Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-04-19
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.378:825-840,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11881.x
ULTRACAM is a portable, high-speed imaging photometer designed to study faint astronomical objects at high temporal resolutions. ULTRACAM employs two dichroic beamsplitters and three frame-transfer CCD cameras to provide three-colour optical imaging at frame rates of up to 500 Hz. The instrument has been mounted on both the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope on La Palma and the 8.2-m Very Large Telescope in Chile, and has been used to study white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, pulsars, black-hole/neutron-star X-ray binaries, gamma-ray bursts, cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binary stars, extrasolar planets, flare stars, ultra-compact binaries, active galactic nuclei, asteroseismology and occultations by Solar System objects (Titan, Pluto and Kuiper Belt objects). In this paper we describe the scientific motivation behind ULTRACAM, present an outline of its design and report on its measured performance.
Atkinson D. C.
Beard Steven M.
Dhillon Vik S.
Harlaftis Emilios T.
Ives Derek J.
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