TY - GEN
T1 - Adapting the Super-LOTIS optical telescope for ground-based NUV observations of transients
AU - Vider, Jacob
AU - Milne, Peter
AU - Khan, Aafaque
AU - Potthoff, Ethan
AU - Hamden, Erika
AU - Romero-Lorenzo, Alex
AU - Verma, Shashank
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 SPIE
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Transient events exhibit strong UV radiation, but transient activity is not well studied in the UV. Ground-based telescopes have an untapped potential to support space-based UV observations of transients, down to the atmospheric cutoff of roughly 320 nm. The Super-LOTIS (Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System) telescope is the first ground-based optical telescope that is being converted for NUV transient science. It will follow up on transient targets identified by the Swift/UVOT instrument, ground-based robotic transient finders, and future space-based missions. It will also have the capacity to conduct its own observations. The development of the Super-LOTIS telescope will provide a model for future ground-based UV surveys. In this paper, we report on the progress to modify the existing camera optics to use a new NUV sensitive camera and filter system.
AB - Transient events exhibit strong UV radiation, but transient activity is not well studied in the UV. Ground-based telescopes have an untapped potential to support space-based UV observations of transients, down to the atmospheric cutoff of roughly 320 nm. The Super-LOTIS (Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System) telescope is the first ground-based optical telescope that is being converted for NUV transient science. It will follow up on transient targets identified by the Swift/UVOT instrument, ground-based robotic transient finders, and future space-based missions. It will also have the capacity to conduct its own observations. The development of the Super-LOTIS telescope will provide a model for future ground-based UV surveys. In this paper, we report on the progress to modify the existing camera optics to use a new NUV sensitive camera and filter system.
KW - Ground-based NUV observations
KW - NUV photometry
KW - Optical filters
KW - PIXIS NUV CCD camera
KW - Time-Domain Astrophysics
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U2 - 10.1117/12.3030767
DO - 10.1117/12.3030767
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85208614018
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024
A2 - Dolne, Jean J.
A2 - Bose-Pillai, Santasri R.
A2 - Kalensky, Matthew
PB - SPIE
T2 - Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024
Y2 - 19 August 2024 through 23 August 2024
ER -