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Browsing IIAP Publications by Subject "Ultraviolet astronomy"

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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 ...
  • Comparing the inner and outer star-forming complexes in the nearby spiral galaxies NGC 628, NGC 5457, and NGC 6946 using UVIT observations 
    Yadav, Jyoti; Mousumi Das; Patra, Narendra Nath; Dwarakanath, K. S; Rahna, P. T; McGaugh, S. S; Schomber, James; Murthy, J (IOP Publishing, 2021-06-10)
    We present a far-UV (FUV) study of the star-forming complexes (SFCs) in three nearby galaxies using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. The galaxies are close to face-on and show significant outer disk star formation. Two ...
  • Excess ultraviolet emission at high galactic latitudes: a new horizons view 
    Murthy, Jayant; Shull, J. Michael; Postman, Marc; Parker, Joel Wm; Redfield, Seth; Cunningham, Nathaniel; Gladstone, G. Randall; Pineau, Jon P; Brandt, Pontus; Verbiscer, Anne J.; Singer, Kelsi N; Weaver, H. A; Henry, R. C; Stern, S. Alan (American Astronomical Society, 2025-02)
    We present new observations of the cosmic ultraviolet background (CUVB) at high Galactic latitudes (|b| > 40o ), made using the Alice UV spectrograph on board the New Horizons spacecraft. These observations were taken at ...
  • Exploring the Archives: A Search for Novae in UVIT Snapshots of M31 
    Basu, Judhajeet; Krishnendu, S; Barway, Sudhanshu; Chamoli, Shatakshi; Anupama, G. C (American Astronomical Society, 2024-08-10)
    Extensive multiwavelength studies of novae have been carried out in our galaxy and in M31 for decades. However, UV studies of extragalactic novae are limited, especially those in quiescence. For the first time, we present ...
  • Exploring the central region of NGC 1365 in the ultraviolet domain 
    Kurian, K. S; Stalin, C. S; Wylezalek, D; Lyubenova, Mariya; Adhikari, T. P; Devaraj, A; Sagar, R; Kissler-Patig, Markus; Mondal, Santanu (American Astronomical Society, 2024-10-10)
    Active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback and its impact on their host galaxies are critical to our understanding of galaxy evolution. Here, we present a combined analysis of new high resolution ultraviolet (UV) data from the ...
  • GlobULeS. IV. UVIT/AstroSat Detection of Extremely Low Mass White Dwarf Companions to Blue Straggler Stars in NGC 362 
    Dattatrey, Arvind K; Yadav, R. K. S; Sharmila Rani; Subramaniam, A; Singh, Gaurav; Sahu, Snehalata; Singh, Ravi S (American Astronomical Society, 2023-02-01)
    We report the discovery of extremely low mass white dwarfs (ELM WDs) as a companion of blue straggler stars (BSSs) in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 362 using images from AstroSatʼs Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). ...
  • 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 ...
  • MG II emission of Pop. 2 long-period Cepheids 
    Parthasarathy, M; Parsons, S. B (1984-12)
    The Population II Cepheid pulsational variables AL Vir (P = 10.3 days) and W Vir (P = 17.3 days) were observed with IUE at two phases each. Only low-dispersion mid-UV exposures were feasible, but were sufficient to show a ...
  • Multiwavelength Observations of Multiple Eruptions of the Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a 
    Basu, Judhajeet; Pavana, M; Anupama, G. C; Barway, Sudhanshu; Singh, Kulinder Pal; Swain, Vishwajeet; Srivastav, Shubham; Kumar, Harsh; Bhalerao, Varun; Sonith, L. S; Selvakumar, G (American Astronomical Society, 2024-05-01)
    We report the optical, UV, and soft X-ray observations of the 2017–2022 eruptions of the recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a. We find a cusp feature in the r¢- and i¢-band light curves close to the peak, which could be related ...
  • 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 ...
  • Tracing young star-forming clumps in the nearby flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 7793 with UVIT imaging 
    Mondal, Chayan; Subramaniam, A; George, Koshy; Postma, Joseph E; Subramanian, S; Barway, Sudhanshu (IOP Publishing, 2021-03-10)
    Star formation in galaxies is a hierarchical process with a wide range of scales, from smaller clusters to larger stellar complexes. Here, we present an ultra-violet imaging study of the nearby flocculent spiral galaxy NGC ...
  • Ultraviolet observations of the hydrogen-deficient variable star MV Sagittarii 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Nandy, K (Indian Academy of Sciences, 1982)
    IUE observations of the hydrogen-deficient irregular variable star MV Sgr obtained in June-October 1980 and November 1979 are discussed. The observations reveal a prominent 2200 A absorption feature. A value of E(B - V) = ...
  • UOCS. IV. discovery of diverse hot companions to blue stragglers in the old open cluster King 2 
    Jadhav, Vikrant V; Pandey, Sindhu; Subramaniam, A; Sagar, R (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2021-10)
    King 2, one of the oldest clusters in the Milky Way, with an age of ∼6 Gyr and distance of ∼5700 pc, has been observed with UVIT payload on the AstroSat. With membership information derived from Gaia EDR3, the cluster is ...
  • UVIT Observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Point-source Catalog 
    Devaraj, A; Joseph, P; Stalin, C. S; Tandon, S. N; Ghosh, S. K (American Astronomical Society, 2023-04-01)
    Three fields in the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud were observed by the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board AstroSat, between 2017 December 31 and 2018 January 1. The observations were carried out on a ...
  • UVIT study of the MAgellanic clouds (U-SMAC). II. a far-uv catalog of the small magellanic cloud: morphology and kinematics of young stellar population 
    Hota, Sipra; Subramaniam, A; Nayak, Prasanta K; Subramanian, S (American Astronomical Society, 2024-12)
    The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular dwarf galaxy that has recently undergone an interaction with the Large Magellanic Cloud. The young massive stars in the SMC formed in the disturbed low-metallicity environment ...
  • UVIT survey of the host galaxies of active galactic nuclei. I. star formation scenarios 
    Nandi, Payel; Stalin, C. S; Dam, Poulomi; Saikia, D. J (The American Astronomical Society, 2024-09-20)
    Circumnuclear star formation (SF) is generally seen in galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN); however, the connection between the AGN activity and SF in them is less well understood. To explore this connection on ...

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