The varying universe: Participation of NCU in TAOS and Pan-STARRS1 projects

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Abstract

Time-domain astronomy is an important branch in modern astrophysics, as many celestial objects exhibit variability in time. In the up-coming decade there will be a number of time-domain surveys that will produce huge volume of data available to the astronomical community. In this paper we summarize the participation of National Central University (NCU) in the research of time-domain astronomy. We focus on two projects, the TAOS project and the Pan-STARRS project, at which the NCU has involved heavily in recent years. We also present the follow-up programs for these two main projects - the optical follow-up observations of TAOS variables and the Lulin 2-Meter Telescope and 4-Color Imager aimed to follow-up the Pan-STARRS targets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages174-177
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Space Science and Communication: "Towards Exploring the Equatorial Phenomena", IconSpace 2011 - Penang, Malaysia
Duration: 12 Jul 201113 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Conference on Space Science and Communication: "Towards Exploring the Equatorial Phenomena", IconSpace 2011
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityPenang
Period12/07/1113/07/11

Keywords

  • CCD detector
  • Optical astronomy
  • Telescope and observatory
  • Time-domain astronomy

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