Wide-field dynamic astronomy in the near-infrared with Palomar Gattini-IR and DREAMS
- Creators
- Soon, Jamie
- Adams, David
- De, Kishalay
- Galla, Antony
- Hankins, Matthew
- Kasliwal, Mansi M.
- Moore, Anna M.
- Adams, Scott M.
- Antoszewski, Jarek
- Ashley, Michael C.
- Babul, Aliya-Nur
- Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
- Cooke, Jeff
- De Marco, Orsola
- Delacroix, Alexandre
- Devillepoix, Hadrien
- Ellis, Simon C.
- Freeman, Ken C.
- Hale, David
- Heger, Alexander
- Jencson, Jacob E.
- Lau, Ryan M.
- McKenna, Daniel
- Ofek, Eran
- Ryder, Stuart
- Simcoe, Robert
- Sokoloski, Jennifer L.
- Soria, Roberto
- Smith, Roger M.
- Travouillon, Tony D.
- Others:
- Ellis, Simon C.
- d'Orgeville, Céline
Abstract
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.
Additional Information
© 2020 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This research is supported by an Australian National University Future Fund and an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. We acknowledge and greatly thank the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation and all our partners for their generous support of these projects as well as Palomar Observatory and Siding Spring Observatory for the opportunity to deploy the instruments at these sites.Attached Files
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- 100621
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20200110-085304573
- Australian National University
- Australian Government
- Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation
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2020-01-10Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- Astronomy Department
- Series Name
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 11203