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The Rapidly Moving Telescope: an Instrument for the Precise Study of Optical TransientsThe development of a small telescope with a very rapid pointing capability is described whose purpose is to search for and study fast optical transients that may be associated with gamma-ray bursts and other phenomena. The primary motivation for this search is the discovery of the existence of a transient optical event from the known location of a gamma-ray bursts. The telescope has the capability of rapidly acquiring any target in the night sky within 0.7 second and locating the object's position with + or - 1 arcsec accuracy. The initial detection of the event is accomplished by the MIT explosive transient camera or ETC. This provides rough pointing coordinates to the RMT on the average within approximately 1 second after the detection of the event.
Document ID
19840011125
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Teegarden, B. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Vonrosenvinge, T. T.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cline, T. L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kaipa, R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Goddard Space Flight Center Contrib. to the Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz Summer Workshop on High Energy Transients
Subject Category
Optics
Accession Number
84N19193
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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