Published February 2015 | Version v1
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The THU-NAOC transient survey: the performance and results from the first year

Creators

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)
  • 2. Physics Department and Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  • 3. Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011 (China)
  • 4. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)

Description

The Tsinghua University-National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) Transient Survey is an automatic survey that conducts a systematic exploration of optical transients. This project utilizes a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope at the Xinglong Station of NAOC. This survey repeatedly covers ∼ 1000 square degrees of the northern sky with a cadence of 3–4 d. With an exposure of 60 s, the survey reaches a limiting unfiltered magnitude of about 19.5 mag, which enables us to discover supernovae in their relatively young stages. We describe the overall performance of our survey during the first year and present some preliminary results. (research papers)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/15/2/006

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1674-4527/15/2/006;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 215-224
ISSN
1674-4527

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46066944
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CHINESE ORGANIZATIONS; EXPLORATION; PERFORMANCE; SKY; SUPERNOVAE; TELESCOPES; TRANSIENTS
Descriptors DEC
BINARY STARS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PHYSICS; STARS; VARIABLE STARS