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First results of the tracking system calibration of the TAIGA-IACT telescope

Authors :
E. A. Osipova
Pavel Bezyazeekov
Dmitriy Zhurov
V. Boreyko
A. A. Petrukhin
A. V. Tkachenko
Yu. A. Semeney
Yulia Kazarina
A. Pushnin
N. V. Gorbunov
A. N. Dyachok
R. D. Monkhoev
B. M. Sabirov
Yu. Lemeshev
A. V. Skurikhin
S. Kiryuhin
K. G. Kompaniets
V. V. Prosin
R. Nachtigall
Valery Zurbanov
Denis Sidorov
Aleksandr Gafarov
I. I. Yashin
Andrey Sokolov
V. A. Poleschuk
L. G. Sveshnikova
L. V. Pankov
O. Grishin
R. Mirzoyan
M. Brueckner
A. Ivanova
Grigory Rubtsov
A. A. Silaev
N. N. Kalmykov
A. V. Zagorodnikov
Evgeny Postnikov
C. Spiering
P. Kirilenko
T. I. Gress
V. V. Lenok
A. Porelli
L. G. Tkachev
A. Silaev junior
M. Tluczykont
A. Sidorenkov
Y. Sagan
V. Samoliga
B.A. Tarashansky
L. A. Kuzmichev
V. M. Grebenyuk
Dieter Horns
R. R. Mirgazov
A. Chiavassa
BayarJon Paul Lubsandorzhiev
Evgenii V Rjabov
A. L. Pakhorukov
V. Slunecka
I. I. Astapov
V. S. Ptuskin
N. B. Lubsandorzhiev
Mikhail Panasyuk
O. A. Gress
Oleg Fedorov
N. M. Budnev
V. A. Kozhin
V. V. Kindin
A. Borodin
A. A. Grinyuk
M. Kunnas
E.G. Popova
Mihai Popescu
A. Garmash
V.A. Tabolenko
E. A. Kravchenko
R. Wischnewski
E. E. Korosteleva
R. P. Kokoulin
Source :
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1181:012045
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2019.

Abstract

In TAIGA Observatory (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy) we are commissioning the first Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). The telescope has an alt-azimuth mount and 17-bit shaft encoder for each axis, stepper motors are used for axis control. For the pointing calibration of the telescope a CCD-camera is installed on the dish of the telescope and its position allows to capture simultaneously both the Cherenkov camera with LEDs and the sky with observed source. Since October 2017, the telescope has been operating in tracking mode. In this work the TAIGAIACT telescope pointing calibration approach and first results of the tracking operations are described.

Details

ISSN :
17426596 and 17426588
Volume :
1181
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........8beb551cc5d732d4f3c7caea45a7f890
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1181/1/012045