A pointing solution for the medium size telescopes for the Cherenkov telescope array

Tiziani D, Garczarczyk M, Oakes L, Schwanke U, van Eldik C (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2017

Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.

Book Volume: 1792

Article Number: 080016

ISBN: 9780735414563

DOI: 10.1063/1.4969037

Abstract

An important aspect of the calibration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array is the pointing, which enables an exact alignment of each telescope and therefore allows to transform a position in the sky to a point in the plane of the Cherenkov camera and vice versa. The favoured approach for the pointing calibration of the medium size telescopes (MST) is the installation of an optical CCD-camera in the dish of the telescope that captures the position of the Cherenkov camera and of the stars in the night sky simultaneously during data taking. The adaption of this approach is presented in this proceeding.

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APA:

Tiziani, D., Garczarczyk, M., Oakes, L., Schwanke, U., & van Eldik, C. (2017). A pointing solution for the medium size telescopes for the Cherenkov telescope array. In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. American Institute of Physics Inc..

MLA:

Tiziani, Domenico, et al. "A pointing solution for the medium size telescopes for the Cherenkov telescope array." Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy American Institute of Physics Inc., 2017.

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