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Time-Domain Instrumentation at ESO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2019

V. D. Ivanov
V. D. Ivanov*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Over the years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has offered a number of time-domain instruments that enable the user to achieve time resolution as small as milliseconds. They have been used for a wide range of applications, from binary studies with Lunar occultations, characterisation of X-ray binaries and exoplanet transits, to quasar variability. Furthermore, ESO provides a target-of-opportunity (ToO) rapid-response-mode (RRM) channel to trigger quick follow-up observations within as little delay as minutes after a transient has been detected. This talk reviewed the available time-domain observing modes and instruments at ESO, giving priority to FORS2, HAWKI and UltraCam. It described the ToO and RRM, and gave examples of the most common science cases that take advantage of those channels and capabilities.

Keywords

Instrumentation: detectorsinstrumentation: photometersinstrumentation: spectrographswhite dwarfsplanetary systems
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium S339: Southern Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , November 2017 , pp. 172 - 175
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2019 

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