Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Context. One of the possible approaches to detecting optical counterparts of GRBs requires monitoring large parts of the sky. This idea has gained some instrumental support in recent years, such as with the “Pi of the Sky” project. The broad sky coverage of the “Pi of the Sky” apparatus results from using cameras with wide-angle lenses (20° × 20° field of view). Optics of this kind introduce significant deformations of the point spread function (PSF), increasing with the distance from the frame centre. A deformed PSF results in additional uncertainties in data analysis.
Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Authors: L. W. Piotrowski, T. Batsch, H. Czyrkowski, M. Cwiok, R. Dabrowski, G. Kasprowicz, A. Majcher, A. Majczyna, K. Malek, L. Mankiewicz, K. Nawrocki, R. Opiela, M. Siudek, M. Sokolowski, R. Wawrzaszek, G. Wrochna, M. Zaremba, A. F. Żarnecki
Language: English
Subfield: Instrumentation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2165455387