Abstract
The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) seeks to determine the number and size spectrum for small (∼3 km) bodies in the Kuiper Belt. This will be accomplished by searching for the brief occultations of bright stars (R ∼ 14) by these objects. We have designed and built a special purpose photometric monitoring system for this purpose. TAOS comprises four 50 cm telescopes, each equipped with a 2048 times; 2048 pixel CCD camera, in a compact array located in the central highlands of Taiwan. TAOS will monitor up to 2 000 stars at 5 Hz. The system went into scientific operation in the autumn of 2005.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 814-817 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Astronomische Nachrichten |
| Volume | 327 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Sep 26 |
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- Space and Planetary Science
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TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey. / Lehner, M. J.; Alcock, C.; Axelrod, T.; Bianco, F.; Byun, Yong-Ik; Chen, W. P.; Cook, K. H.; Dave, R.; De Pater, I.; Giammarco, J.; King, S. K.; Lee, T.; Lissauer, J.; Marshall, S. L.; Mondal, S.; Nihei, T.; Rice, J.; Schwamb, M.; Wang, A.; Wang, S. Y.; Wen, C. Y.; Zhang, Z. W.
In: Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 327, No. 8, 26.09.2006, p. 814-817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey
AU - Lehner, M. J.
AU - Alcock, C.
AU - Axelrod, T.
AU - Bianco, F.
AU - Byun, Yong-Ik
AU - Chen, W. P.
AU - Cook, K. H.
AU - Dave, R.
AU - De Pater, I.
AU - Giammarco, J.
AU - King, S. K.
AU - Lee, T.
AU - Lissauer, J.
AU - Marshall, S. L.
AU - Mondal, S.
AU - Nihei, T.
AU - Rice, J.
AU - Schwamb, M.
AU - Wang, A.
AU - Wang, S. Y.
AU - Wen, C. Y.
AU - Zhang, Z. W.
PY - 2006/9/26
Y1 - 2006/9/26
N2 - The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) seeks to determine the number and size spectrum for small (∼3 km) bodies in the Kuiper Belt. This will be accomplished by searching for the brief occultations of bright stars (R ∼ 14) by these objects. We have designed and built a special purpose photometric monitoring system for this purpose. TAOS comprises four 50 cm telescopes, each equipped with a 2048 times; 2048 pixel CCD camera, in a compact array located in the central highlands of Taiwan. TAOS will monitor up to 2 000 stars at 5 Hz. The system went into scientific operation in the autumn of 2005.
AB - The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) seeks to determine the number and size spectrum for small (∼3 km) bodies in the Kuiper Belt. This will be accomplished by searching for the brief occultations of bright stars (R ∼ 14) by these objects. We have designed and built a special purpose photometric monitoring system for this purpose. TAOS comprises four 50 cm telescopes, each equipped with a 2048 times; 2048 pixel CCD camera, in a compact array located in the central highlands of Taiwan. TAOS will monitor up to 2 000 stars at 5 Hz. The system went into scientific operation in the autumn of 2005.
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DO - 10.1002/asna.200610688
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SN - 0004-6337
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