Brian D. Mason

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Brian D. Mason is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian D. Mason has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Instrumentation and 42 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Brian D. Mason's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (52 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (42 papers). Brian D. Mason is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (93 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (52 papers) and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation (42 papers). Brian D. Mason collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Canada. Brian D. Mason's co-authors include William I. Hartkopf, Harold A. McAlister, G. L. Wycoff, Charles E. Worley, G. G. Douglass, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Andreï Tokovinin, Douglas R. Gies, N. H. Turner and S. R. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Brian D. Mason

119 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog

2001 576 citations Brian D. Mason, G. L. Wycoff et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian D. Mason United States	31	3.5k	1.3k	577	507	171	125	3.6k
William I. Hartkopf United States	35	4.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	719 1.2×	670 1.3×	178 1.0×	137	4.5k
J. D. Landstreet Canada	46	6.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	407 0.7×	254 0.5×	55 0.3×	220	6.7k
S. M. Ruciński Canada	37	4.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	300 0.5×	157 0.3×	107 0.6×	201	4.6k
Douglas R. Gies United States	36	4.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	341 0.6×	222 0.4×	49 0.3×	185	4.8k
O. Kochukhov Sweden	39	4.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	238 0.4×	177 0.3×	42 0.2×	213	4.5k
J. Southworth United Kingdom	40	5.1k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	269 0.5×	161 0.3×	38 0.2×	190	5.2k
A. U. Landolt United States	18	4.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	304 0.5×	168 0.3×	71 0.4×	89	4.2k
D. E. Winget United States	31	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	185 0.3×	243 0.5×	24 0.1×	123	3.0k
G. Fontaine Canada	40	4.9k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	333 0.6×	277 0.5×	21 0.1×	192	5.1k
I. Hubený United States	30	3.1k 0.9×	803 0.6×	170 0.3×	207 0.4×	83 0.5×	129	3.3k

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Baines, Ellyn K., et al.. (2024). A catalog of targets with interferometric data in the NPOI archive. 24–24. 1 indexed citations

Mason, Brian D., Andreï Tokovinin, R. A. Méndez, & E. Costa. (2023). Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2022. The Astronomical Journal. 166(4). 139–139. 3 indexed citations

Evans, Nancy Remage, Hans Moritz Günther, Howard E. Bond, et al.. (2020). Hubble Space Telescope Snapshot Survey for Resolved Companions of Galactic Cepheids: Final Results ∗: On observations made with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 12 indexed citations

Mason, Brian D., et al.. (2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Speckle interferometry at USNO. XXI. (Mason+, 2017).

Evans, Nancy Remage, I. Pillitteri, S. J. Wolk, et al.. (2016). RESOLVED COMPANIONS OF CEPHEIDS: TESTING THE CANDIDATES WITH X-RAY OBSERVATIONS*. The Astronomical Journal. 151(4). 108–108. 9 indexed citations

Riddle, Reed, Andreï Tokovinin, Brian D. Mason, et al.. (2015). A SURVEY OF THE HIGH ORDER MULTIPLICITY OF NEARBY SOLAR-TYPE BINARY STARS WITH Robo-AO. The Astrophysical Journal. 799(1). 4–4. 54 indexed citations

Farrington, C., Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Brian D. Mason, et al.. (2010). Separated Fringe Packet Observations with the CHARA Array. AAS. 215. 2 indexed citations

Mason, Brian D., G. L. Wycoff, William I. Hartkopf, G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (2009). VizieR Online Data Catalog: The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (Mason+ 2001-2010). 3 indexed citations

Mason, Brian D., William I. Hartkopf, Todd J. Henry, et al.. (2008). Nearby Dwarf Stars: Duplicity, Binarity, and Masses. 44. 1 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., William I. Hartkopf, & T. E. Corbin. (2005). Obituary: Geoffrey Gardner Douglass, 1942-2005. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 37(4). 1548–1549. 1 indexed citations

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Hartkopf, William I. & Brian D. Mason. (2004). Addressing confusion in double star nomenclature: the Washington\n\nmultiplicity catalog. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 1 indexed citations

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Fabricius, C., E. Høg, В. В. Макаров, et al.. (2002). The Tycho double star catalogue. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 384(1). 180–189. 138 indexed citations

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Hartkopf, William I., Brian D. Mason, Harold A. McAlister, et al.. (2000). ICCD Speckle Observations of Binary Stars. XXIII. Measurements during 1982–1997 from Six Telescopes, with 14 New Orbits. The Astronomical Journal. 119(6). 3084–3111. 73 indexed citations

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Hartkopf, William I., Brian D. Mason, Douglas R. Gies, et al.. (1999). ICCD Speckle Observations of Binary Stars. XXII. A Survey of Wolf-Rayet Starsfor Close Visual Companions. The Astronomical Journal. 118(1). 509–514. 14 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., Christian Martín, William I. Hartkopf, et al.. (1999). Speckle Interferometry of New and Problem [ITAL]Hipparcos[/ITAL] Binaries. The Astronomical Journal. 117(4). 1890–1904. 68 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., G. H. Kaplan, G. G. Douglass, D. Pascu, & K. Aksnes. (1999). Close Pairings of Galilean Satellites Observed Using Speckle Interferometry. 1 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., et al.. (1999). Binary Star Orbits from Speckle Interferometry. ASPC. 110. 41. 5 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., G. G. Douglass, & Charles E. Worley. (1998). Speckle Interferometry at the US Naval Observatory. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 191. 11 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D., Todd J. Henry, William I. Hartkopf, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, & David R. Soderblom. (1998). A Multiplicity Survey of Chromospherically Active and Inactive Stars. The Astronomical Journal. 116(6). 2975–2983. 27 indexed citations

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Mason, Brian D.. (1997). Binary Star Orbits from Speckle Interferometry. XI. Orbits of Twelve Lunar Occultation Systems.. The Astronomical Journal. 114. 808–808. 28 indexed citations

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