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Nordic-Baltic Astronomy Days 2026

26–29 May 2026
Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel
Europe/Helsinki timezone

Session

26-A3: Instrumentation

Tu-10A
26 May 2026, 16:15
Room A

Room A

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Chair: Heidi Korhonen

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  1. 249. Research in Baldone Observatory
    Ilgmars Eglitis (University of Latvia, ESTF, Institute of Astronomy)
    26/05/2026, 16:15
    Oral

    Studies of small bodies of the Solar System
    Astronomers at the Baldone Observatory conduct extensive studies of small bodies in the Solar System using the Schmidt telescope. One major research direction involves measuring the positions and brightness of these objects in the U, B, V, R, and I photometric filters. Using this telescope, 149 new asteroids have been discovered, including a...

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  2. 250. 4MOST progress towards first science results
    Ross Church (Astrophysics division, Lund University)
    26/05/2026, 16:30
    Oral

    4MOST is a project to build a multi-fibre spectrograph and use it to carry out a massive spectroscopic survey of stars and galaxies. The 4MOST consortium has members from across the Nordic and Baltic nations with diverse interests including galactic structure and history, stellar populations and observational cosmology. The instrument has been installed and commissioned on ESO's VISTA...

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  3. 251. Hard X-ray polarization results from XL-Calibur 2024 flight: Crab and Cyg X-1
    Varun Varun (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
    26/05/2026, 16:45
    Oral

    The advent of X-ray polarimetry has marked a major advancement in high-energy astrophysics, driven by the successful launch of IXPE and its groundbreaking measurements in the soft X-ray band (2–8 keV). Currently, several efforts are underway for getting more significant results in hard X-rays provided by previous missions like PoGo+. XL-Calibur is a balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter...

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  4. 252. The EASST Network and BHTOM Platform for Coordinated Microlensing Studies
    Marius Maskoliūnas (Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Vilnius university)
    26/05/2026, 17:00
    Oral

    The European Astronomical Society of Small Telescopes (EASST) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling high-quality astronomical research with small and medium aperture telescopes. Within this framework, the Black Hole Target and Observation Manager (BHTOM) has been developed as a robust, web-based observational coordination system designed to support both professional and amateur...

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  5. 253. Presenting PyLongslit – a new manual pipeline for long-slit spectroscopy
    Kostas Valeckas (Nordic Optical Telescope, Copenhagen University)
    26/05/2026, 17:15
    Oral

    We present PyLongslit, a simple and transparent Python pipeline for processing astronomical long-slit spectroscopy data obtained with CCD detectors. The software is designed to prioritize manual execution, robustness, and pedagogical clarity, providing an accessible alternative to highly automated “black-box” reduction pipelines. The pipeline emphasizes visualization and quality assessment...

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