2004/11/16 by A. Burd, Aleksander Burd, M. Ćwiok +30
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geography #Line (geometry) #Optics #Physics #Remote sensing #Sky #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.newast.2005.02.002
published as New Astron.10:409-416,2005
arxiv created 2004/11/16 · openalex publication_date 2005/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.