Astrophysical: Sky surveys

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    Catalog of Planetary Nebulae Detected by GALEX and Corollary Optical Surveys
    Planetary nebulae (PNs) consist of an ionized envelope surrounding a hot central star (CSPN) that emits mostly at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. UV observations...
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    Detection of New Planetary Nebulae by IPHAS, the Hα Survey of the North Galactic Plane
    IPHAS is an ongoing Hα imaging survey of the North Galactic plane. When completed, it is expected to discover several hundred new Galactic planetary nebulae, in...
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    Dynamical masses for the nearest brown dwarf binary: ɛ Indi Ba, Bb
    We present preliminary astrometric results for the closest known brown dwarf binary to the Sun: V Indi Ba, Bb at a distance of 3.626 pc. With ongoing monitoring...
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    First Cosmology Results using Supernovae Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview, Performance, and Supernova Spectroscopy
    We present details on the observing strategy, data-processing techniques, and spectroscopic targeting algorithms for the first three years of operation for the...
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    GRB 080514B: the first high-energy AGILE burst with optical/NIR afterglow
    The AGILE gamma-ray burst GRB 080514B was the first detected to have emission at energies above 30 MeV and an optical/NIR afterglow. Here we summarize the main...
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    Hunting for eclipsing Post Common Envelope Binaries from SDSS
    We give an overview of a project aiming to identify new eclipsing post common envelope binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This work focuses on the...
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    Is there Any Evidence for Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Signal in WMAP First Year Data?
    We introduce a pixel-to-pixel comparison method to detect the temperature anisotropies on the Cosmic Microwave Background induced by the time variation of...
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    ITEMS Project: An online sequence for teaching mathematics and astronomy
    This work describes an elearning sequence for teaching geometry and astronomy in lower secondary school created inside the ITEMS (Improving Teacher Education in...
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    Light-curve Recovery with Rubin-LSST. II. Unveiling the Darkness of the Galactic Bulge (VESTALE) with RR Lyrae
    This work is part of VESTALE, a project initiated within the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Cadence Strategy Optimization Process. Its goal is to...