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Pi of the Sky Telescopes in Spain and Chile
- Source :
- Acta Polytechnica, Vol 51, Iss 6 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Czech Technical University in Prague - Central Library, 2011.
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Abstract
- Pi of the Sky is a system of robotic telescopes designed for observations of short timescale astrophysical phenomena, e.g. prompt optical GRB emissions. The apparatus is designed to monitor a large fraction of the sky with 12–13 m range and time resolution of the order of 1–10 seconds. In October 2010 the first unit of the new Pi of the Sky detector system was successfully installed in the INTA El Arenosillo Test Centre in Spain. We also moved our prototype detector from Las Campanas Observatory to San Pedro de Atacama Observatory in March 2011. The status and performance of both detectors is presented.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Gamma Ray Burst (GRB)
Detector
prompt optical emissions
robotic telescopes
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Engineering
Astronomy
Time resolution
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
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Sky
Observatory
nova stars
optical flashes
Astrophysical Phenomena
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Gamma-ray burst
variable stars
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 18052363 and 12102709
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Polytechnica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....458f381489d0865a4a0aefd44256b632