Status of the Pi of the Sky telescopes in Spain and Chile

DOI: 
10.1117/12.2205907
Publication date: 
01/09/2015
Main author: 
Majcher A.
IAA authors: 
Castro-Tirado, A.J.;Jelínek, M.
Authors: 
Majcher A., Batsch T., Castro-Tirado A.J., Ćwiek A., Czyrkowski H., Ćwiok M., Dąbrowski R., Jelínek M., Kasprowicz G., Małek K., Mankiewicz L., Nawrocki K., Obara L., Opiela R., Piotrowski L.W., Siudek M., Sokołowski M., Wawrzaszek R., Wrochna G., Zaremba M., Zarnecki A.F.
Journal: 
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
9662
Pages: 
Number: 
966219
Abstract: 
'Pi of the Sky' is a system of wide field of view robotic telescopes, which search for short timescale astrophysical phenomena, especially for prompt optical GRB emission. The system was designed for autonomous operation, monitoring a large fraction of the sky with 12m-13m range and time resolution of the order of 1 - 10 seconds. For now there are two working 'Pi of the Sky' observatories: in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) and near Mazagón in Southern Spain. In this paper we report on the status of the project, as well as recent observation of asteroid 2004BL86, which passed the Earth in late January 2015, DG CVn outburst in 2014, satellites observations and our future plans. © 2015 SPIE.
Database: 
SCOPUS
ADS
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015SPIE.9662E..19M/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2015SPIE.9662E..19M
Keywords: 
Gamma-ray bursts; GRB; Optical transients; Pi of the Sky; Robotic telescopes; Widefield observations