RCT Publications and Presentation

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• Probing GRB Afterglow Variability and BL Lac Redshifts with a Global Telescope Network, Sheng, Yong; Ajello, Marco; Walter, Donald; Cash, Jennifer; Gendre, Bruce; Hartmann, Dieter; Orange, Brice, 2025, 22nd Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division, id. 112.38. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 57, No. 5
• Long Term Magnetic Activity Cycles of M Dwarfs and Atmospheric Habitability Potential of Their Planets, Sunderland, J., & Engle, S., 2025, Bulletin of the AAS, 57(2).
  
• A Multiwavelength Study to Decipher the 2017 Flare of the Blazar OJ 287, A. Acharyya et al, 2024, ApJ, 973, 134
• The Once-canceled Habitable-zone Super-Earth Gliese 581d Might Indeed Exist!   Cuntz, Manfred; Engle, Scott G.; Guinan, Edward F., 2024, Res. Notes AAS 8 20
• Living with a Red Dwarf: X-Ray, UV, and Ca ii Activity–Age Relationships of M Dwarfs, Scott G. Engle, 2023, ApJ, 960, 62
• Living with a Red Dwarf: The Rotation–Age Relationships of M Dwarfs, Scott G. Engle and Edward F. Guinan, 2023, ApJL, 954, L50
• K2 Optical Emission from OJ 287 and Other γ-Ray Blazars on Hours-to-weeks Timescales from 2014 to 2018, Ann E. Wehrle, Michael Carini, Paul J. Wiita, Joshua Pepper, B. Scott Gaudi, Richard W. Pogge, Keivan G. Stassun and Steven Villanueva, 2023, ApJ, 951, 58
  
• An Analysis of GJ 51: Rotation and Magnetic Activity, Parrinello, Kaitlyn; Engle, Scott, 2022, American Astronomical Society Meeting #240, id. 305.11. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 54, No. 6
• Galactic and Extragalactic Sources of Very High Energy Gamma-rays, D. Bose, V. R. Chitnis, P. Majumdar, and A. Shukla, 2022, Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 231, 27–66.
• VERITAS Discovery of VHE Emission from the Radio Galaxy 3C 264: A Multiwavelength Study, Archer, A., Benbow, W., Brill, A., 2020, ApJ, 896, 41
• (1748) Mauderli: A Possible BInary in the Hilda Population, Romanishin, W., 2020, RNASS, 4, 3, 44
• The Great Markarian 421 Flare of 2010 February: Multiwavelength Variability and Correlation Studies, Abeysekara, A. U., Benbow, W., Brill, A., 2020, ApJ, 890, 97
• Measuring the Variability in K2 Optical Light Curves of the Binary Black Hole Candidate OJ 287 and Other Fermi Active Galactic Nuclei in 2014-2015, Wehrle, A. E., Carini, M., Wiita, P.J., 2019, ApJ, 877, 151
• 14 years of photometric monitoring of MM Dra and a suspected variable in the field of blazar 1ES 1959+650, Hicks, S, Laney, C. D., Carini, M.T., Richardson, W. N., Antoniuk, A., Pit. N., 2017, IBVS, 6222, 1
• Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. III. Optical Continuum Emission and Broadband Time Delays in NGC 5548, Fausnaugh, M. M., Denney, K. D., Barth, A. J., 2016, ApJ, 821, 56
• The RCT 1.3-meter Robotic Telescope: Broad-band Color Transformation and Extinction Calibration, Strolger, L-G, A. M. Gott, M. Carini, S. Engle, R. Gelderman, E. Guinan, C. D. Laney, C. McGruder, R. R. Treffers, and D. K. Walter^, 2014, AJ, 147,49
  
• RCT photometry and HCT spectroscopy of blazar candidates in the Kepler field of view, Carini, Michael T., Goyal, A.; Jose, J., 2014 AAS #223, #150.15
• II ZW 229.015: The most complete optical light curve of any AGN, Williams, Joshua, Carini, M. T., 2014, AAS, #223, #250.009

• Peer mentoring of telescope operations and data reduction at Western Kentucky University, Williams, Joshua, Carini, M. T., 2014, AAS, #223, #159.05

• Multi-Color Microvariability Observations of BL Lac in a High Brightness State with the Robotically Controlled Telescope, Brown, Rebecca, Carini, M. T, 2013, AAS, #221, #339.08

• Optical Monitoring of II ZW 229.015 with the Robotically Controlled Telescope, Williams, Joshua, Carini, M. T., 2013, AAS, #221, #339.06

• SN 2011fe: Photometrically Determining the Physical Properties and Distance of This Bright Type 1a Supernova, Ambrosino, William, Guinan, E. F., Gouravajhala, S., Gott, A., Strolger, L., 2013, AAS, #221, #253.10

• Kepler Observations of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy II ZW 229.015, Carini, M. Y., Ryle, Wesley, T., 2012, ApJ, 749 70

• Observations of 4 Blazars with the Robotically Controlled Telescope in 2011, Carini, M. T., Brown, R., 2012, AAS, 219, 243.3

• UBVRI Optical monitoring of Supernova 2011fe in Pinwheel Galaxy with the 1.3-meter Robotically Controlled Telescope, Gott, A., Strolger, L., RCT Consortium, 2012, AAS, 219, 242.24

• Bright New Type Ia Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101): Physical Properties of SN 2011fe From Photometry and Spectroscopy, Gouravajhala, S., Guinan, E. F., Strolger, L., Gott, A., 2012, JAVSO, 40, 419

• Red Dwarf Stars: Ages, Rotation, Magnetic Dynamo Activity and the Habitability of Hosted Planets, Engle, S. G.; Guinan, E. F., 2011, ASPC, 451, 285

• The Chromospheric Activity of Late-type Stars of the Different Rotational Periods, Zhang, L., 2011, ASPC, 451, 123

• The 1.3-m Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT) at Kitt Peak – A Fifty year old Dream Realized: Telescope Characteristics, Current research and Education Programs, Guinan, E., Gelderman, R., Strolger, L., Carini, M. T., McGruder, C.H., Campbell, R., Walter, D., Davis, D., Tedesco, E., Engle, S., 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• RCT Photometry of the Hubble Classical Cepheid V19 in M33: Evidence for the Cessation of Pulsations-A Case of Stellar Evolution in Real Time, Engle, S.G., Guinan, E.F., Macri, L., Pellerin, A., 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• Real World Practical Considerations for Remote and/or Autonomous Robotic Telescopes, Bruce H. Cook and Kevin R. Harris, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• Narrow-band Imagery with the 1.3-meter Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT), D. K. Walter, R.Gelderman, R. Campbell, M.T. Carini, D.R. Davis, S.G. Engle, E.F. Guinan, C.H. McGruder III, L-G Strolger, E.F. Tedesco, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• Automation of the 1.3-meter Robotically Controlled Telescope, Richard R Treffers, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• Autonomous Scheduling of the 1.3-meter Roboticaly Controlled Telescope, L-G Strolger, R.Gelderman, M.T. Carini, D.R. Davis, S.G. Engle, E.F. Guinan, C.H. McGruder III, E.F. Tedesco, D.K. Walter, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• Flexible Queue Scheduling Capabilities of the 1.3-m RCT : Application to Time Variable Sources, M.T. Carini, R. Gelderman, D.R. Davis, S.G. Engle, E.F. Guinan, C.H. McGruder III, L-G Strolger, E.F. Tedesco, D.K. Walter, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• The Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT) :First Five Years of Fully Autonomous Operation, R.Gelderman, M.T. Carini, D.R. Davis, S.G. Engle, E.F. Guinan, C.H. McGruder III, L-G Strolger, E.F. Tedesco, D.K. Walter, 2011, Telescopes from Afar, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii

• The Strange Case of Hubble’s V 19 in M33: Monitoring the Remarkable Changes and Possible Real-Time Evolution of a Classical Cepheid, Engle, Scott G.,Guinan, E., Macri, L., Pellerin, A., 2011, AAS Meeting # 217, #342.06

• Kepler Light Curves of AGN, Carini, M.T., Welsh, W., 2011, AAS Meeting #217, #140.17

• Exploring Blazar Jet Dynamics with Optical and Gamma Ray Cross-Correlations Using the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope Public Data, Cook, Kyle, Carini, M.T., 2010, AAS 42,375

• Diversity in Astrobiology: Surviving Financial, Institutional and Technical Extremes, Walter, D. K., 2010, LPICo, 1538.5486

• Optical Observations of FERMI LAT monitored Blazars, Cook, Kyle, Carini, M.T., 2009, AAS, 41,330

• Observations of the Wolf Rayet star WR123 with MOST, Lefèvre, L.; Chené, A. N., 2009, CoAst, 158, 297

• Autonomous Scheduling and Operation of the 1.3-meter Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT) at Kitt Peak, Gelderman, Richard, Strolger, L., Carini, M., Marchenko, S., Reddy, Yaramala, S., Rimph, M., van Fleet, R., Wood, J. D., 2007, AAS 9, 749

• Multifrequency variability of the blazar AO 0235+164. The WEBT campaign in 2004-2005 and long-term SED analysis, Raiteri, C. M.; Villata, M.; Kadler, M.; Ibrahimov, M. A.; Kurtanidze, O. M.; Larionov, V. M.; Tornikoski, M.; Boltwood, P.; Lee, C.-U.; Aller, M. F.; Romero, G. E.; Aller, H. D.; Araudo, A. T.; Arkharov, A. A.; Bach, U.; Barnaby, D.; Berdyugin, A.; Buemi, C. S.; Carini, M. T.; Carosati, D.; Cellone, S. A.; Cool, R.; Dolci, M.; Efimova, N. V.; Fuhrmann, L.; Hagen-Thorn, V. A.; Holcomb, M.; Ilyin, I.; Impellizzeri, V.; Ivanidze, R. Z.; Kapanadze, B. Z.; Kerp, J.; Konstantinova, T. S.; Kovalev, Y. Y.; Kovalev, Yu. A.; Kraus, A.; Krichbaum, T. P.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Lanteri, L.; Leto, P.; Lindfors, E.; Mattox, J. R.; Napoleone, N.; Nikolashvili, M. G.; Nilsson, K.; Ohlert, J.; Papadakis, I. E.; Pasanen, M.; Poteet, C.; Pursimo, T.; Ros, E.; Sigua, L. A.; Smith, S.; Takalo, L. O.; Trigilio, C.; Tröller, M.; Umana, G.; Ungerechts, H.; Walters, R.; Witzel, A.; Xilouris, E., 2006, A&A, 459, 731

• Pulsations and Mass-Loss in Massive Wolf-Rayet Stars: MOST Observations of WR123 and WR103, Marchenko, S.V., Lefevre, L., Moffat, A.F.J., Zhilyaev, B.E., Chene, A.N., Matthews, J.M., Kuschnig, R., Guenther, D.B., Rucinski, S.M., Sasselov, D., Walker, G.A.H., Weiss, W.W., 2006 AAS, 38, 908

• The Western Kentucky University Blazar Monitoring Program: The First Four Years, Walters, R., Barnaby, D., Carini, M., 2006, ASPC, 350, 82

• Undergraduate Research Possibilities with a 0.6m Telescope, Carini, M.T., Barnaby, D., Gelderman, R., Marchenko, S., McGruder, C.H., Strolger, L., 2005, AAS, 37 129

• Oscillations in the Massive Wolf-Rayet Star WR123 with the MOST Satellite, Lefevre, L., Marchenko, S.V., Moffat, A.F.J., Chene, A.N., Smith, S.R., St-Louis, N., Matthews, J.M., Kuschnig, R., Guenther, D.B., Poteet, C.A., Rucinski, S.M., Sasselov, D., Walker, G.A.H., Weiss, W.W., 2005, ApJL, 634, L109

• Blazar Observations with the Robotically Controlled Telescope, Walters, R., Carini, M. T., Mattox, J., Gelderman, R., 2004, AAS, #205, #11.01

• Hydrogen in the Atmosphere of the Evolved WN3 Wolf-Rayet Star WR3: Defying an Evolutionary Paradigm?, Marchenko, S.V., Moffat, A.F.J., Crowther, P., Chene, A.-N., De Serres, M., Eenens, P.R.J., Hill, G., Moran, J., Morel, T., 2004, MNRAS, 353, 153

• Narrow-band imagery with the Robotically Controlled Telescope, Walter, D.K., Carini,M., Davis, D. R., Everett, M., Gelderman, R., Guinan, E., Howell, S., Mattox, J. R., McGruder, C.H. III, 2004, AN, 325, 656

• The optical detection of gamma ray bursts with the 1.3m robotically controlled telescope on Kitt Peak, McGruder, C.H. III, Mattox, J.R., Carini,M., Davis, D. R., Everett, M., Gelderman, R., Guinan, E., Howell, Marchenko, S., Walter, D.K., 2004, AN, 325, 651

• Searching for extrasolar planets with the 1.3m Robotically Controlled Telescope on Kitt Peak, Mcgruder, C.H. III, Everett, M.E., Howell, S., Carini,M., Davis, D. R., Gelderman, R., Guinan, E., Marchenko, S., Mattox, J. R., Walter, D.K., 2004, AN, 325, 648

• Blazar variability studies with the 1.3m Robotically Controlled telescope and the automated 0.6m Bell Observatory telescope, Carini, M.T., Barnaby, D., Mattox, J.R., Walters, R., Poteet, C., Wills, W., Gelderman, R., Davis, D., Everett, M., Guinan, E., Howell, S., McGruder, C.H. III., 2004, AN, 325, 646

• The Robotically Controlled telescope (RCT) at KPNO, Gelderman, R., Carini,M., Davis, D. R.,Everett, M.E., Guinan, E., Howell, S.B., Marchenko, S.V., Mattox, J.R., Mcgruder, .H. III, Walter, D.K., 2004, AN, 325, 559

• Blazar Observations with the Robotically Controlled Telescope, Walters, R., Carini, M. T., Mattox, J., Gelderman, R., 2004, AAS, 36, 1536

• High Precision Photometry of Variable Stars in Clusters of Different Ages with the 1.3 m Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT), Guinan, E. F., McCook, G. P., DeWarf, L. E., Gelderman, R. F., McGruder, C. H. , Walter, D. K. , Howell, S. B. , Davis, D. R. , Everett, M. , Mattox, J. R., 2003, AAS, #202, #47.05

• Multi-Color Microvariability in HBLs: 1ES 1959+650, Wills, W. L.; Carini, M. T., 2003, AAS, #203, #88.02

• The Robotically Controlled Telescope and the Search for Extra-Solar Planets, Davis, D. R.; Howell, S. B.; Everett, M. E.; Gelderman, R, Guinan, E. , Mattox, J. R. , McGruder, C. H. , Walter, D. K., 2003, DPS, #35, #18.03

• The refurbished 1.3-m Robotically Controlled Telescope at Kitt Peak, Gelderman, R., Guinan, E., Howell, S., Mattox, J. R., McGruder, C. H., Walter, D. K., Davis, D. R., Everett, M., 2003, AAS, #202, #47.04
  

• The Utilization of the RCT Telescope for Studies of Blazar Continuum Emission during the GLAST Gamma-Ray Mission, Mattox, J. R., Cominsky, L., Spear, G., Carini, M., Gelderman, R., McGruder, C. H. , Guinan, E. , Howell, S. , Davis, D. R. , Everett, M. , Walter, D. K., 2003, AAS, #202, #43.05

• High-Precision Photometry with the RCT, Everett, M., Howell, S., Davis, D.,  McGruder, C. H., III, Gelderman, R. , Guinan, E. , Mattox, J. R., Walter, D. K., 2003, AAS, #202, #33.05

• Narrow-band Imagery of the ISM using the RCT, Walter, D. K., Gelderman, R., Guinan, E., Howell, S., Mattox, J. R. , McGruder, C. H., III , Davis, D. , Everett, M., 2002, AAS, #202, #29.06
  

• Ultra-high photometric precision and the search for extrasolar planets., McGruber, C. H., III; Everett, M. E.; Howell, S. B.; Gelderman, R. G., 2003, ASPC, 294, 395

• High Precision Photometry of Variable Stars in Clusters of Different Ages with the 1.3 m Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT), Guinan, E. F., McCook, G. P., DeWarf, L. E., Gelderman, R. F., McGruder, C. H., Walter, D. K., Howell, S. B., Davis, D. R., Everett, M., Mattox, J. R., 2003, AAS, 35, 766

• A World-Wide Network of Robotic Imaging Telescopes, McGruder, C., III, Barnaby, D., Carini, M., Gelderman, R, Hackney, K. , Hackney, R. , Marchenko, S. , Scott, R. , Yan, Li , Chen, Wen-Ping, 2002, APRM, 19

• A Technique for Ultrahigh-Precision CCD Photometry, Everett, Mark E.; Howell, Steve B., 2001, PASP, 113, 1428

• The 1.3-meter Robotically Controlled Telescope: Developing a Fully Autonomous Observatory, Gelderman, Richard, 2001, ASPC, 246, 89

• STARBASE: A Network of Fully Autonomous Telescopes for Hands-on Science Education, Gelderman, Richard; Barnaby, David; Carini, Michael; Hackney, Karen, Hackney, Richard , McGruder, Charles, Scott, Roger, 2001, ASPC, 246, 31
  

• The STARBASE Network of Telescopes and the Detection of Extrasolar Planets, McGruder, Charles H., III; Everett, Mark E.; Howell, Steve B., 2001, ASPC, 246, 23