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Improvement of photometric accuracy of first scientific polish satellites.

2016/21/D/ST9/00656

Keywords:

astronomical imaging photometry scientific satellies

Descriptors:

  • ST9_18: Observational and satellite techniques, telescopes, detectors
  • ST6_8: Computer graphics, image processing, computer vision, multimedia, computer games

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Politechnika Śląska, Wydział Automatyki, Elektroniki i Informatyki

woj. śląskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Adam Popowicz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: SONATA 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 266 776 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-01-23

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-07-22

Project duration:: 30 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Modernizacja sprzętu komputerowego (10 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (16)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF PHOTON-LIMITED TIP-TILT CORRECTION IN VERY SMALL TELESCOPES
    Authors:
    Adam Popowicz, Valeri Orlov
    Academic press:
    REVISTA MEXICANA DE ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA (rok: 2017, tom: 53, strony: -), Wydawca: UNAM Mexico
    Status:
    Published
  2. A BRITE view on the massive O-type supergiant V973 Scorpii: Hints towards internal gravity waves or subsurface convection zones
    Authors:
    amiaramanantsoa T., Ratnasingam R., Shenar T., Moffat A., Rogers T.M., Popowicz Adam, Kuschnig R., Pigulski A., Handler G., Wade G., Zwintz K. and Weiss W.
    Academic press:
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (rok: 2018, tom: 480, strony: 972-986), Wydawca: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/sty1897 - link to the publication
  3. BRITE-Constellation reveals evidence for pulsations in the enigmatic binary η Carinae
    Authors:
    Noel Richardson, Pablo H., Sterken Ch., Pigulski A., Koenigsberger G., Moffat A., Madura T., Hamaguchi K., Corcoran M., Damineli A., Gull T., Hillier D., Weigelt G., Handler G., Popowicz Adam, Wade G., Weiss W. and Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (rok: 2018, tom: 475, strony: 5417–5423), Wydawca: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/sty157 - link to the publication
  4. PSF photometry for BRITE nano-satellite mission
    Authors:
    Popowicz Adam
    Academic press:
    SPIE Proceedings (Konferencja w WoS) (rok: 2018, tom: 1069820, strony: -), Wydawca: SPIE
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1117/12.2299498 - link to the publication
  5. Studying the photometric and spectroscopic variability of the magnetic hot supergiant ζ Orionis Aa
    Authors:
    Buysschaert B., Neiner C., Richardson N. D., Ramiaramanantsoa T., David-Uraz A., Pablo H., Oksala E., Moffat A., Mennickent R.E., Legaza S., Aerts C., Kuschnig R., Whittaker G., Popowicz A., Handler G., Pigulski A., Wade G. and Weiss W.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (rok: 2017, tom: 602, strony: -), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201630318 - link to the publication
  6. The Most Massive Heartbeat: An In-depth Analysis of ι Orionis
    Authors:
    Pablo H., Richardson N. D., Fuller J., Rowe A. F. J, Moffat A., Kuschnig R., Popowicz A., Handler G., Neiner C., Pigulski A., Wade G., Weiss W., Buysschaert B., Ramiaramanantsoa T., Bratcher A.D., Gerhartz C.J., Greco J.J., Hardegree-Ullman K., Lembryk L, and Oswald W.L.
    Academic press:
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (rok: 2017, tom: 467, strony: 2494-2503), Wydawca: Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stx207 - link to the publication
  7. The variability of the BRITEst Wolf-Rayet binary, γ2 Velorum I. Photometric and spectroscopic evidence for colliding winds
    Authors:
    Richardson N. D., Russell M.P., St-Jean L., Moffat A., St-Louis N., Shenar T., Pablo H., Hill G., Ramiaramanantsoa T., Corcoran M., Hamuguchi K., Eversberg T, Miszalski B, Chene A.N., Waldron W., Kotze E., Kotze M., Lucas P., Cacella P., Heathcote B., Powles J., Bohlsen T., Locke M., Handler G., Kuschnig R., Popowicz A., Wade G. and Weiss W.
    Academic press:
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (rok: 2017, tom: 471, strony: 2715–2729), Wydawca: ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stx1731 - link to the publication
  8. Triple system HD 201433 with a SPB star component seen by BRITE - Constellation: Pulsation, differential rotation, and angular momentum transfer
    Authors:
    Kallinger T., Weiss W., Beck P.G., Pigulski A., Kuschnig R., Tkachenko A., Pakhomov Y., Ryabchikova T., Luftinger T., Palle P.L., Handler G., Koudelka O., Matthews J., Semenko E., Moffat A., Pablo H., Popowicz A., Rucinski M., Wade G. and Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (rok: 2017, tom: Vol. 603, strony: -), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201730625 - link to the publication
  9. BRITE photometry of the massive post-RLOF system HD 149404
    Authors:
    Rauw G., Pigulski A., Naze Y., David-Uraz A., Handler G., Raucq F., Gosset E., Moffat A., Neiner C., Pablo H., Popowicz Adam, Rucinski S., Wade G., Weiss W. and Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSIC (rok: 2018, tom: 621, strony: A15), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSIC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201833594 - link to the publication
  10. BRITE-Constellation: Data processing and photometry
    Authors:
    Popowicz A., Pigulski A., Bernacki K., Kuschnig R., Pablo H., Ramiaramanantsoa T., Zoclonska E., Baade D., Handler G., Moffat A., Wade G., Neiner C., Rucinski M., Weiss W., Koudelka O., Orleanski P., Schwarzenberg A. and Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (rok: 2017, tom: 605, strony: A26), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201730806 - link to the publication
  11. Stellar masses from granulation and oscillations of 23 bright redgiants observed by BRITE -Constellation
    Authors:
    Kallinger T., Beck P.G., Hekker S, Huber D., Kuschnig R., Rockenbauer M, Winter P.M., Weiss W., Handler G., Moffat A., Pigulski A., Popowicz Adam, Wade G. and Zwintz K.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (rok: 2019, tom: 624, strony: no. A35), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201834514 - link to the publication
  12. BRITE-Constellation high-precision time-dependent photometry of the early-O-type supergiant ζ Puppis unveils the photospheric drivers of its small- and large-scale wind structures
    Authors:
    Ramiaramanantsoa T., Moffat A., Harmon R., Ignace R., St-Louis N., Vanbeveren D., Shenar T., Pablo H., Richardson N. D., Howarth I.D., Stevens I.R., Piaulet C., St-Jean L., Eversberg T., Pigulski A., Popowicz Adam, Kuschnig R., Zoclonska E., Buysschaert B., Handler G., Weiss W., Wade G., Rucinski M., Zwintz K., Luckas P., Heathcote B., Cacella P., Powels J., Locke M., Bohlsen T., Chene A.N., Miszalski B., Waldron W., Kotze M., Kotze E. and Bohm T.
    Academic press:
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (rok: 2018, tom: 473, strony: 5417–5423), Wydawca: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stx2671 - link to the publication
  13. Constraining the near-core rotation of the Doradus star 43 Cygni using BRITE-Constellation data
    Authors:
    Zwintz K., Van Reeth T., Tkachenko A., Gossl S., Pigulski A., Kuschnig R., Handler G., Moffat A., Popowicz A., Wade G. and Weiss W.
    Academic press:
    ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (rok: 2017, tom: 608, strony: -), Wydawca: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201731784 - link to the publication
  14. Optimization of Exposure Time Division for Multi-object Photometry
    Authors:
    Popowicz A. and Kurek A.
    Academic press:
    PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC (rok: 2017, tom: 129, strony: -), Wydawca: ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1538-3873/aa7843 - link to the publication
  15. Review of image quality measures for solar imaging
    Authors:
    Popowicz A., Radlak K., Bernacki K. and Orlov V.
    Academic press:
    SOLAR PHYSICS (rok: 2017, tom: 292, strony: 45309), Wydawca: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11207-017-1211-3 - link to the publication
  16. Analysis of Dark Current in BRITE Nanostellite CCD Sensors
    Authors:
    Adam Popowicz
    Academic press:
    SENSORS (rok: 2018, tom: 2018, strony: no. 18(2)), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/s18020479 - link to the publication
  1. PSF photometry for BRITE nano-satellite mission
    Authors:
    Popowicz Adam
    Conference:
    SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018 (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: SPIE
    Data:
    konferencja Czerwiec 2018
    Status:
    Published