Current Status of the Explosive Transient Camera
Abstract
The current configuration and performance of the Explosive Transient Camera (ETC), a wide-field sky monitor capable of detecting short-timescale optical transients, are briefly reviewed, as are plans for future improvements. The primary objective of the ETC is to detect an optical transient that is spatially and temporally coincident with a gamma-ray burster. However, the ETC is sensitive to all sources of short-timescale optical transients and will conduct a systematic survey of the night sky for all optical transients. Results of preliminary observations of the night sky conducted since January 1991 are summarized, and long-term variability searches with the ETC are discussed.
- Publication:
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American Institute of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992AIPC..265..404V
- Keywords:
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- Cameras;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- Visual Observation;
- Artificial Satellites;
- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Night Sky;
- Astronomy