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  • 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 ...
  • India-TMT project—science instrumentation program 
    Sivarani, T; Ramya, S; Sriram, S; Divakar, Devika; Surya, Arun; Varshney, Hari Mohan; Kambala, Sudarshan; Hasan, Amirul; Prakash, A; Govinda, K. V; Viswanatha; Anupama, G. C; Maheswar, G; Ojha, D; Pandey, S. B; Pandey, J; Puravankara, M; Ramaprakash, A. N; Reddy, B. E; Shah, Sarang; Srianand, R; Subramaniam, A; Subramanian, S (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2022-12)
    The future of astronomy in the coming decades will be shaped by the upcoming three extremely large optical telescopes, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the European Large Telescope ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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 from a stable space platform 
    Chandra, B; Sachkov, Mikhail; Shanti Prabha, C; Prakash, A; Nair, B. G; Safonova, M; Rai, R; Mohan, Rekhesh; Murthy, J; Shmagin, Vladimir (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2020-12)
    One of the most exciting parts of the astrophysical spectrum is the ultraviolet, with a greater density of absorption and emission lines than any other part of the electromagnetic spectra. Our primary science objective ...
  • Spectroscopic Investigation of Nebular Gas (SING): general objectives and preliminary optical layout 
    Sachkov, M. E; Chandra, B; Murthy, J; Shmagin, V. E; Prabha, Sh; Prakash, A; Nair, B. G; Safonova, M. V; Rai, R; Mohan, R (Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020-12)
    The ultraviolet spectral subdiapasons, both near UV (180─300 nm) and far UV (115─180 nm), are highly requested by astrophysicists. The successful space missions like IUE, HST, GALEX and others provided scientists with ...
  • An ultraviolet imager to study bright UV sources 
    Mathew, J; Prakash, A; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Sreejith, A. G; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-07)
    We have designed and developed a compact ultraviolet imaging payload to y on a range of possible platforms such as high altitude balloon experiments, cubesats, space missions, etc. The primary science goals are to study ...
  • 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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