The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.34.2-34.2
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Wide-Field Imaging Telescope-0(WIT0): A New Wide-Field 0.25 m Telescope at McDonald Observatory
- Lee, Sang-Yun (Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU), Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Im, Myungshin (Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU), Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Pak, Soojong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Ji, Tae-Geun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Lee, Hye-In (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Hwang, Seong Yong (Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe (CEOU), Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
- Marshall, Jennifer (Dep. Of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
- Prochaska, Travis (Dep. Of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University) ;
- Gibson, Coyne A. (McDonald Observatory)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
A small wide-field imaging telescope is a powerful instrument to survey the Universe: wide-field image can monitor the variability of many sources at a time, e.g. young stellar objects and active galactic nuclei, and it can be an effective way to locate transient sources without precise positional information such as gravitational wave sources or some gamma-ray bursts. In February 2017, we installed a 0.25 m f/3.6 telescope on the McDonald 0.8 m telescope as a piggyback system. With a
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