Abstract
The Tomo-e Gozen camera is a next-generation, extremely wide field optical camera, equipped with 84 CMOS sensors. The camera records about a 20 square degree area at 2 Hz, providing "astronomical movie data". We have developed a prototype of the Tomo-e Gozen camera (hereafter, Tomo-e PM), to evaluate the basic design of the Tomo-e Gozen camera. Tomo-e PM, equipped with 8 CMOS sensors, can capture a 2 square degree area at up to 2 Hz. Each CMOS sensor has about 2.6 M pixels. The data rate of Tomo-e PM is about 80 MB/s, corresponding to about 280 GB/hour. We have developed an operating system and reduction softwares to handle such a large amount of data. Tomo-e PM was mounted on 1.0-m Schmidt Telescope in Kiso Observatory at the University of Tokyo. Experimental observations were carried out in the winter of 2015 and the spring of 2016. The observations and software implementation were successfully completed. The data reduction is now in execution.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV |
Editors | Gianluca Chiozzi, Juan C. Guzman |
Publisher | SPIE |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510602052 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 2016 Jun 26 → 2016 Jun 30 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Volume | 9913 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Other
Other | Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Edinburgh |
Period | 16/6/26 → 16/6/30 |
Keywords
- CMOS camera
- Wide field camera
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering