Theses & academic work
My undergraduate and master's research, with summaries and figures from both works and the full text of the master's thesis. Both works are written in Portuguese.
Master's thesis · 2025
Astrometria e fotometria de pequenos corpos do Sistema Solar em imagens com campos estelares densos
Josué da Silva Cavalcante · Master's in Astronomy · Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro
Astrometry and photometry of small Solar System bodies in dense stellar fields. The work compares reference-star measurements and applies difference image analysis to SOAR/SOI observations of (10199) Chariklo.
Supervisor: Dr. Julio I. Bueno de Camargo. Co-supervisor: Dr. Adriano Pieres.
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Institutional record · TEDE ON, handle tede/207.
Undergraduate thesis · 2018
Astronomia de Posição
Josué da Silva Cavalcante · Licenciatura in Physics · Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Sobral
Positional astronomy: the celestial sphere, astronomical coordinate systems, spherical trigonometry, coordinate transformations, and apparent celestial motion, with examples using Stellarium.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Antônio Fernandes Siqueira.