Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008dps....40.2705j&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #40, #27.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.435
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We will present solar system results from the prototype telescope (PS1) for the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) - the first of the next generation of large synoptic surveys. The PS1 1.8m telescope is located on Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. The telescope and camera system will provide an 7 deg2 field of view that has been instrumented with a 1.4 billion pixel camera at about 0.3"/pixel. Despite the large number of pixels we read the camera out in ɟ seconds with a read noise of about 5 electrons. The large field of view and rapid readout at low noise is achieved at reasonable cost using orthogonal transfer array (OTA) CCDs. When fully operational we expect PS1 to image about 3000 deg2 twice/night on three nights per lunation in a large opposition region area and two smaller 'sweet-spot' areas at small solar elongation.
Jedicke Robert
Pan-STARRS
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