Talks + References
2026-01-10 18:57:19 by jalbert
Talks
"Project ALTAIR: Airborne Laser for Telescopic Atmospheric Interference Reduction," (.pdf) (original .pptx) (video recording [QuickTime .MOV file]) B. D'Agnillo, 247th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Phoenix AZ, 6 Jan. 2026
"Dark Energy ... and a New Miniature Stratospheric Platform for Ultra-Low-Cost Communication, Precision Calibration, & Earth Observation," (.pdf) (original .pptx) J. Albert, Polytechnique Montreal, 4 Dec. 2025
"ALTAIR: High-Altitude, Low-Cost Micro-Airships for 'Workhorse' Precision Rubin Observatory Calibration & Beyond," J. Albert, STScI, Baltimore MD, 23 Oct. 2024
"The ALTAIR Balloon-Borne Source Precision Calibration Project: A Progress Report," Y. Brown, CALCON, Utah State Univ., 19 Aug. 2013
"Precision Photometry via Man-made Light Sources, for Optical and for Microwave Astronomy," J. Albert, Fermilab, 16 Apr. 2012
"A Balloon-Borne Light Source for Precision Photometric Calibration," M. Fagin, Fermilab, 16 Apr. 2012
"Addressing the photometric calibration challenge: explicit determination of the instrumental response and atmospheric transmission functions," C. Stubbs, Fermilab, 16 Apr. 2012
Papers
"Precision Calibration via Artificial Light Sources Above the Atmosphere," J. Albert, M. Fagin, Y. Brown, C. Stubbs, N. Kuklev, and A. Conley, Astro. Soc. Pacific conference series (2012).
"Satellite-Mounted Light Sources as Photometric Calibration Standards for Ground-Based Telescopes," J. Albert, Astronomical Journal 143, 8 (2012).
"Satellite-Mounted Light Sources as Photometric Calibration Standards," J. Albert, K. Foster, J. Battat et al, white paper for the National Academy of Sciences ASTRO2010 Decadal Survey.
"Toward 1% Photometry: End-to-end Calibration of Astronomical Telescopes and Detectors," C. Stubbs and J. Tonry, arXiv:astro-ph/0604285, Astrophysical Journal 646, 1436 (2006).
"Telescope Spectrophotomtric and Absolute Flux Calibration, and National Security Applications, Using a Tunable Laser on a Satellite," J. Albert, W. Burgett, and J. Rhodes, arXiv:astro-ph/0604339.
Additional Literature
Blimp Design
The following report was posted on Astro-ph as Airships: A New Horizon for Science(airXiv: 1402.6706)
The following is a project report on an airship design for an ALTAIR payload, and was completed as part of a course project by Divya Bhatnagar and her engineering colleagues in Spring 2014 at UVic.
Posters
2014 Workshop on the Cosmic Distance Scale 2013 AAS Meeting
STScI, Baltimore, MD, 31 Mar. - 2 Apr. 2014 Long Beach, CA, 6-10 Jan. 2013
K. Thanjavur, for ALTAIR C. Cramer, J. Albert, & S. Deustua, for ALTAIR
(.pdf) (.key) (.pdf) (.ppt)
2014 Workshop on the Cosmic Distance Scale 2013 AAS Meeting
STScI, Baltimore, MD, 31 Mar. - 2 Apr. 2014 Long Beach, CA, 6-10 Jan. 2013
K. Thanjavur, for ALTAIR C. Cramer, J. Albert, & S. Deustua, for ALTAIR
(.pdf) (.key) (.pdf) (.ppt)
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