Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...210.1203h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #12.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.109
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We seek to create a large scale optical survey to search systematically for transient phenomenon with a single mount array of telescopes. The system is easily scaled and could be replicated and placed at several latitudes. Over the course of the year the entire sky could thus be surveyed many times. The prototype configuration consisting of two telescopes (14 inch Celestron and a 16 inch Meade) can observe some 150 square degrees per night with one million pixels in the visible and 0.722 arcsec resolution in a 12 arc min wide strip. The detection limit of the system is estimated to be 20th magnitude, given the 12 electron noise floor of the cameras, their radiometric properties, and the 16 inch and 14 inch apertures of the f/6.3 telescopes. Source Extractor is used to analyze the 10 gigabytes of raw data generated each night from contiguous observations. This system offers timely identification of transient events, such as Black Hole Flares, Gamma Ray Bursts and Type I-A Supernovae. More specialized telescopes can then be notified in time to monitor the explosion in a greater detail.
Hadjiyska Elena I.
Lubin Philip
Taylor Scott
Zierten J.
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