We report on 26 lunar occultation events observed in the context of a program started at Devasthal in 2017. In addition to the customary observations with the 1.3-m telescope, we report here also the first attempts performed with the TIRCAM2 camera at the 3.6-m DOT telescope in the near-IR. The results consist in the first-time angular diameters for two late-type giants, in a measurement of the well-known AGB pulsating variable SW~Vir, and in the measurement of eight small separation binaries one of which is detected for the first time (HR~1860). We also measured the wider binaries SAO~94431 and 55~Tau (twice). The remaining sources were found to be unresolved with upper limits as small as 1~milliarcsecond. We plan to develop further the high-speed capability of the TIRCAM2 instrument, so as to include in our program also more near-infrared, highly extincted sources.
TIRCAM2 is the facility near-infrared Imager at the Devasthal 3.6-m telescope in northern India, equipped with an Aladdin III InSb array detector. We have pioneered the use of TIRCAM2 for very fast photometry, with the aim of recording Lunar Occultations (LO). This mode is now operational and publicly offered. In this paper we describe the relevant instrumental details, we provide references to the LO method and the underlying data analysis procedures, and we list the LO events recorded so far. Among the results, we highlight a few which have led to the measurement of one small-separation bina…
A study on the contribution of the interplanetary medium in radio occultation experiments
Indian Institute of Technology Indore(印度印多尔理工学院);Indian Space Research Organization, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(印度空间研究组织,维克拉姆·萨拉巴hai航天中心);ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network(印度空间研究组织遥测跟踪与指令网络);The University of Tokyo(东京大学)
Eclipses by Artificial Satellites to Measure the Angular Sizes of Stars
Durham University(杜伦大学);University of Toronto(多伦多大学);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(香港科技大学);Nazarbayev University(纳扎尔巴耶夫大学);Université Paris Diderot(巴黎狄德罗大学);Université de Paris(巴黎大学);Donostia International Physics Center(多诺斯蒂亚国际物理中心);University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU(巴斯克大学)