MITSuME-Multicolor Imaging Telescopes for Survey and Monstrous Explosions
Creators
- 1. Tokyo Tech, Tokyo (Japan)
- 2. Okayama Astrophysical Observatory/NAOJ, Okayama (Japan)
Description
Development of MITSuME is reported. Two 50-cm optical telescopes have been built at Akeno in Yamanashi prefecture and at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (OAO) in Okayama prefecture. Three CCD cameras for simultaneous g'RCIC photometry are to be mounted on each focal plane, covering a wide FOV of about 30sec. x 30sec. The limiting magnitude at V is fainter than 18. In addition to these two optical telescopes, a 91-cm IR telescope with a 1o x 1o field of view is being built at OAO, which performs photometry in Y J H K bands. These robotic telescopes can start the observation of counterparts of a GRB within a minute from an alert. We aim to obtain photometric redshifts exceeding 10 with these telescopes. The performance and the current construction status of the telescopes are presented
Availability note (English)
Also avalaible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2005-10190-5Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica. C, Geophysics and Space Physics
- Journal Volume
- 28C
- Journal Issue
- 4-5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 755-758
- ISSN
- 1124-1896
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 37047525
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; TELESCOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PHYSICS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS