Astrophysics on the Edge: New Instrumental Developments at the ING
Present and future key instruments at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) are introduced, and their corresponding latest scientific highlights are...
At the edge of source confusion in optical astronomy with new ultra-deep imaging surveys
The deepest ground-based optical surveys (in terms of surface brightness mu~31 mag/arcsec^2) show that we are close to the dreaded source confusion limit. The...
ATCA radio observations of Swift J1756.9-2508 in outburst
Swift J1756.9-2508 was discovered by the X-ray satellite Swift during an outburst in 2007 (ATEL #1105) and recognized immediately as an accretion-driven...
Atlas-P the First Module Prototype of the New Generation of Atlas Units
We present the new design of the ATLAS unit (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (see [1]) to be installed at Teide Observatory (TO) in Tenerife...
Atlas-Teide a Modular and Cost-Effective Upgrade to the Atlas Network
In this work, we present the first results of the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) unit installed by the Instituto de Astrofisica de...
ATLAS-Teide: the next generation of ATLAS units for the Teide Observatory
SummaryIn this work we present the design of the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) unit that will be installed at Teide Observatory in...