Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Sep 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.459..375g&link_type=abstract
In: Exploring the gamma-ray universe. Proceedings of the Fourth INTEGRAL Workshop, 4-8 September 2000, Alicante, Spain. Editor:
Physics
Optics
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Optical Photometry, Variable Stars, Light Curves
Scientific paper
The Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) will observe the optical emission from the prime targets of the gamma-ray instruments onboard the ESA mission INTEGRAL with the support of the JEM-X monitor in the X-ray domain. This capability will provide invaluable diagnostic information on the nature and the physics of the sources over a broad wavelength range. Its main scientific objectives are: (1) to monitor the optical emission from the sources observed by the gamma- and X-ray instruments, measuring the time and intensity structure of the optical emission for comparison with variability at high energies, and (2) to provide the brightness and position of the optical counterpart of any gamma- or X-ray transient taking place within its field of view. The OMC is based on a refractive optics with an aperture of 50 mm focused onto a larger format CCD (1024×2048 pixels) working in frame transfer mode (1024×1024 pixels imaging area). With a field of view of 5°×5° it will be able to monitor sources down to V = 18 magnitudes. Typical exposures will consist of 10 integrations of 100 seconds each allowing photometric uncertainties below 0.1 magnitudes for objects with V <= 16.
Domingo Albert
Gimenez Alvaro
Mas-Hesse Jose Miguel
Omc Consortium
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