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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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© 2020 SPIE. There have been a dramatic increase in the number of optical and radio transient surveys due to astronomical transients such as gravitational waves and gamma ray bursts, however, there have been a limited number of wide-field infrared surveys due to narrow field-of-view and high cost of infrared cameras, we present two new wide-field near-infrared fully automated surveyors; Palomar Gattini-IR and the Dynamic REd All-sky Monitoring Survey (DREAMS). Palomar Gattini-IR, a 25 square degree J-band imager that begun science operations at Palomar Observatory, USA in October 2018; we report on survey strategy as well as telescope and observatory operations and will also providing initial science results. DREAMS is a 3.75 square degree wide-field imager that is planned for Siding Spring Observatory, Australia; we report on the current optical and mechanical design and plans to achieve on-sky results in 2020. DREAMS is on-track to be one of the first astronomical telescopes to use an Indium Galium Arsenide (InGaAs) detector and we report initial on-sky testing results for the selected detector package. DREAMS is also well placed to take advantage and provide near-infrared follow-up of the LSST.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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mit-1721.1/1323592024-01-05T17:14:38Z Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research © 2020 SPIE. There have been a dramatic increase in the number of optical and radio transient surveys due to astronomical transients such as gravitational waves and gamma ray bursts, however, there have been a limited number of wide-field infrared surveys due to narrow field-of-view and high cost of infrared cameras, we present two new wide-field near-infrared fully automated surveyors; Palomar Gattini-IR and the Dynamic REd All-sky Monitoring Survey (DREAMS). Palomar Gattini-IR, a 25 square degree J-band imager that begun science operations at Palomar Observatory, USA in October 2018; we report on survey strategy as well as telescope and observatory operations and will also providing initial science results. DREAMS is a 3.75 square degree wide-field imager that is planned for Siding Spring Observatory, Australia; we report on the current optical and mechanical design and plans to achieve on-sky results in 2020. DREAMS is on-track to be one of the first astronomical telescopes to use an Indium Galium Arsenide (InGaAs) detector and we report initial on-sky testing results for the selected detector package. DREAMS is also well placed to take advantage and provide near-infrared follow-up of the LSST. 2021-09-20T18:22:01Z 2021-09-20T18:22:01Z 2020-11-09T14:51:32Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132359 en 10.1117/12.2539594 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
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wide field dynamic astronomy in the near infrared with palomar gattini ir and dreams
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132359
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