William Foster van Altena - Publications

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1974- Yale University, New Haven, CT 
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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http://emeritus.yale.edu/fellows/william-van-altena

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2019 Zhang L, Casetti-Dinescu DI, Bidin CM, Méndez RA, Girard TM, Vieira K, Korchagin VI, van Altena WF, Zhao G. The Origins of Young Stars in the Direction of the Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream: Abundances, Kinematics, and Orbits. The Astrophysical Journal. 871. PMID 30774145 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaf560  0.505
2018 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Bidin CM, Zhang L, Mendez RA, Vieira K, Korchagin VI, van Altena WF. In-situ Star Formation in the Outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud: DR2 Confirmation. The Astrophysical Journal. 862. PMID 30393386 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aad183  0.47
2015 Horch EP, Van Altena WF, Demarque P, Howell SB, Everett ME, Ciardi DR, Teske JK, Henry TJ, Winters JG. Observations of binary stars with the differential speckle survey instrument. V. Toward an empirical metal-poor mass-luminosity relation Astronomical Journal. 149. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/151  0.491
2014 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Bidin CM, Girard TM, Méndez RA, Vieira K, Korchagin VI, Van Altena WF. Recent star formation in the leading arm of the magellanic stream Astrophysical Journal Letters. 784. DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/784/2/L37  0.456
2013 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Jílková L, Van Altena WF, Podestá F, López CE. Space velocities of southern globular clusters. VII. NGC 6397, NGC 6626(m28), and NGC 6656 (M22) Astronomical Journal. 146. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/146/2/33  0.34
2012 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Vieira K, Girard TM, Van Altena WF. Constraints on the Magellanic Clouds' interaction from the distribution of OB stars and the kinematics of giants Astrophysical Journal. 753. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/123  0.436
2012 Horch EP, Bahi LAP, Gaulin JR, Howell SB, Sherry WH, Baena Gallé R, Van Altena WF. Speckle observations of binary stars with the wiyn telescope. VII. Measures during 2008-2009 Astronomical Journal. 143. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/143/1/10  0.494
2011 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Korchagin VI, Van Altena WF. The three-dimensional velocity structure of the thick disk from SPM4 and rave DR2 Astrophysical Journal. 728. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/728/1/7  0.329
2011 Girard TM, Van Altena WF, Zacharias N, Vieira K, Casetti-Dinescu DI, Castillo D, Herrera D, Sun Lee Y, Beers TC, Monet DG, López CE. The Southern Proper Motion Program. IV. the SPM4 catalog Astronomical Journal. 142. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/142/1/15  0.373
2011 Horch EP, Van Altena WF, Howell SB, Sherry WH, Ciardi DR. Observations of binary stars with the differential speckle survey instrument. III. Measures below the diffraction limit of the WIYN telescope Astronomical Journal. 141. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/141/6/180  0.519
2011 Horch EP, Gomez SC, Sherry WH, Howell SB, Ciardi DR, Anderson LM, Van Altena WF. Observations of binary stars with the differential speckle survey instrument. II. Hipparcos stars observed in 2010 January and June Astronomical Journal. 141. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/141/2/45  0.581
2011 Horch EP, Van Altena WF. The WIYN speckle survey: Toward the thin and thick disk binary populations Aip Conference Proceedings. 1346: 21-35. DOI: 10.1063/1.3597583  0.363
2010 Moni Bidin C, Carraro G, Méndez RA, Van Altena WF. No evidence for a dark matter disk within 4 kpc from the Galactic plane Astrophysical Journal Letters. 724. DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/724/1/L122  0.435
2010 Vieira K, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, Zacharias N, Casetti-Dinescu DI, Korchagin VI, Platais I, Monet DG, López CE, Herrera D, Castillo DJ. Proper-motion study of the Magellanic Clouds using spm material Astronomical Journal. 140: 1934-1950. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1934  0.368
2010 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Korchagin VI, Van Altena WF, López CE. Space velocities of southern globular clusters. VI. Nine clusters in the inner milky way Astronomical Journal. 140: 1282-1293. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/5/1282  0.355
2010 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Platais I, Van Altena WF. Detection of a stellar stream behind open cluster NGC 188: Another part of the monoceros stream Astronomical Journal. 139: 1889-1898. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/5/1889  0.33
2010 Horch EP, Falta D, Anderson LM, Desousa MD, Miniter CM, Ahmed T, Van Altena WF. CCD speckle observations of binary stars with the WIYN telescope. VI. Measures during 2007-2008 Astronomical Journal. 139: 205-215. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/1/205  0.545
2009 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Majewski SR, Vivas AK, Wilhelm R, Carlin JL, Beers TC, Van Altena WF. Proper motions in Kapteyn selected area 103: A preliminary orbit for the virgo stellar stream Astrophysical Journal. 701: L29-L33. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/701/1/L29  0.427
2009 Davidson JW, Baptista BJ, Horch EP, Franz O, Van Altena WF. A photometric analysis of seventeen binary stars using speckle imaging Astronomical Journal. 138: 1354-1364. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/138/5/1354  0.457
2009 Horch EP, Veillette DR, Baena Gallé R, Shah SC, O'Rielly GV, Van Altena WF. Observations of binary stars with the differential speckle survey instrument. I. Instrument description and first results Astronomical Journal. 137: 5057-5067. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/5057  0.454
2009 Vieira K, Casetti-Dinescu DI, Méndez RA, Rich RM, Girard TM, Korchagin VI, Van Altena WF, Majewski SR, Van Den Bergh S. Proper motions in the galactic bulge: Plaut's window Revista Mexicana De Astronomia Y Astrofisica: Serie De Conferencias. 35: 123-124. DOI: 10.1086/520813  0.384
2009 Tang ZH, Van Altena WF. From measures to celestial coordinates Astrometry For Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications. 277-296. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139023443.020  0.384
2009 Van Altena WF. Preface Astrometry For Astrophysics: Methods, Models, and Applications. xvii-xviii. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139023443.001  0.438
2009 Bidin CM, Girard TM, Carraro G, Méndez RA, Van Altena WF, Korchagin VI, Casetti-Dinescu DI. The vertical velocity dispersion profile of the Galactic thick disk Revista Mexicana De Astronomia Y Astrofisica: Serie De Conferencias. 35: 109-110.  0.38
2008 Horch EP, Van Altena WF, Cyr WM, Kinsman-Smith L, Srivastava A, Zhou J. Charge-coupled device speckle observations of binary stars with the wiyn telescope. V. Measures during 2001-2006 Astronomical Journal. 136: 312-322. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/312  0.554
2007 Van Altena WF, Stavinschi M. Educating astrometry and celestial mechanics students for the 21st century Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 3: 514-520. DOI: 10.1017/S1743921308020012  0.409
2006 Horch EP, Franz OG, Van Altena WF. Characterizing binary stars below the diffraction limit with CCD-based speckle imaging Astronomical Journal. 132: 2478-2488. DOI: 10.1086/508813  0.523
2006 Casetti-Dinescu DI, Majewski SR, Girard TM, Carlin JL, Van Altena WF, Patterson RJ, Law DR. A deep proper-motion survey in kapteyn selected areas. I. Survey description and first results for stars in the tidal tail of sagittarius and in the Monoceros Ring Astronomical Journal. 132: 2082-2098. DOI: 10.1086/508274  0.416
2006 Horch EP, Davidson JW, Van Altena WF, Girard TM, López CE, Franz OG, Timothy JG. Speckle interferometry of southern double stars. III. Measures from the Cesco Observatory, 1994-1996 Astronomical Journal. 131: 1000-1006. DOI: 10.1086/498862  0.486
2006 Meyer RD, Horch EP, Ninkov Z, Van Altena WF, Rothkopf CA. RYTSI: The Rochester institute of technology-yale tip-tilt speckle imager Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 118: 162-171. DOI: 10.1086/498222  0.55
2005 Dinescu DI, Martínez-Delgado D, Girard TM, Peñarrubia J, Rix HW, Butler D, Van Altena WF. Absolute proper motion of the Canis Major dwarf galaxy candidate Astrophysical Journal. 631. DOI: 10.1086/497027  0.378
2004 Girard TM, Dinescu DI, Van Altena WF, Platais I, Monet DG, López CE. The southern proper motion program. III. A near-complete catalog to V = 17.5 Astronomical Journal. 127: 3060-3071. DOI: 10.1086/383545  0.362
2004 Horch EP, Meyer RD, Van Altena WF. Speckle observations of binary stars with the WIYN telescope. IV differential photometry Astronomical Journal. 127: 1727-1735. DOI: 10.1086/381956  0.642
2004 Horch EP, Meyer RD, Van Altena WF, MacKnight M. Observations of hipparcos double stars with the wiyn1 telescope Revista Mexicana De Astronomia Y Astrofisica: Serie De Conferencias. 21: 69-70.  0.647
2003 Platais I, Kozhurina-Platais V, Mathieu RD, Girard TM, Van Altena WF. Wiyn open cluster study. XVII. Astrometry and membership to V = 21 in NGC 188 Astronomical Journal. 126: 2922-2935. DOI: 10.1086/379677  0.418
2003 Chen ABC, Lu PK, Méndez RA, Van Altena WF. Dark matter: Local volume density versus total surface density Astronomical Journal. 126: 762-771. DOI: 10.1086/376736  0.469
2003 Drukier GA, Bailyn CD, Van Altena WF, Girard TM. Central proper-motion kinematics of NGC 6752 Astronomical Journal. 125: 2559-2567. DOI: 10.1086/374789  0.318
2003 Van Altena WF, Hoffleit ED. Schlesinger's telescope Astronomy and Geophysics. 44: 9-13.  0.434
2002 Horch EP, Robinson SE, Ninkov Z, Van Altena WF, Meyer RD, Urban SE, Mason BD. Speckle observations of binary stars with the WIYN telescope. III. A partial survey of A, F, and G dwarfs Astronomical Journal. 124: 2245-2253. DOI: 10.1086/342543  0.64
2002 Platais I, Kozhurina-Platais V, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, Klemola AR, Stauffer JR, Armandroff TE, Mighell KJ, Dell' Antonio IP, Falco EE, Sarajedini A. Wiyn open cluster study. VIII. The geometry and stability of the NOAO CCD mosaic imager Astronomical Journal. 124: 601-611. DOI: 10.1086/340953  0.305
2002 Horch EP, Robinson SE, Meyer RD, Van Altena WF, Ninkov Z, Piterman A. Speckle observations of binary stars with the wiyn telescope. II. Relative Astrometry measures during 1998-2000 Astronomical Journal. 123: 3442-3459. DOI: 10.1086/340360  0.667
2001 Mcarthur BE, Benedict GF, Lee J, Van Altena WF, Slesnick CL, Rhee J, Patterson RJ, Fredrick LW, Harrison TE, Spiesman WJ, Nelan E, Duncombe RL, Hemenway PD, Jefferys WH, Shelus PJ, et al. Interferometric astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensor 3: The parallax of the cataclysmic variable TV columbae Astrophysical Journal. 560: 907-911. DOI: 10.1086/323047  0.302
2001 Platais I, Kozhurina-Platais V, Barnes S, Girard TM, Demarque P, Van Altena WF, Deliyannis CP, Horch E. Wiyn open cluster study. VII. NGC 2451A and the Hipparcos distance scale Astronomical Journal. 122: 1486-1499. DOI: 10.1086/322118  0.31
2001 Horch E, Van Altena WF, Girard TM, Franz OG, López CE, Timothy JG. Speckle interferometry of southern double stars. II. Measures from the casleo 2.15 meter telescope, 1995-1996 Astronomical Journal. 121: 1597-1606. DOI: 10.1086/319414  0.457
2000 Girard TM, Wu H, Lee JT, Dyson SE, Van Altena WF, Horch EP, Gilliland RL, Schaefer KG, Bond HE, Ftaclas C, Brown RH, Toomey DW, Shipman HL, Provencal JL, Pourbaix D. A redetermination of the mass of procyon Astronomical Journal. 119: 2428-2436. DOI: 10.1086/301353  0.351
1999 McArthur BE, Benedict GF, Lee J, Lu CL, Van Altena WF, Deliyannis CP, Girard T, Fredrick LW, Nelan E, Duncombe RL, Hemenway PD, Jefferys WH, Shelus PJ, Franz OG, Wasserman LH. Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensor 3: The parallax of the cataclysmic variable RW Triangulum Astrophysical Journal. 520: L59-L62. DOI: 10.1086/312135  0.357
1999 Méndez RA, Platais I, Girard TM, Kozhurina-Platais V, Van Altena WF. A large local rotational speed for the Galaxy found from proper motions: Implications for the mass of the Milky Way Astrophysical Journal. 524.  0.349
1999 Horch E, Ninkov Z, Van Altena WF, Meyer RD, Girard TM, Timothy JG. Speckle observations of binary stars with the wiyn telescope. I. Measures during 1997 Astronomical Journal. 117: 548-561.  0.502
1999 Dinescu DI, Van Altena WF, Girard TM, López CE. Space velocities of southern globular clusters. II. New results for 10 clusters Astronomical Journal. 117: 277-285.  0.323
1998 Benedict GF, McArthur B, Nelan EP, Jefferys WH, Franz OG, Wasserman LH, Story DB, Shelus PJ, Whipple AL, Bradley AJ, Duncombe RL, Wang Q, Hemenway PD, Van Altena WF, Fredrick LW. Working with a space-based optical interferometer: HST fine guidance sensor 3 small field astrometry Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 3350: 229-236. DOI: 10.1117/12.317200  0.3
1998 Franz OG, Henry TJ, Wasserman LH, Benedict GF, Ianna PA, Kirkpatrick JD, McCarthy DW, Bradley AJ, Duncombe RL, Fredrick LW, Hemenway PD, Jefferys WH, McArthur BE, Nelan EP, Shelus PJ, ... ... Van Altena WF, et al. The first definitive binary orbit determined with the Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensors: Wolf 1062 (Gliese 748) Astronomical Journal. 116: 1432-1439. DOI: 10.1086/300500  0.383
1998 Méndez RA, Van Altena WF. A new optical reddening model for the solar neighborhood. Galactic structure through low-latitude starcounts from the Guide Star Catalogue Astronomy and Astrophysics. 330: 910-936.  0.448
1998 Platais I, Girard TM, Kozhurina-Platais V, Van Altena WF, López CE, Méndez RA, Ma WZ, Yang TG, Macgillivray HT, Yentis DJ. The Southern Proper Motion Program. II. A catalog at the South Galactic pole Astronomical Journal. 116: 2556-2564.  0.404
1998 Platais I, Kozhurina-Platais V, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, López CE, Hanson RB, Klemola AR, Jones BF, MacGillivray HT, Yentis DJ, Kovalevsky J, Lindegren L. The Hipparcos proper motion link to the extragalactic reference system using NPM and SPM Astronomy and Astrophysics. 331: 1119-1129.  0.306
1997 Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, Méndez RA, López CE. Space velocities of southern globular clusters. I. Astrometric techniques and first results Astronomical Journal. 114: 1014-1029.  0.386
1996 Méndez RA, Van Altena WF. Galactic structure toward the open clusters NGC 188 and NGC 3680 Astronomical Journal. 112: 655-667. DOI: 10.1086/118041  0.355
1996 Horch EP, Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, López CE, Franz OG. Speckle interferometry of southern double stars. I. First results of the Yale-San Juan speckle interferometry program Astronomical Journal. 111: 1681-1688. DOI: 10.1086/117908  0.432
1996 Dinescu DI, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, Yang TG, Lee YW. A proper-motion membership study of the old open cluster NGC 188 Astronomical Journal. 111: 1205-1219. DOI: 10.1086/117866  0.327
1993 Guo X, Girard TM, Van Altena WF, López CE. Space velocity of the globular cluster NGC 288 and astrometry with the CTIO 4 meter telescope Astronomical Journal. 105: 2182-2191.  0.327
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