The International Workshop on
Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy:
Neutrino Signals, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts

7-14 October 2015

Mini-MegaTORTORA wide-field monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution: observation of transient events Karpov S., Beskin G., Biryukov A., Bondar S., Ivanov E., Katkova E., Perkov A., and Sasyuk V.

Abstract

      Here we present a summary of first years of operation and first results of a novel 9-channel wide-field optical monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution, Mini-MegaTORTORA (MMT-9), which is in operation now at Special Astrophysical Observatory on Russian Caucasus. The system is able to observe the sky simultaneously in either wide (~ 900 square degrees) or narrow (~ 100 square degrees) fields of view, either in clear light or with any combination of color (Johnson-Cousins B, V or R) and polarimetric filters installed, with exposure times ranging from 0.1 s to hundreds of seconds. The real-time system data analysis pipeline performs automatic detection of rapid transient events, both near-Earth and extragalactic. The objects routinely detected by MMT include faint meteors and artificial satellites. The pipeline for a longer time scales variability analysis is still in development.

Reference:
Karpov S., Beskin G., Biryukov A., Bondar S., Ivanov E., Katkova E., Perkov A., and Sasyuk V. , "Mini-MegaTORTORA wide-field monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution: observation of transient events", in "Proceedings of the International Workshop on Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy: Neutrino Signals, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts", Russia, Nizhnij Arkhyz (SAO RAS), Terskol (BNO INR RAS), October, 7 - 14, 2015, Publishing house "Sneg", Pyatigorsk, 2016, ISBN 978-5-903129-85-0, pp. 43-50.
DOI: 10.26119/SAO.2020.1.51246
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