Status of the Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II)

Matthew J. Lehner; Shiang-Yu Wang; Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz; Charles Alcock; Joel Castro; Wen-Ping Chen; You-Hua Chu; Kem H. Cook; Liliana Figueroa; John C. Geary; Chung-Kai Huang; Dae-Won Kim; Timothy Norton; Andrew Szentgyorgyi; Wei-Ling Yen; Zhi-Wei Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2232203

27 July 2016 Status of the Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II)

Matthew J. Lehner, Shiang-Yu Wang, Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz, Charles Alcock, Joel Castro, Wen-Ping Chen, You-Hua Chu, Kem H. Cook, Liliana Figueroa, John C. Geary, Chung-Kai Huang, Dae-Won Kim, Timothy Norton, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Wei-Ling Yen, Zhi-Wei Zhang

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99065M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232203
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II) will aim to detect occultations of stars by small (~1 km diameter) objects in the Kuiper Belt and beyond. Such events are very rare (< 10⁻³ events per star per year) and short in duration (~200 ms), so many stars must be monitored at a high readout cadence. TAOS II will operate three 1.3 meter telescopes at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, México. With a 2.3 square degree field of view and a high speed camera comprising CMOS imagers, the survey will monitor 10,000 stars simultaneously with all three telescopes at a readout cadence of 20 Hz. Construction of the site began in the fall of 2013, and the survey will begin in the summer of 2017.

Citation Download Citation

Matthew J. Lehner, Shiang-Yu Wang, Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz, Charles Alcock, Joel Castro, Wen-Ping Chen, You-Hua Chu, Kem H. Cook, Liliana Figueroa, John C. Geary, Chung-Kai Huang, Dae-Won Kim, Timothy Norton, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Wei-Ling Yen, and Zhi-Wei Zhang "Status of the Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II)", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99065M (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232203

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available