Alternative Solution for an Low-Cost Optical All-Sky Monitor
Abstract
We report on the development and tests of an alternative optical all-sky monitor recently tested at the Karlovy Vary Observatory. The monitor is based on a Peleng 8 mm fish-eye lens (1:3,5-1:16) and CANON EOS 350D digital CCD camera. This type of monitor represents a low-cost device suitable for easy replication and still able to detect brighter optical transients simultaneously to GRB triggers. Such OTs have been observed in the past for some of the GRBs such as GRB990123 or GRB060117 indicating that some fraction of GRBs can generate optical transient emission accessible by simple small aperture instrumentation as described here.
- Publication:
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Open European Journal on Variable Stars
- Pub Date:
- 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008OEJV...95....3S