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B. Gerke is an academic researcher from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Astrometry & Telescope. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications. Previous affiliations of B. Gerke include Stanford University.
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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
- 24 Oct 2013
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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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.