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    Pi of the Sky robotic observatories in Chile and Spain

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    Authors
    Cwiek, A.
    Mankiewicz, L.
    Batsch, T.
    Castro-Tirado, A.
    Czyrkowski, H.
    Cwiok, M.
    Dabrowski, R.
    Jelínek, M.
    Kasprowicz, G.
    Majcher, A.
    Malek, K.
    Nawrocki, K.
    Obara, L.
    Opiela, R.
    Piotrowski, L.
    Siudek, M.
    Sokolowski, Marcin
    Wawrzaszek, R.
    Wrochna, G.
    Zaremba, M.
    Zarnecki, A.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Cwiek, A. and Mankiewicz, L. and Batsch, T. and Castro-Tirado, A. and Czyrkowski, H. and Cwiok, M. and Dabrowski, R. et al. 2014. Pi of the Sky robotic observatories in Chile and Spain, in Romaniuk (ed), Proceedings of the Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2014, May 26-Jun 1 2014. Wilga, Poland: SPIE.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    DOI
    10.1117/12.2076052
    ISBN
    9781628413694
    School
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computing
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38010
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2014 SPIE. The Pi of the Sky is a system of wide field of view robotic telescopes, which search for short timescale astro-physical phenomena, especially for prompt optical GRB emission. The system was designed for autonomous operation, monitoring a large fraction of the sky to a depth of 12m - 13? and with time resolution of the order of 1-10 seconds. The system design and observation strategy were successfully tested with a prototype detector operational at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile from 2004-2009 and moved to San Pedro de Atacama Observatory in March 2011. In October 2010 the first unit of the final Pi of the Sky detector system, with 4 CCD cameras, was successfully installed at the INTA El Arenosillo Test Centre in Spain. In July 2013 three more units (12 CCD cameras) were commissioned and installed, together with the first one, on a new platform in INTA, extending sky coverage to about 6000 square degrees.

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