COATLI: An all-sky robotic optical imager with 0.3 arcsec image quality
Por:
Watson, Alan M., Cuevas Cardona, Salvador, Alvarez Nunez, Luis C., Angeles, Fernando, Becerra-Godinez, Rosa L., Chapa, Oscar, Farah, Alejandro S., Fuentes-Fernandez, Jorge, Figueroa, Liliana, Langarica Lebre, Rosalia, Quiroz, Fernando, Roman-Zuniga, Carlos G., Ruiz-Diaz-Soto, Jaime, Tejada, Carlos G., Tinoco, Silvio J.
Publicada:
1 ene 2016
Resumen:
COATLI will provide 0.3 arcsec FWHM images from 550 to 900 nm over a large fraction of the sky. It consists of a robotic 50-cm telescope with a diffraction-limited fast-guiding imager. Since the telescope is small, fast guiding will provide diffraction-limited image quality over a field of at least 1 arcmin and with coverage of a large fraction of the sky, even in relatively poor seeing. The COATLI telescope will be installed at the at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in Sierra San Pedro Mártir, México, during 2016 and the diffraction-limited imager will follow in 2017. © 2016 SPIE.
Filiaciones:
Watson, Alan M.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Cuevas Cardona, Salvador:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Alvarez Nunez, Luis C.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Angeles, Fernando:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Becerra-Godinez, Rosa L.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Chapa, Oscar:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Farah, Alejandro S.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Fuentes-Fernandez, Jorge:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Figueroa, Liliana:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 106, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Langarica Lebre, Rosalia:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Quiroz, Fernando:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 106, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Roman-Zuniga, Carlos G.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 106, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Ruiz-Diaz-Soto, Jaime:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Tejada, Carlos G.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 106, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico
Tinoco, Silvio J.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Apartado Postal 70-264, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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