Adapting the Super-LOTIS optical telescope for ground-based NUV observations of transients

Jacob Vider; Peter Milne; Aafaque Khan; Ethan Potthoff; Erika Hamden; Alex Romero-Lorenzo; Shashank Verma

doi:10.1117/12.3030767

16 October 2024 Adapting the Super-LOTIS optical telescope for ground-based NUV observations of transients

Jacob Vider, Peter Milne, Aafaque Khan, Ethan Potthoff, Erika Hamden, Alex Romero-Lorenzo, Shashank Verma

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Proceedings Volume 13149, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024; 131491L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030767
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2024, San Diego, California, United States

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Transient events exhibit strong UV radiation, but transient activity is not well studied in the UV. Ground-based telescopes have an untapped potential to support space-based UV observations of transients, down to the atmospheric cutoff of roughly 320nm. The Super-LOTIS (Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System) telescope is the first ground-based optical telescope that is being converted for NUV transient science. It will follow up on transient targets identified by the Swift/UVOT instrument, ground-based robotic transient finders, and future space-based missions. It will also have the capacity to conduct its own observations. The development of the Super-LOTIS telescope will provide a model for future ground-based UV surveys. In this paper, we report on the progress to modify the existing camera optics to use a new NUV sensitive camera and filter system.

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Jacob Vider, Peter Milne, Aafaque Khan, Ethan Potthoff, Erika Hamden, Alex Romero-Lorenzo, and Shashank Verma "Adapting the Super-LOTIS optical telescope for ground-based NUV observations of transients", Proc. SPIE 13149, Unconventional Imaging, Sensing, and Adaptive Optics 2024, 131491L (16 October 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030767

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