AEOS burst camera: project description

Mark A. Skinner; Carl W. Akerlof; Timothy McKay; Eli Rykoff

doi:10.1117/12.461783

7 March 2003 AEOS Burst Camera: Project Description

Mark A. Skinner, Carl W. Akerlof, Timothy McKay, Eli Rykoff

Proceedings Volume 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461783
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The AEOS Burst Camera (ABC) has been funded for development and construction by the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The ABC will provide rapid, deep observations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical counterparts. The camera is expected to be installed on the 3.67 meter AEOS telescope, at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site in mid-2002, with operations to commence shortly thereafter. We expect to conduct six observations of GRB optical counterparts per year. We describe the design of the camera, and the planned mode of rapid GRB counterpart observation to be conducted at the AMOS facility. Results of the initial operations of the camera will also be reported.

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Mark A. Skinner, Carl W. Akerlof, Timothy McKay, and Eli Rykoff "AEOS Burst Camera: Project Description", Proc. SPIE 4841, Instrument Design and Performance for Optical/Infrared Ground-based Telescopes, (7 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461783

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