"Pi of the Sky" - all-sky, real-time search for fast optical transients
Astrophysics
2009-05-18 v1
Abstract
An apparatus to search for optical flashes in the sky is described. It has been optimized for gamma ray bursts (GRB) optical counterparts. It consists of 2x16 cameras covering all the sky. The sky is monitored continuously and the data are analysed on-line. It has self-triggering capability and can react to external triggers with negative delay. The prototype with two cameras has been installed at Las Campanas (Chile) and is operational from July 2004. The paper presents general idea and describes the apparatus in detail. Performance of the prototype is briefly reviewed and perspectives for the future are outlined.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0411456,
title = {"Pi of the Sky" - all-sky, real-time search for fast optical transients},
author = {A. Burd and M. Cwiok and H. Czyrkowski and R. Dabrowski and W. Dominik and M. Grajda and M. Husejko and M. Jegier and A. Kalicki and G. Kasprowicz and K. Kierzkowski and K. Kwiecinska and L. Mankiewicz and K. Nawrocki and B. Pilecki and L. W. Piotrowski and K. Pozniak and R. Romaniuk and R. Salanski and M. Sokolowski and D. Szczygiel and G. Wrochna and W. Zabolotny},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0411456},
year = {2009}
}