If you have publications that made use of SPARC4 data, we kindly request that you cite the proceedings below:
SPARC4 - Simultaneous Polarimeter And Rapid Camera in 4 bands: a new instrument to Pico dos Dias Observatory - SPIE 2026 Proceedings
The paper below presents a detailed description of the control system of the instrument:
SPARC4 Control System - https://scixplorer.org/abs/2025PASP..137c5003B/abstract
If you have used the SPARC4 pipeline to obtain published results, please cite:
Scientific Validation of the SPARC4 Pipeline: Multi-band Imaging, Polarimetry, and Photometric Time Series for Improved Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets - https://scixplorer.org/abs/2026PASP..138e4502M/abstract