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Keywords

gamma-ray burst: general
instrumentation: miscellaneous
meteorites
meteors
meteoroids
telescopes

How to Cite

Mini-Mega-TORTORA wide-field monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution: first year of operation. (2016). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 48(1), 91-96. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2016rmxac..48...91k
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Abstract

Here we present the summary of first years of operation and the first results of a novel 9-channel wide-field optical monitoring system with sub-second temporal resolution, Mini-Mega-TORTORA (MMT-9), which is in operation now 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 MMT include faint meteors and artificial satellites. The pipeline for a longer time scales variability analysis is still in development.