OPTICAM: A TRIPLE-CAMERA OPTICAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO EXPLORE THE FASTEST TIMESCALES IN ASTRONOMY
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Published:2019-09-13
Issue:2
Volume:55
Page:363-376
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ISSN:0185-1101
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Container-title:Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica
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language:
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Short-container-title:RMxAA
Author:
Castro A.1, Altamirano D.2, Michel R.3, Gandhi P.2, Hernández Santisteban J. V.4, Echevarría J.5, Tejada C.3, Knigge C.2, Sierra G.3, Colorado E.3, Hernández-Landa J.3, Whiter D.2, Middleton M.2, García B.3, Guisa G.3, Castro Segura N.2
Affiliation:
1. 1. Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 2. Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, México. 3. Royal Society Newton International Fellow. 2. Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 3. Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, México. 4. 1. Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 2. Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 3. SUPA School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK. 5. Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ciudad de México, México.
Abstract
We report the development of a high-time resolution, 3-colour, simultaneous optical imaging system for the 2.1 m telescope in the San Pedro Mártir Observatory, México. OPTICAM will be equipped with three 2,048×2,048 pixel Andor Zyla 4.2-Plus sCMOS cameras and a set of SDSS filters allowing optical coverage in the 320–1,100 nm range. OPTICAM will nominally allow sub-second exposures. Given its instrumental design, a wide range of fast-variability astrophysical sources can be targeted with OPTICAM including X-ray binaries, pulsating white dwarfs, accreting compact objects, eclipsing binaries and exoplanets. OPTICAM observations will be proprietary for only six months and will then be made publicly available to the astronomical community.
Publisher
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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