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(a) The SYSU 80 cm infrared telescope at Lenghu...

(a) The SYSU 80 cm infrared telescope at Lenghu on the Tibetan Plateau. (b) Optical path...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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Laboratory performance characterization for the...

Laboratory performance characterization for the INS Mars640 (top row) and YNAOIR (bottom...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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(a) Distortion pattern across the focal plane. ...

(a) Distortion pattern across the focal plane. The pixel scale is 0...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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Photometric precision analysis. (a) Noise chara...

Photometric precision analysis. (a) Noise characterization of 20 s on-sky exposures obta...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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(a) Light curves of GRB infrared afterglows det...

(a) Light curves of GRB infrared afterglows detected by the SYSU 80 cm infrared telescop...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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SYSU 80 cm J-band images. (a) Image subtraction...

SYSU 80 cm J-band images. (a) Image subtraction demonstration for SN 2024xal. Left: scie...

Zhong-Nan Dong et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 6

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Surface brightness maps for three UV emission l...

Surface brightness maps for three UV emission lines for the Blizzard halo, shown edge-on...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Observable CGM mass fraction as a function of s...

Observable CGM mass fraction as a function of spatial resolution (x-axis) and surface br...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Face-on surface brightness maps of the Squall h...

Face-on surface brightness maps of the Squall halo for eight ions with emission lines in...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Face-on H I column density maps for the FOGGIE ...

Face-on H I column density maps for the FOGGIE Squall halo within a 100 kpc box. Top: al...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Radial surface brightness profiles for eight io...

Radial surface brightness profiles for eight ions across all FOGGIE halos (face-on, 0.18...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Spatial resolution exponent (b) and sensitivity...

Spatial resolution exponent (b) and sensitivity exponent (c) from the fitting formula (E...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Top panels: emissivity-weighted line-of-sight v...

Top panels: emissivity-weighted line-of-sight velocity maps for O VI in the Maelstrom ha...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Comparison of current (stars) and future (circl...

Comparison of current (stars) and future (circles) instruments designed/suitable for CGM...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Combined effects of spectral and spatial resolu...

Combined effects of spectral and spatial resolution on CGM kinematic observability for t...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Projected velocity maps for inflowing and outfl...

Projected velocity maps for inflowing and outflowing O VI-emitting gas in the Maelstrom ...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Velocity differences between Hα and O VI, C III...

Velocity differences between Hα and O VI, C III, and Mg II in the Cyclone halo. Top: map...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Resolved fraction of CGM surface area as a func...

Resolved fraction of CGM surface area as a function of kinematic resolution for velocity...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Fraction of projected area where inflows and ou...

Fraction of projected area where inflows and outflows are kinematically distinguishable ...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Observable CGM mass fraction as a function of s...

Observable CGM mass fraction as a function of spatial resolution (x-axis) and surface br...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Emissivity-weighted projected line-of-sight vel...

Emissivity-weighted projected line-of-sight velocity maps for eight ions for the Cyclone...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Same as Figure 5 but for a face-on view.

Same as Figure 5 but for a face-on view.

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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2D histograms showing the emissivity distributi...

2D histograms showing the emissivity distribution of each ion as a function of gas tempe...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Velocity channel maps illustrating the impact o...

Velocity channel maps illustrating the impact of spectral resolution on the spatial–kine...

Vida Saeedzadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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Examples of the 112 × 112 pixel HST image cutou...

Examples of the 112 × 112 pixel HST image cutouts used in the CNN analysis. Three star c...

Javier Viaña et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1004 1

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