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  • The M31 pixel lensing plan campaign: macho lensing and self-lensing signals 
    Novati, S. C; Bozza, V; Bruni, I; Dall'Ora, M; Paolis, F. D; Dominik, M; Gualandi, R; Ingrosso, G; Jetzer, P; Mancini, L; Nucita, A; Safonova, M; Scarpetta, G; Sereno, M; Strafella, F; Subramaniam, A; Gould, A (IOP Publishing, 2014-03-10)
    We present the final analysis of the observational campaign carried out by the PLAN (Pixel Lensing Andromeda) collaboration to detect a dark matter signal in form of MACHOs through the microlensing effect. The campaign ...
  • 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, ...
  • Planets in the early Universe 
    Shchekinov, Y. A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (Springer, 2013-07)
    Several planets have recently been discovered around stars that are old and metal-poor, implying that these planets are also old, formed in the early Universe together with their hosts. The canonical theory suggests that ...
  • 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 ...
  • Postulating exoplanetary habitability via a novel anomaly detection method 
    Sarkar, Jyotirmoy; Bhatia, Kartik; Saha, Snehanshu; Safonova, M; Sarkar, Santonu (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2022-03)
    A profound shift in the study of cosmology came with the discovery of thousands of exoplanets and the possibility of the existence of billions of them in our Galaxy. The biggest goal in these searches is whether there are ...
  • Predicting UV sky for future UV missions 
    Safonova, M; Mohan, Rekhesh; Sreejith, A. G; Murthy, J (Elsevier, 2013-02)
    Software simulators are now widely used in all areas of science, especially in application to astronomical missions: from instrument design to mission planning, and to data interpretation. We present a simulator to model ...
  • Prospect for UV observations from the Moon 
    Safonova, M; Mathew, J; Mohan, Rekhesh; Sreejith, A. G; Murthy, J; Brosch, N; Kappelmann, N; Sharma, A; Narayan, R (Springer, 2014-10)
    Space astronomy in the last 40 years has largely been done from spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) for which the technology is proven and delivery mechanisms are readily available. However, new opportunities are arising ...
  • 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 ...
  • Prospects for observations of transient UV Events with the TAUVEX UV observatory 
    Safonova, M; Sivaram, C; Murthy, J (Springer, 2008-11)
    Transient events have posed special problems in astronomy because of the intrinsic difficulty of their detection, and a new class of observatories such as the Pan-STARRS and LSST are coming up specifically to observe these ...
  • Quantifying the classification of exoplanets: in search for the right habitability metric 
    Safonova, M; Mathur, Archana; Basak, Suryoday; Bora, Kakoli; Agrawal, Surbhi (Jointly published by EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021-09)
    What is habitability? Can we quantify it? What do we mean under the term habitable or potentially habitable planet? With estimates of the number of planets in our Galaxy alone running into billions, possibly a number greater ...
  • A Raspberry Pi-based attitude sensor 
    Sreejith, A. G; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Mohan, Rekhesh; Akshata Nayak; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2014-11)
    We have developed a lightweight low-cost attitude sensor, based on a Raspberry Pi, built with readily available commercial components. It can be used in experiments where weight and power are constrained, such as in ...
  • Search for low-mass objects in the globular cluster M4. I. detection of variable stars 
    Safonova, M; Mkrtichian, D; Hasan, P; Sutaria, F. K; Brosch, N; Gorbikov, E; Joseph, P (IOP Publishing, 2016-02)
    With every new discovery of an extrasolar planet, the absence of planets in globular clusters ( GCs ) becomes more and more conspicuous. Null detection of transiting hot Jupiters in GCs 47 Tuc, ω Cen, and NGC 6397 ...
  • Searching for IMBHs in globular clusters 
    Safonova, M (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, 2010)
    Globular clusters have been alternatively predicted to host intermediate-mass black holes (IMBFIs) or nearly impossible to form and retain them in their centres. Over the last decade enough theoretical and observational ...
  • Simultaneous X-ray/UV Observations of Ultraluminous X-ray Source Holmberg II X-1 with Indian Space Mission Astrosat 
    Vinokurov, A; Atapin, K; Bordoloi, O. P; Sarkisyan, A; Kashyap, U; Chakraborty, M; Rahna, P. T; Kostenkov, A; Solovyeva, Y; Fabrika, S; Safonova, M; Gogoi, R; Sutaria, F. K; Murthy, J (Springer, 2022-09)
    We present the results of eight epochs of simultaneous UV and X-ray observations of the highly variable ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) Holmberg II X-1 with AstroSat—Indian multiwavelength space satellite. During the ...
  • 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 ...

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