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Optical Sky Monitoring: Past and Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H.-J. Bräuer  and
N. Vogt
H.-J. Bräuer
Affiliation:
Sternwarte Sonneberg, 96515 Sonneberg, Germany
N. Vogt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, 85740 Garching, Germany Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

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After outlining the achievements of photographic sky monitoring at Sonneberg Observatory we describe a concept of a future CCD-based sky patrol. We suggest a world-wide network of 6 identical observing stations which cover the entire sky down to a limiting magnitude of ∼ 18TO and with a time resolution of between 8 and 24 hours. A preliminary technical design is proposed, and the astrophysical and general impact of such a project is briefly discussed.

Type
All-Sky Monitoring
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 151: Flares and Flashes , 1995 , pp. 402 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1995

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