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The KMTN Gigapixel CCD Camera System – Three Continents and Some Electronics Required
November 28, 2017 @ 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Co-sponsored by: CAS & SP
Aerospace and Electronics Systems, Circuits and Systems(Joint Section Chapter DC/Balt/NoVA) and Signal Processing chapters will have a joint technical presentation on November 28th from 5:30pm to 8pm at the Pioneer hall of National Electronic
Abstract:
The Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTN) is comprised of three wide-field 1.6-m diameter telescopes were developed to find earth-like planets. The Imaging Sciences Lab at Ohio State designed and built the 340 Megapixel cameras for these telescopes. Located in Chile, South Africa, and Australia the KMTN monitors ~100 million stars with a 15-minute cadence to find microlensing events where one star passes almost directly in front of a background star. The gravitational field from the foreground “lens” star causes the background star to brighten with a time scale of a few days to weeks. If the lens star has a planet the brightening can have structure with a time-scale of hours. The locations of the three KMTN observatories allow
continuous, 24 hour/day, monitoring of microlensing fields.
The presenter Robert Atwood will give a brief description of the science drivers, the camera optics, vacuum and cryogenic systems and then describe the camera electronics in more detail.
Speaker(s): Robert Atwood,
Agenda:
Agenda
5:30pm to 6:30pm Dinner/Socializing
6:30pm to 7:30pm Presentation
7:30pm to 8:00pm Q&A, Networking
Location:
Room: Pioneer Hall
Bldg: National Electronic Museum
1745 W Nursery Road
Linthicum, Maryland