"Pi of the Sky" - all-sky, real-time search for fast optical transients

• Main Authors: Burd, A, Cwiok, M, Czyrkowski, H, Dabrowski, R, Dominik, W, Grajda, M, Husejko, M, Jegier, M, Kalicki, A, Kasprowicz, G, Kierzkowski, K, Kwiecinska, K, Mankiewicz, L, Nawrocki, K, Pilecki, B, Piotrowski, L. W, Pozniak, K, Romaniuk, R, Salanski, R, Sokolowski, M, Szczygiel, D, Wrochna, G, Zabolotny, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 16.11.2004
• Subjects: Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0411456

New Astron.10:409-416,2005 An apparatus to search for optical flashes in the sky is described. It has been optimized for gamma ray bursts (GRB) optical counterparts. It consists of 2x16 cameras covering all the sky. The sky is monitored continuously and the data are analysed on-line. It has self-triggering capability and can react to external triggers with negative delay. The prototype with two cameras has been installed at Las Campanas (Chile) and is operational from July 2004. The paper presents general idea and describes the apparatus in detail. Performance of the prototype is briefly reviewed and perspectives for the future are outlined.