joice; Binukumar, G; Sreejith, A. G; Nirmal, K; Murthy, J; Safonova, M; Mohan, Rekhesh; Aggarval, Vinod Kumar; Nagabhushanam, S; Jeeragal, Sachin (Springer, 2022-08)
    Observing the ultraviolet (UV) sky for time-varyiable phenomena is one of the many exciting science goals that can be achieved by a relatively small aperture telescope in space. The Near Ultraviolet Transient Surveyor ...
  • Near UV imager with an MCP-based photon counting detector 
    Ambily, S; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Sreejith, A. G; Nirmal, K; Prakash, A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-07)
    We are developing a compact UV Imager using light weight components, that can be own on a small CubeSat or a balloon platform. The system has a lens-based optics that can provide an aberration-free image over a wide field ...
  • Noise modeling and analysis of an IMU-based attitude sensor: improvement of performance by filtering and sensor fusion 
    Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Ambily, S; Prakash, A; Safonova, M (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-07)
    We describe the characterization and removal of noises present in the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) MPU- 6050, which was initially used in an attitude sensor, and later used in the development of a pointing system for ...
  • Opto-mechanical assembly and ground calibration of LUCI 
    Mathew, J; Nair, B. G; Sriram, S; Kamath, P. U; Prakash, A; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Ambily, S; Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Safonova, M; Murthy, J; Brosch, N (SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018-08-20)
    The Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is an innovative all-spherical mirrors telescope, proposed to fly as a scientific UV imaging payload on a lunar mission in collaboration with Indian Aerospace Company-TeamIndus, ...
  • Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads 
    Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Ambily, S||Prakash, A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-12)
    We describe the development and implementation of a light-weight, fully autonomous 2-axis pointing and stabilization system designed for balloon-borne astronomical payloads. The system is developed using offthe-shelf ...
  • Prospect for UV observations from the Moon. II. Instrumental design of an ultraviolet imager LUCI 
    Mathew, J; Prakash, A; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Sreejith, A. G; Nirmal, K; Ambily, S; Safonova, M; Murthy, J; Brosch, N (Springer, 2017-02)
    We present a design for a near-ultraviolet (NUV) imaging instrument which may be flown on a range of available platforms, including high-altitude balloons, nanosatellites, or space missions. Although all current UV space ...
  • Prospect for UV observations from the moon. III. assembly and ground calibration of lunar ultraviolet cosmic imager (LUCI) 
    Mathew, J; Nair, B. G; Safonova, M; Sriram, S; Prakash, A; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Ambily, S; Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Murthy, J; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Prasad, B. R; Brosch, Noah; Kappelmann, Norbert; Gadde, Nirmal Suraj; Narayan, Rahul (Springer, 2019-03)
    The Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a near-ultraviolet (NUV) telescope with all-spherical mirrors, designed and built to fly as a scientific payload on a lunar mission with Team Indus—the original Indian entry to ...
  • A software package for evaluating the performance of a star sensor operation 
    Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Mathew, J; Sreejith, A. G; Nirmal, K; Ambily, S; Prakash, A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (Springer, 2017-02)
    We have developed a low-cost off-the-shelf component star sensor (StarSense) for use in minisatellites and CubeSats to determine the attitude of a satellite in orbit. StarSense is an imaging camera with a limiting magnitude ...
  • Spectroscopic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING): a dedicated NUV spectrograph to study extended objects 
    Bharat Chandra; Nair, B. G; Suresh, Ambily; Prabha, C. S; Mathew, J; Nirmal, K; Sarpotdar, Mayuresh; Mohan, R; Safonova, M; Sriram, S; Murthy, J (SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2019-01)
    SING is a near ultraviolet (NUV) spectrograph with a size close to 6U CubeSat form-factor. The spectrograph operates in the wavelength range from 1800 Å to 3000 Å, with a spectral resolution of 2 Å at the central wavelength. ...
  • Wavelength calibration of a tunable spatial heterodyne spectrometer 
    Nirmal, K; Sridharan, R; Sriram, S; Ambily, S; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Murthy, J; Binukumar, G; Safonova, M (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018-07-06)
    Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy (SHS) is a relatively novel interferometric technique similar to Fourier transform spectroscopy and shares design similarities with a Michelson Interferometer. An Imaging detector is used ...
  • Wide-field ultraviolet imager for astronomical transient studies 
    Mathew, J; Ambily, S; Prakash, A; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Safonova, M; Murthy, J; Brosch, N (Springer, 2018-04)
    Though the ultraviolet (UV) domain plays a vital role in the studies of astronomical transient events, the UV time-domain sky remains largely unexplored. We have designed a wide-field UV imager that can be flown on a range ...

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