Optical imaging of gamma-ray bursts with the LONEOS telescope
Publication information:
R. M. Wagner, E. Bowell, K. H. Cook, S. B. Howell, B. W. Koehn, C. R. Shrader, S. G. Starrfield, and C. W. Stubbs. 1998. “Optical Imaging of Gamma-Ray Bursts With the LONEOS Telescope”. doi:10.1063/1.55459
Abstract
The optical identification of gamma-ray bursts discovered and localized by BACODINE/LOCBURST using the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search (LONEOS) 58-cm Schmidt-type telescope and mosaic CCD camera is described. In its final form, LONEOS images 10 square degrees of the sky (3.2°×3.2°) to ~22nd mag (2σ) in a 5 minute integration. Identification of optical transients will be based on variability by comparison with subsequent images or previous scans of the region. To date, optical images have been obtained of three BATSE triggers processed by LOCBURST for development and evaluation purposes.