Transient Detection Using Panoramic All-Sky Cameras

Shamir, Lior

doi:10.1007/s10509-006-9055-6

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Transient Detection Using Panoramic All-Sky Cameras

Lior Shamir¹

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A method of using on-going panoramic all-sky monitors for the purpose of bright optical transient detection is described. The detection is performed by comparing all-sky images to canonical images taken at the same sidereal time. The described approach has been implemented and tested using the infrastructure of the Night Sky Live network of panoramic all-sky cameras. Preliminary results of detected bright flashes are presented in the paper.

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Shamir, L. Transient Detection Using Panoramic All-Sky Cameras. Astrophys Space Sci 305, 165–168 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-006-9055-6

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Received: 02 August 2005
Accepted: 14 March 2006
Published: 12 May 2006
Issue Date: October 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-006-9055-6

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