MASCARA: opto-mechanical design and integration
Abstract
MASCARA, the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA, consists of several fully-automated stations. Its goal is to find exoplanets transiting the brightest stars, in the mV = 4 to 8 magnitude range. Each station contains five wide- angle cameras monitoring the near-entire sky at each location. The five cameras are located in a temperature- controlled enclosure and look at the sky through five windows. A housing with a moving roof protects MASCARA from the environment. Here, we present the opto-mechanical design of the first MASCARA station.
- Publication:
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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
- Pub Date:
- July 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2056151
- Bibcode:
- 2014SPIE.9147E..56S