A. Fausti
6 Papers
9 Citations
A. Fausti is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Astrometry & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications.
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PreCam, a Precursor Observational Campaign for Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey
K. Kuehn,S. E. Kuhlmann,S. Allam,J. Annis,T. Bailey,Eduardo Balbinot,Observ.,U Rio Grande do Sul,Rio de Janeiro,J. P. Bernstein,Tomasz Biesiadzinski,Michigan,D. L. Burke,Melissa Butner,Austin Peay State,Julio Camargo,L. N. da Costa,Darren L. DePoy,Texas,H. T. Diehl,J. P. Dietrich,Juan Estrada,A. Fausti,B. Gerke,Berkeley Lbl,V. Guarino,H. H. Head,Richard Kessler,Rio de Janeiro Observ.,Illinois Math. Sci. Acad.,U Austin Peay State,Cerro-Tololo InterAmerican Obs. +31 more
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TL;DR: PreCam as mentioned in this paper is a precursor observational campaign supporting the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which produces a photometric and astrometric catalog of nearly a hundred thousand standard stars within the DES footprint, while the PreCam instrument also serves as a prototype testbed for the DECam.
PreCam, a Precursor Observational Campaign for Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey
Kyler Kuehn,Steve Kuhlmann,Sahar S. Allam,James Annis,T. Bailey,T. Bailey,Eduardo Balbinot,Joseph P. Bernstein,T. Biesiadzinski,D. L. Burke,M. Butner,Julio Camargo,L. N. da Costa,Darren L. DePoy,H. T. Diehl,J. P. Dietrich,J. Estrada,A. Fausti,B. Gerke,B. Gerke,V. Guarino,H. H. Head,Richard Kessler,Hsing Wen Lin,Wolfgang Lorenzon,M. A. G. Maia,L. Maki,L. Maki,Jennifer L. Marshall,Brian Nord,Eric H. Neilsen,Ricardo L. C. Ogando,D. Park,John Peoples,D. Rastawicki,J.-P. Rheault,Basilio X. Santiago,M. S. Schubnell,Patrick Seitzer,J. A. Smith,H. Spinka,A. Sypniewski,G. Tarle,Douglas L. Tucker,Alistair R. Walker,William Wester +45 more
TL;DR: PreCam as discussed by the authors is a precursor observational campaign supporting the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which produces a photometric and astrometric catalog of nearly a hundred thousand standard stars within the DES footprint, while the PreCam instrument also serves as a prototype testbed for the DECam.
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The DESI instrument control system
K. Honscheid,Ann Elliott,L. Beaufore,E. Buckley-Geer,Francisco J. Castander,Luiz daCosta,A. Fausti,Steve Kent,D. Kirkby,Eric H. Neilsen,Kevin Reil,S. Serrano,A. Slozar +12 more
TL;DR: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) as mentioned in this paper, a new instrument currently under construction for the Mayall 4m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, will consist of a wide-field optical corrector with a 3.2 degree diameter and a focal plane with 5,000 robotically controlled positioners and 10 broadband spectrographs.
PreCam, a Precursor Observational Campaign for Calibration of the Dark Energy Survey
Kyler Kuehn,Steve Kuhlmann,Sahar S. Allam,James Annis,T. Bailey,T. Bailey,Eduardo Balbinot,Joseph P. Bernstein,T. Biesiadzinski,D. L. Burke,M. Butner,Julio Camargo,L. N. da Costa,Darren L. DePoy,H. T. Diehl,J. P. Dietrich,J. Estrada,A. Fausti,B. Gerke,B. Gerke,V. Guarino,H. H. Head,Richard Kessler,Hsing Wen Lin,Wolfgang Lorenzon,M. A. G. Maia,L. Maki,L. Maki,Jennifer L. Marshall,Brian Nord,Eric H. Neilsen,Ricardo L. C. Ogando,D. Park,John Peoples,D. Rastawicki,J.-P. Rheault,Basilio X. Santiago,M. S. Schubnell,Patrick Seitzer,J. A. Smith,H. Spinka,A. Sypniewski,G. Tarle,Douglas L. Tucker,Alistair R. Walker,William Wester +45 more
TL;DR: PreCam as mentioned in this paper is a precursor observational campaign supporting the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which is designed to produce a photometric and astrometric catalog of nearly a hundred thousand standard stars within the DES footprint, while the PreCam instrument also serves as a prototype testbed for the DES hardware and software.
The DECam DAQ System: lessons learned after one year of operations
K. Honscheid,Ann Elliott,Marco Bonati,E. Buckley-Geer,F. J. Castander,L. N. da Costa,H. T. Diehl,J. Eiting,Omar Estay,A. Fausti,B. Flaugher,I. Karliner,S. E. Kuhlmann,I. Mandrichenko,Eric H. Neilsen,K. Patton,Kevin Reil,A. Roodman,Jon J Thaler,German Schumacher,S. Serrano,E. Suchyta,M. Vittone,Alistair R. Walker +23 more
TL;DR: The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) as discussed by the authors is a new 520 Mega Pixel CCD camera with a 3 square degree field of view built for the DES project, which is mounted at the prime focus of the Blanco 4m telescope at the Cerro-Tololo International Observatory (CTIO).