Alan Uomoto

42.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alan Uomoto is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Uomoto has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Instrumentation and 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alan Uomoto's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (19 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (15 papers). Alan Uomoto is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (19 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (15 papers). Alan Uomoto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Italy. Alan Uomoto's co-authors include J. Brinkmann, M. Fukugita, Timothy M. Heckman, David J. Schlegel, Guinevere Kauffmann, Stéphane Charlot, Christy Tremonti, Eric W. Peng, Simon D. M. White and J. Brinchmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Alan Uomoto

49 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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The Origin of the Mass‐Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star‐forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2004 2.1k citations David J. Schlegel, Alan Uomoto et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Precision thermal control of the GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF) 2018 ·Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII ·Mark Mueller, Daniel F. Baldwin, Sagi Ben-Ami, (unknown), I. N. Evans, (unknown), Thomas Gauron, K. G. McCracken, Stuart McMuldroch, (unknown), Sang Chan Park, David A. Plummer, William Podgorski, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Alan Uomoto	3
2	FourStar: The Near-Infrared Imager for the 6.5 m Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory 2013 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·S. E. Persson, D. C. Murphy, S. Smee, Christoph Birk, Andrew Monson, Alan Uomoto, (unknown), Stephen A. Shectman, Robert H. Barkhouser, Joseph Orndorff, Randolph P. Hammond, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel D. Kelson, J. L. Marshall, Patrick J. McCarthy	43
3	The first VisAO-fed integral field spectrograph: VisAO IFS 2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Katherine B. Follette, Laird M. Close, Derek Kopon, Jared R. Males, (unknown), (unknown), Alan Uomoto	1
4	The Magellan Telescope adaptive secondary AO system 2008 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Laird M. Close, (unknown), Derek Kopon, Philip M. Hinz, W. F. Hoffmann, Alan Uomoto, Tyson Hare	10
5	THE LUMINOSITY AND MASS FUNCTIONS OF LOW-MASS STARS IN THE GALACTIC DISK. I. THE CALIBRATION REGION 2008 ·The Astronomical Journal ·Kevin R. Covey, Suzanne L. Hawley, John J. Bochanski, Andrew A. West, I. Neill Reid, D. A. Golimowski, James R. A. Davenport, Todd J. Henry, Alan Uomoto, Jon A. Holtzman	52
6	SDSS spectroscopic survey of stars 2007 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Željko Ivezić, David J. Schlegel, Alan Uomoto, Nicholas A. Bond, Timothy C. Beers, Carlos Allende Prieto, Ronald Wilhelm, (unknown), T. Sivarani, Mario Jurić, R. Lupton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	Optical Multicolor Photometry of Spectrophotometric Standard Stars 2007 ·The Astronomical Journal ·A. U. Landolt, Alan Uomoto	48
8	Colors, Magnitudes, and Searches for Nearby Stars using SDSS/USNO Photometry 2002 ·American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts ·Christina C. Williams, D. A. Golimowski, Alan Uomoto, I. Neill Reid, Todd J. Henry, Sergio Dieterich, (unknown), (unknown), Eric H. Neilsen, (unknown), Lucianne M. Walkowicz	0
9	<title>Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometric telescope automation and observing software</title> 2002 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Eric H. Neilsen, Alan Uomoto, Steven M. Kent, J. Annis	0
10	Stellar Population Studies with the SDSS. I. The Vertical Distribution of Stars in the Milky Way 2001 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Bing Chen, Chris Stoughton, J. A. Smith, Alan Uomoto, Jeffrey R. Pier, B. Yanny, Željko Ivezić, Donald G. York, John E. Anderson, J. Annis, J. Brinkmann, István Csabai, M. Fukugita, Robert B. Hindsley, Robert H. Lupton, Jeffrey A. Munn	226
11	The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectrographs 1999 ·AAS ·Alan Uomoto, S. Smee, Constance M. Rockosi, Scott Burles, Adrian Pope, Scott L. Friedman, J. Brinkmann, J. E. Gunn, Robert C. Nichol	0
12	The optical light curves of SN 1980N and SN 1981D in NGC 1316 (Fornax A) 1991 ·The Astronomical Journal ·M. Hamuy, M. M. Phillips, J. Maza, M. Wischnjewsky, Alan Uomoto, A. U. Landolt, (unknown)	27
13	The geometry, composition, and mass of the Crab Nebula 1989 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·G. M. MacAlpine, Stacy McGaugh, J. M. Mazzarella, Alan Uomoto	26
14	Photometry and spectroscopy of V Sagittae through eclipse 1986 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Gwyneth Williams, A. R. King, Alan Uomoto, W. A. Hiltner	16
15	Peculiar type I supernovae. 1985 ·Alan Uomoto, R. Kirshner	1
16	Spectrophotometry of intermediate-redshift quasars 1984 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Alan Uomoto	13
17	The Type I supernova 1981b in NGC 4536 - The first 100 days 1983 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·David Branch, Claud H. Sandberg Lacy, M. L. McCall, P. G. Sutherland, Alan Uomoto, J. C. Wheeler, Beverley J. Wills	80
18	The type II supernova 1979c in M100 and the distance to the Virgo cluster 1981 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·David Branch, S. W. Falk, Alan Uomoto, (unknown), M. L. McCall, P. M. Rybski	72
19	Identification of a Nebulous Blue Object Near MAFFEI:1 1980 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·R. Buta, M. L. McCall, Alan Uomoto	1
20	An Observational Model of the Ionized Gas in Seyfert and Radio-Galaxy Nuclei 1977 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Beverley J. Wills, (unknown), Alan Uomoto, Steven S. Vogt, (unknown), P. M. Rybski, (unknown), (unknown), F. D. Ghigo, J. N. Douglas, Frank N. Bash	1

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