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Nigel Hambly

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-9064

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http://www.roe.ac.uk/~nch/

Current Research Interests

I am the IfA Wide Field Astronomy Units's science archive architect, and an experienced survey astronomer and software developer. Both the SuperCOSMOS Science Archive and the WFCAM Science Archive systems were designed by me. I have much experience in managing small research and development teams for both hardware and software processing and archiving systems. I am also a member of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission Data Processing and Analysis Consortium.

 

Research Interests

I am the IfA Wide Field Astronomy Units's science archive architect, and an experienced survey astronomer and survey software developer. Both the SuperCOSMOS Science Archive and the WFCAM Science Archive systems were designed by me. I have much experience in managing small research and development teams for both hardware and software processing and archiving systems. I am also a member of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission Data Processing and Analysis Consortium.

My personal astronomy research interest is in very low luminosity degenerate stars, that is white dwarfs and brown dwarfs. Because these objects are rare, cool and faint, their detection requires access to panoramic deep survey datasets in the optical and infrared. Hence my work in survey astronomy for the scientific community enables me to pursue this personal research interest.

Research Groups

  • United Kindgom Infrared Deep Sky Surveys (UKIDSS) Consortium
  • ESA Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC)
  • Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS)

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  • Gaia Data Release 4: Modelling of drift-scan related effects in Gaia's point spread function

    Rowell, N., Davidson, M., Hambly, N. C., Lindegren, L., Castañeda, J., Fabricius, C., Hernández, J. & Evans, D. W., 6 Apr 2026, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 708, p. 1-27 27 p., A174.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry

    Gaia Collaboration, Panuzzo, P., Mazeh, T., Arenou, F., Holl, B., Caffau, E., Jorissen, A., Babusiaux, C., Gavras, P., Sahlmann, J., Bastian, U., Wyrzykowski, L., Eyer, L., Leclerc, N., Bauchet, N., Bombrun, A., Mowlavi, N., Seabroke, G. M., Teyssier, D. & Balbinot, E. & 396 others, Helmi, A., Brown, A. G. A., Vallenari, A., Prusti, T., De Bruijne, J. H. J., Barbier, A., Biermann, M., Creevey, O. L., Ducourant, C., Evans, D. W., Guerra, R., Hutton, A., Jordi, C., Klioner, S. A., Lammers, U., Lindegren, L., Luri, X., Mignard, F., Nicolas, C., Randich, S., Sartoretti, P., Smiljanic, R., Tanga, P., Walton, N. A., Aerts, C., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Cropper, M., Drimmel, R., Jansen, F., Katz, D., Lattanzi, M. G., Soubiran, C., Thevenin, F., van Leeuwen, F., Andrae, R., Audard, M., Bakker, J., Blomme, R., Castaneda, J., De Angeli, F., Fabricius, C., Fouesneau, M., Fremat, Y., Galluccio, L., Guerrier, A., Heiter, U., Masana, E., Messineo, R., Nienartowicz, K., Pailler, F., Riclet, F., Roux, W., Sordo, R., Gracia-Abril, G., Portell, J., Altmann, M., Benson, K., Berthier, J., Burgess, P. W., Busonero, D., Busso, G., Cacciari, C., Canovas, H., Carrasco, J. M., Carry, B., Cellino, A., Cheek, N., Clementini, G., Damerdji, Y., Davidson, M., de Teodoro, P., Delchambre, L., Dell'Oro, A., Garcia, E. F., Garabato, D., Garcia-Lario, P., Haigron, R., Hambly, N. C., Harrison, D. L., Hatzidimitriou, D., Hernandez, J., Hestroffer, D., Hodgkin, S. T., Jamal, S., de Fombelle, G. J., Jordan, S., Krone-Martins, A., Lanzafame, A. C., Loeffler, W., Lorca, A., Marchal, O., Marrese, P. M., Moitinho, A., Muinonen, K., Campos, M. N., Oreshina-Slezak, I., Osborne, P., Pancino, E., Pauwels, T., Recio-Blanco, A., Riello, M., Rimoldini, L., Robin, A. C., Roegiers, T., Sarro, L. M., Schultheis, M., Smith, M., Sozzetti, A., Utrilla, E., van Leeuwen, M., Weingrill, K., Abbas, U., Abraham, P., Aramburu, A. A., Ahmed, S., Altavilla, G., Alvarez, M. A., Anders, F., Anderson, R. I., Varela, E. A., Antoja, T., Baig, S., Baines, D., Baker, S. G., Balaguer-Nunez, L., Balog, Z., Barache, C., Barros, M., Barstow, M. A., Bartolome, S., Bashi, D., Bassilana, J.-L., Baudeau, N., Becciani, U., Bedin, L. R., Bellas-Velidis, I., Bellazzini, M., Beordo, W., Bernet, M., Bertolotto, C., Bertone, S., Bianchi, L., Binnenfeld, A., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Blazere, A., Boch, T., Bossini, D., Bouquillon, S., Bragaglia, A., Braine, J., Bratsolis, E., Breedt, E., Bressan, A., Brouillet, N., Brugaletta, E., Bucciarelli, B., Butkevich, A. G., Buzzi, R., Camut, A., Cancelliere, R., Cantat-Gaudin, T., Guilarte, D. C., Carballo, R., Carlucci, T., Carnerero, M. I., Carretero, J., Carton, S., Casamiquela, L., Casey, A., Castellani, M., Castro-Ginard, A., Ceraj, L., Cesare, V., Charlot, P., Chaudet, C., Chemin, L., Chiavassa, A., Chornay, N., Chosson, D., Cooper, W. J., Cornez, T., Cowell, S., Crosta, M., Crowley, C., Reyes, M. C., Dafonte, C., Dal Ponte, M., David, M., de laverny, P., De Luise, F., De March, R., de Torres, A., del Peloso, E. F., Delbo, M., Delgado, A., Delisle, J.-B., Demouchy, C., Denis, E., Dharmawardena, T. E., Di Giacomo, F., Diener, C., Distefano, E., Dolding, C., Dsilva, K., Enke, H., Fabre, C., Fabrizio, M., Faigler, S., Fatovic, M., Fedorets, G., Fernandez-Hernandez, J., Fernique, P., Figueras, F., Fouron, C., Fragkoudi, F., Gai, M., Galinier, M., Garcia-Serrano, A., Garcia-Torres, M., Garofalo, A., Gerlach, E., Geyer, R., Giacobbe, P., Gilmore, G., Girona, S., Giuffrida, G., Gomboc, A., Gomez, A., Gonzalez-Santamaria, I., Gosset, E., Granvik, M., Barrera, V. G., Gutierrez-Sanchez, R., Haywood, M., Helmer, A., Hidalgo, S. L., Hilger, T., Hobbs, D., Hottier, C., Huckle, H. E., Jimenez-Arranz, O., Campillo, J. J., Kaczmarek, Z., Kervella, P., Khanna, S., Kontizas, M., Kordopatis, G., Korn, A. J., Kospal, A., Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z., Kruszynska, K., Kun, M., Lambert, S., Lanza, A. F., Lebreton, Y., Lebzelter, T., Leccia, S., Lecoutre, G., Liao, S., Liberato, L., Licata, E., Livanou, E., Lobel, A., Lopez-Miralles, J., Loup, C., Madarasz, M., Mahy, L., Mann, R. G., Manteiga, M., Marcellino, C. P., Marchant, J. M., Marconi, M., Pina, D. M., Marinoni, S., Marshall, D. J., Lozano, J. M., Polo, L. M., Martin-Fleitas, J. M., Marton, G., Mascarenhas, D., Masip, A., Mastrobuono-Battisti, A., McMillan, P. J., Meichsner, J., Merc, J., Messina, S., Millar, N. R., Mints, A., Mohamed, D., Molina, D., Molinaro, R., Molnar, L., Monguio, M., Montegriffo, P., Monti, L., Mora, A., Morbidelli, R., Morris, D., Mudimadugula, R., Muraveva, T., Musella, I., Nagy, Z., Nardetto, N., Navarrete, C., Oh, S., Ordenovic, C., Orenstein, O., Pagani, C., Pagano, I., Palaversa, L., Palicio, P. A., Pallas-Quintela, L., Pawlak, M., Penttila, A., Pesciullesi, P., Pinamonti, M., Plachy, E., Planquart, L., Plum, G., Poggio, E., Pourbaix, D., Price-Whelan, A. M., Pulone, L., Rabin, V., Rainer, M., Raiteri, C. M., Ramos, P., Ramos-Lerate, M., Ratajczak, M., Fiorentin, P. R., Regibo, S., Reyle, C., Ripepi, V., Riva, A., Rix, H.-W., Rixon, G., Robert, G., Robichon, N., Robin, C., Romero-Gomez, M., Rowell, N., Mieres, D. R., Rybicki, K. A., Sadowski, G., Selles, A. S., Sanna, N., Santovena, R., Sarasso, M., Sarmiento, M. H., Riera, C. S., Sciacca, E., Segransan, D., Semczuk, M., Shahaf, S., Siebert, A., Slezak, E., Smart, R. L., Snaith, O. N., Solano, E., Solitro, F., Souami, D., Souchay, J., Spitoni, E., Spoto, F., Squillante, L. A., Steele, I. A., Steidelmueller, H., Surdej, J., Szabados, L., Taris, F., Taylor, M. B., Teixeira, R., Tepper-Garcia, T., Thuillot, W., Tolomei, L., Tonello, N., Torra, F., Elipe, G. T., Trabucchi, M., Trentin, E., Tsantaki, M., Turon, C., Ulla, A., Unger, N., Valtchanov, I., Vanel, O., Vecchiato, A., Vicente, D., Villar, E., Weiler, M., Zhao, H., Zorec, J., Zucker, S., Zupic, A. & Zwitter, T., 1 Jun 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 686, p. 1-23 23 p., L2.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

    Open Access

  • On the nature of apparent transient sources on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey glass copy plates

    Hambly, N. & Blair, A., 5 Feb 2024, In: RAS Techniques and Instruments. 3, 1, p. 73-79 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Gaia Data Release 3. Chemical cartography of the Milky Way

    Gaia Collaboration, 16 Jun 2023, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674, p. 1-50 50 p., A38.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Gaia Data Release 3. Exploring and mapping the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm

    Gaia Collaboration, Davidson, M., Hambly, N. C., Mann, R. G., Morris, D., Rowell, N. & Voutsinas, S., 16 Jun 2023, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674, p. 1-25 25 p., A40.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • UKIDSS-DR8 LAS, GCS and DXS Surveys (Lawrence+ 2012)

    Lawrence, A. (Creator), Warren, S. J. (Creator), Almaini, O. (Creator), Edge, A. C. (Creator), Hambly, N. (Creator), Jameson, R. F. (Creator), Lucas, P. W. (Creator), Casali, M. (Creator), Adamson, A. (Creator), Dye, S. (Creator), Emerson, J. ~. (Creator), Foucaud, S. (Creator), Hewett, P. (Creator), Hodgkin, S. T. (Creator), Irwin, M. J. (Creator), Lodieu, N. (Creator), McMahon, R. G. (Creator), Simpson, C. (Creator), Smail, I. R. (Creator), Mortlock, D. J. (Creator) & Folger, M. (Creator), VizieR, 1 Mar 2012

    http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012yCat.2314....0L

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