MINI-MEGATORTORA STATUS UPDATE

Andrew Shearer

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Abstract

Here we give a status report on the next generation, multi-objective and transforming monitoring system, MiniMegaTORTORA, with two variants (MMT-6 based on image intensifiers with fast CCDs and MMT-9 equipped with Andor Neo sCMOSes) now under construction and commissioning at SAO RAS. This system combines a wide field of view with subsecond temporal resolution in monitoring regime, and is able to reconfigure itself, in a fractions of second, to follow-up mode which has better sensitifity and provides us with multi-color and polarimetric information on detected transients simultaneously. Hardware and software solutions used for the systems, as well as perspectives of its operation, are also discussed.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Title of host publicationIII WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES
PublisherUNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA MEXICO INSTITUTO ASTRONOMIA
Number of pages3
Volume45
ISBN (Electronic)1405-2059
ISBN (Print)1405-2059
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

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  • Beskin, G;Karpov, S;Bondar, S;Perkov, A;Ivanov, E;Katkova, E;Sasyuk, V;Biryukov, A;Shearer, A

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