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Browsing IIAP Publications by Subject "Telescopes"

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  • Active and adaptive optics for the new generation of large telescopes 
    Saxena, A. K; Love, G (Indian Academy of Sciences, 1994-03)
  • An automated extinction and sky brightness monitor for the Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle 
    Sharma, T. K; Parihar, P. S; Banyal, R. K; Ahmad Dar, Ajaz; Kemkar, P. M. M; Stanzin, U; Anupama, G. C (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-08)
    We have developed a simple and portable device that makes precise and automated measurements of night sky extinction. Our instrument uses a commercially available telephoto lens for light collection, which is retrofitted ...
  • Bisymmetric pupil modification deconvolution strategy for differential optical transfer function (dOTF) wavefront sensing 
    Martinez, P; Radhika, D (EDP Sciences, 2023-12)
    Context. The differential optical transfer function (dOTF) is a model-independent image-based wavefront sensor for measuring the complex pupil field (phase and amplitude). This method is particularly suitable for compensating ...
  • CCD photometry in VRI bands of the galactic cluster NGC 2818 
    Surendiranath, R; Kameswara Rao, N; Sagar, R; Nathan, J. S; Ghosh, K. K (Indian Academy of Sciences, 1990-06)
    The open cluster NGC 2818 containing a planetary nebula has been observed in VRI bands using the CCD system at prime focus of the 2.3 meter Vainu Bappu Telescope. The study extending to stars V of 21 magnitude established ...
  • Diffraction limited imaging with large and moderate telescopes 
    Saha, S. K (World Scientific Publishing, 2007)
    This book deals with the fundamentals of wave optics, polarization, interference, diffraction, imaging, and the origin, properties, and optical effects of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. Techniques developed during ...
  • Gain calibration of CCD systems at VBO 
    Prabhu, T. P; Mayya, Y. D; Anupama, G. C (Indian Academy of Sciences, 1992-03)
    The system gain of two CCD systems in regular use at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, is determined at a few gain settings. The procedure used for the determination of system gain and base-level noise is described in ...
  • Heating of the quiet solar chromosphere. 1: Role of the inner network bright points 
    Kariyappa, R; Sivaraman, K. R; Anandaram, M. N (Springer, 1994-05)
    We have analyzed a large number of Ca II H line profiles at the sites of the bright points in the interior of the network using a 35-min-long time sequence of spectra obtained at the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) of 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), ...
  • Long-term polarimetric behaviour of the carbon Mira R Leporis 
    Raveendran, A. V; Kameswara Rao, N (European Southern Observatory, 1989-05)
    BVRI polarimetry of R Lep obtained during 1984-1987 shows large changes in the normalized wavelength dependence of polarization. It is found that both the amount and position angle of polarization had components which ...
  • Long-Wavelength Observations of Jets from Polar Regions of the Sun 
    Ramesh, R (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999-10)
    We report radio observations of enhanced emission associated with the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) jets from polar coronal hole regions of the Sun, with the Gauribidanur radioheliograph (GRH). We have estimated the brightness ...
  • Measurement of vector magnetic fields. I - Theoretical approach to the instrumental polarisation of the Kodaikanal Solar Tower 
    Balasubramaniam, K. S; Venkatakrishnan, P; Bhattacharyya, J. C (D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1985-09)
    The observations of Stokes line profiles require an accurate knowledge of the instrumental polarisation caused by optical components in the path of the light beam. In this context we present a theoretical approach to the ...
  • Multiwavelength study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during a giant flare 
    Shukla, A; Chitnis, V. R; Vishwanath, P. R; Acharya, B. S; Anupama, G. C; Bhattacharjee, P; Britto, R. J; Prabhu, T. P; Saha, L; Singh, B. B (EDP Sciences, 2012-05)
    Aims. The nearby (z = 0.031) TeV blazar Mrk 421 was reported to be in a high state of flux activity since November, 2009. We aim to investigate possible changes in the physical parameters of Mrk 421 during its high state ...
  • A New Digital Display System for the 1-meter Telescope at Vainu Bappu Observatory 
    Srinivasan, R; Naidu, B. N (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1997-01)
    The Carl-Zeiss 1-meter telescope at Vainu Bappu Observatory uses synchro transmitters as angular transducers in a 3-stage geared train for the two axes coordinate display system. Synchro receivers are used in the console ...
  • NLST: India's National Large Solar Telescope 
    Hasan, S. S; Soltau, D; Kärcher, H; Süß, M; Berkefeld, T (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-06)
    This article introduces the new Indian 2 m telescope which has been designed by MT Mechatronics in a detailed conceptual design study for the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. We describe the background of the ...
  • Observing the GRB remnants 
    Bhargavi, S. G; Cowsik, R; Perna, R (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004-06)
    Following the predictions of Perna, Reymond & Loeb (2000) we have proposed an observational program to search for the GRB remnants in nearby galaxies using the telescopes of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. We ...
  • Optical telescopes in India 
    Bhattacharyya, J. C (National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, 1989-08)
    Fabrication and use of optical telescopes for astronomical observations in India have been reviewed. Evolution of telescopes, their optics, mounting and drive system leading to large aperture instruments of today has been ...
  • Opto-thermal analysis of a lightweighted mirror for solar telescope 
    Banyal, R. K; Ravindra, B; Chatterjee, S (Optical Society of America, 2013-03-25)
    In this paper, an opto-thermal analysis of a moderately heated lightweighted solar telescope mirror is carried out using 3D finite element analysis (FEA). A physically realistic heat transfer model is developed to account ...
  • Photometric calibration of the CCD camera of 1-m telescope at VBO 
    Mayya, Y. D (Indian Academy of Sciences, 1991-12)
    Calibration of the CCD camera of the 1-m telescope at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, to the BVR system is reported here based on the observations of stars in the 'dipper asterism' in the open cluster M 67 (NGC 2682). ...
  • Primary Mirror Active Control System Simulation of Prototype Segmented Mirror Telescope 
    Prasanna Deshmukh; Mishra, Deepta Sundar; Parihar, P. S; Vedashree (IEEE, 2017-01)
    The upcoming large astronomical telescopes are trending towards the Segmented Mirror Telescope (SMT) technology, initially developed at the W M Keck Observatory in Hawaii, where two largest SMTs in the world are in use. ...
  • 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 ...

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