Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts

H. S. Park; E. Ables; S. D. Barthelmy; R. M. Bionta; L. L. Ott; E. L. Parker; G. G. Williams

doi:10.1117/12.316790

Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts

H. S. Park, E. Ables, S. D. Barthelmy, R. M. Bionta, L. L. Ott, E. L. Parker, G. G. Williams

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Abstract

LOTIS is a rapidly slewing wide-field-of-viewtelescope which was designed and constructed to search for simultaneous gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical counterparts. This experiment requires a rapidly slewing (< 10 sec), wide-field-of-view(> 15°), automatic and dedicated telescope. LOTIS utilizes commercial tele-photo lenses and custom 2048 × 2048 CCD cameras to view a 17.6 × 17.6° field of view. It can point to any part of the sky within 5 sec and is fully automated. It is connected via Internet socket to the GRB coordinate distribution network which analyzes telemetry from the satellite and delivers GRB coordinate information in real-time. LOTIS started routine operation in Oct. 1996. In the idle time between GRB triggers, LOTIS systematically surveys the entire available sky every night for new optical transients. This paper will describe the system design and performance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	658-664
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3355
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316790
State	Published - 1998
Event	Optical Astronomical Instrumentation - Kona, HI, United States Duration: Mar 26 1998 → Mar 26 1998

Keywords

Automatic telescope
Gamma-ray bursts
Wide-field-of-view telescope

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Park, H. S., Ables, E., Barthelmy, S. D., Bionta, R. M., Ott, L. L., Parker, E. L., & Williams, G. G. (1998). Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3355, 658-664. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316790

Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts. / Park, H. S.; Ables, E.; Barthelmy, S. D. et al.
In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 3355, 1998, p. 658-664.

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Park, HS, Ables, E, Barthelmy, SD, Bionta, RM, Ott, LL, Parker, EL & Williams, GG 1998, 'Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 3355, pp. 658-664. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316790

Park HS, Ables E, Barthelmy SD, Bionta RM, Ott LL, Parker EL et al. Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore optical transient imaging system; A fully automated wide-field-of-view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1998;3355:658-664. doi: 10.1117/12.316790

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