Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003sass...22...29t&link_type=abstract
The Society for Astronomical Sciences 22nd Annual Symposium on Telescope Science, held May 21-22, 2003. Published by Society for
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The MOTESS (Moving Object and Transient Event Search System) instrument has been in operation since April of 2001. This system consists of three tempera- ture-compensated, 14-inch aperture, f/5 Newtonian telescopes. Each telescope is equipped with a thinned, back-illuminated 1024x1024 CCD camera at the focus. Images are acquired using the scan-mode method of operation. Approxi- mately 12 square degrees per hour are recorded by each telescope revealing stars as faint as about magnitude 20.5. During the past two years of opera- tion, this facility has demonstrated its capability for asteroid observations by being the world's ninth most productive asteroid astrometry station. Ef- forts are now being made to photometrically analyze the accumulated imagery data to search for variable stars, extragalactic supernovae, and extrasolar planets. This instrument may be an excellent example of how abundant astro- nomical data may be reliably acquired at a modest cost.
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