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Photometry

Photometry is a measurement technique in the field of image formation that quantifies the intensity of light detected by an imaging system, distinguished by its focus on the spatial and temporal distribution of photons to characterize the brightness properties of astronomical or physical sources.

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Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

Thomas Robitaille, Erik Tollerud, P. Greenfield et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2013 · 14.5K citations · Full text

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<i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2

A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2018 · 8.7K citations · Full text

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THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

Kevork N. Abazajian, Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy, Marcel A. Agüeros et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2009 · 5.4K citations · Full text

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DAOPHOT - A computer program for crowded-field stellar photometry

P. B. Stetson · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1987 · 4.7K citations · Full text

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Correcting for the Effects of Interstellar Extinction

E. L. Fitzpatrick · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1999 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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  1. AV
    A. V. Filippenko

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    58 publications · 8.5K citations

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  2. SU
    S. Udry

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    64 publications · 3.8K citations

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  3. DP
    Donald P. Schneider

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    44 publications · 13.1K citations

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  4. DW
    David W. Latham

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    68 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. PB
    P. B. Stetson

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

    52 publications · 9.4K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    114 h-index

    1.4K publications

    252.4K citations

  2. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    114 h-index

    1.6K publications

    200.4K citations

  3. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    111 h-index

    977 publications

    255.8K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    110 h-index

    2.2K publications

    888.2K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    102 h-index

    928 publications

    137.4K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    87 h-index

    916 publications

    103K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Germany

    85 h-index

    626 publications

    206.9K citations

  8. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    82 h-index

    512 publications

    78.7K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 1.6K publications · 117.1K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 1.2K publications · 74.2K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    1.3K publications · 65.8K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    840 publications · 73K citations

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  5. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    296 publications · 36.8K citations

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