Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan
The third Antarctic Survey Telescope array instrument at Dome A in Antarctica, the AST3-3 telescope, has been in commissioning from March 2021. We deployed AST3-3 at the Yaoan astronomical station in Yunnan Province for an automatic time-domain survey and follow-up observations with an optimised obs...
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| author | Tianrui Sun Xiaoyan Li Lei Hu Kelai Meng Zijian Han Maokai Hu Zhengyang Li Haikun Wen Fujia Du Shihai Yang Bozhong Gu Xiangyan Yuan Yun Li Huihui Wang Lei Liu Zhenxi Zhu Xuehai Huang Chengming Lei Lifan Wang Xuefeng Wu |
| author_facet | Tianrui Sun Xiaoyan Li Lei Hu Kelai Meng Zijian Han Maokai Hu Zhengyang Li Haikun Wen Fujia Du Shihai Yang Bozhong Gu Xiangyan Yuan Yun Li Huihui Wang Lei Liu Zhenxi Zhu Xuehai Huang Chengming Lei Lifan Wang Xuefeng Wu |
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| description | The third Antarctic Survey Telescope array instrument at Dome A in Antarctica, the AST3-3 telescope, has been in commissioning from March 2021. We deployed AST3-3 at the Yaoan astronomical station in Yunnan Province for an automatic time-domain survey and follow-up observations with an optimised observation and protection system. The telescope system of AST3-3 is similar to that of AST3-1 and AST3-2, except that it is equipped with a 14 K × 10 K QHY411 CMOS camera. AST3-3 has a field of view of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><msup><mn>65</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup><mo>×</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><msup><mn>23</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and is currently using the <i>g</i> band filter. During commissioning at Yaoan, AST3-3 aims to conduct an extragalactic transient survey, coupled with prompt follow-ups of opportunity targets. In this paper, we present the architecture of the AST3-3 automatic observation system. We demonstrate the data processing of observations by representatives SN 2022eyw and GRB 210420B. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29f56a39535b4e32b382c772d3641cfd2023-11-23T19:18:58ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972022-05-018630310.3390/universe8060303Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, YunnanTianrui Sun0Xiaoyan Li1Lei Hu2Kelai Meng3Zijian Han4Maokai Hu5Zhengyang Li6Haikun Wen7Fujia Du8Shihai Yang9Bozhong Gu10Xiangyan Yuan11Yun Li12Huihui Wang13Lei Liu14Zhenxi Zhu15Xuehai Huang16Chengming Lei17Lifan Wang18Xuefeng Wu19Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaNanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210042, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaGeorge P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4242 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USAPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, ChinaThe third Antarctic Survey Telescope array instrument at Dome A in Antarctica, the AST3-3 telescope, has been in commissioning from March 2021. We deployed AST3-3 at the Yaoan astronomical station in Yunnan Province for an automatic time-domain survey and follow-up observations with an optimised observation and protection system. The telescope system of AST3-3 is similar to that of AST3-1 and AST3-2, except that it is equipped with a 14 K × 10 K QHY411 CMOS camera. AST3-3 has a field of view of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><msup><mn>65</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup><mo>×</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>.</mo><msup><mn>23</mn><mo>∘</mo></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and is currently using the <i>g</i> band filter. During commissioning at Yaoan, AST3-3 aims to conduct an extragalactic transient survey, coupled with prompt follow-ups of opportunity targets. In this paper, we present the architecture of the AST3-3 automatic observation system. We demonstrate the data processing of observations by representatives SN 2022eyw and GRB 210420B.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/8/6/303wide-field surveytransient observationsrobotic optical telescope |
| spellingShingle | Tianrui Sun Xiaoyan Li Lei Hu Kelai Meng Zijian Han Maokai Hu Zhengyang Li Haikun Wen Fujia Du Shihai Yang Bozhong Gu Xiangyan Yuan Yun Li Huihui Wang Lei Liu Zhenxi Zhu Xuehai Huang Chengming Lei Lifan Wang Xuefeng Wu Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan Universe wide-field survey transient observations robotic optical telescope |
| title | Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan |
| title_full | Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan |
| title_fullStr | Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan |
| title_short | Antarctic Survey Telescope 3-3: Overview, System Performance and Preliminary Observations at Yaoan, Yunnan |
| title_sort | antarctic survey telescope 3 3 overview system performance and preliminary observations at yaoan yunnan |
| topic | wide-field survey transient observations robotic optical telescope |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/8/6/303 |
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