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Sky Background Subtraction

Sky Background Subtraction is a data processing technique in near-infrared astronomy that distinguishes itself from other photometric correction methods by selectively removing diffuse atmospheric and thermal emission contributions from observational frames to isolate the true flux of celestial sources.

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The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy, Marcel A. Agüeros, S. Allam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2008 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III

H. Aihara, Carlos Allende Prieto, Deokkeun An et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2011 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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A Method for Optimal Image Subtraction

C. Alard, Robert H. Lupton · The Astrophysical Journal · 1998 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Image subtraction using a space-varying kernel

C. Alard · Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series · 2000 · 853 citations · Full text

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CCD surface photometry of elliptical galaxies - I. Observations, reduction and results

R. Jędrzejewski · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1987 · 827 citations

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  1. RH
    Robert H. Lupton

    Princeton University, United States

    8 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. JB
    Joss Bland‐Hawthorn

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 857 citations

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  3. JL
    Jon Lawrence

    Australian Astronomical Observatory, Australia

    7 publications · 451 citations

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  4. DJ
    David J. Schlegel

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    7 publications · 4.3K citations

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  5. JB
    J. Brinkmann

    Princeton University, United States

    6 publications · 3.7K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    139 publications

    34.3K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    20 h-index

    88 publications

    45.3K citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    20 h-index

    39 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, United States

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    6.6K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    19 h-index

    60 publications

    10.5K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    17 h-index

    36 publications

    6.3K citations

  7. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    9.5K citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    5.8K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 68 publications · 6K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    67 publications · 5.3K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    31 publications · 2K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 25 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    PASP · 27 publications · 1.5K citations

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