scholarly journals The First Light of Mini-MegaTORTORA Wide-Field Monitoring System

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Biryukov ◽  
G. Beskin ◽  
S. Karpov ◽  
S. Bondar ◽  
E. Ivanov ◽  
...  

AbstractWe describe the first light of a new 9-channel wide-field optical monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution, Mini-MegaTORTORA, which is being tested now at the Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russian Caucasus. The system is able to observe the sky simultaneously in either wide (~900 deg

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (S324) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
S. Karpov ◽  
G. Beskin ◽  
A. Biryukov ◽  
S. Bondar ◽  
E. Ivanov ◽  
...  

AbstractHere we report ongoing efforts for an untriggered search of rapid optical transients of various astrophysical and non-astrophysical origins on time scales down to fractions of a second with Mini-MegaTORTORA. Mini-MegaTORTORA is a novel 9-channel wide-field optical monitoring system in operation since 2014 at Special Astrophysical Observatory on Russian Caucasus.


2013 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 465-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Karpov ◽  
G. Beskin ◽  
S. Bondar ◽  
A. Perkov ◽  
E. Ivanov ◽  
...  

10.14311/1710 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Karpov ◽  
Grigory Beskin ◽  
Sergey Bondar ◽  
Alexey Perkov ◽  
Evgeny Ivanov ◽  
...  

Here we briefly summarize our long-term experience of constructing and operating wide-field monitoring cameras with sub-second temporal resolution to look for optical components of GRBs, fast-moving satellites and meteors. The general hardware requirements for these systems are discussed, along with algorithms for real-time detection and classification of various kinds of short optical transients. We also give a status report on the next generation, the MegaTORTORA multi-objective and transforming monitoring system, whose 6-channel (Mini-MegaTORTORA-Spain) and 9-channel prototypes (Mini-MegaTORTORA-Kazan) we have been building at SAO RAS. This system combines a wide field of view with subsecond temporal resolution in monitoring regime, and is able, within fractions of a second, to reconfigure itself to follow-up mode, which has better sensitivity and simultaneously provides multi-color and polarimetric information on detected transients.


Author(s):  
S. Karpov ◽  
N. Orekhova ◽  
G. Beskin ◽  
A. Biryukov ◽  
S. Bondar ◽  
...  

Here we present the results of our four years long observations of meteors with Mini-MegaTORTORA wide-field monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution. Over this period, we detected and catalogued more than 175000 faint meteors with magnitudes down to 8-10 mag and angular velocities up to 40 deg/s. Recently, we started double-station observations using Mini-MegaTORTORA together with reconstructed FAVOR camera on 3.8 km baseline. This setup allows to observe tens of faint meteors per night. We present the preliminary results of such observations.


Author(s):  
S. Karpov ◽  
G. Beskin ◽  
A. Biryukov ◽  
S. Bondar ◽  
E. Ivanov ◽  
...  

Here we present the summary of operation of a novel 9-channel wide-field optical monitoring system with subsecond temporal resolution, Mini-MegaTORTORA, which systematically surveys the sky since 2014 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 Mini-MegaTORTORA also include faint meteors and artificial satellites. The imaging survey performed by Mini-MegaTORTORA also allows to look for a slower variability of various kinds of objects.


2013 ◽  
Vol 183 (8) ◽  
pp. 888-894
Author(s):  
G.M. Beskin ◽  
S.V. Karpov ◽  
V.L. Plokhotnichenko ◽  
S.F. Bondar ◽  
A.V. Perkov ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Beskin ◽  
S. V. Karpov ◽  
A. V. Biryukov ◽  
S. F. Bondar ◽  
E. A. Ivanov ◽  
...  

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