Status of the transneptunian automated occultation survey (TAOS II)

Matthew J. Lehner; Shiang Yu Wang; Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz; Charles Alcock; Joel Castro; Wen Ping Chen; You Hua Chu; Kem H. Cook; Liliana Figueroa; John C. Geary; Chung Kai Huang; Dae Won Kim; Timothy Norton; Andrew Szentgyorgyi; Wei Ling Yen; Zhi Wei Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2232203

Status of the transneptunian automated occultation survey (TAOS II)

Matthew J. Lehner, Shiang Yu Wang, Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz, Charles Alcock, Joel Castro, Wen Ping Chen, You Hua Chu, Kem H. Cook, Liliana Figueroa, John C. Geary, Chung Kai Huang, Dae Won Kim, Timothy Norton, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Wei Ling Yen, Zhi Wei Zhang

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Abstract

The Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II) will aim to detect occultations of stars by small (∼1 km diameter) objects in the Kuiper Belt and beyond. Such events are very rare (< 10^-3 events per star per year) and short in duration (∼200 ms), so many stars must be monitored at a high readout cadence. TAOS II will operate three 1.3 meter telescopes at the Observatorio Astrońomico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, México. With a 2.3 square degree field of view and a high speed camera comprising CMOS imagers, the survey will monitor 10,000 stars simultaneously with all three telescopes at a readout cadence of 20 Hz. Construction of the site began in the fall of 2013, and the survey will begin in the summer of 2017.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Helen J. Hall, Roberto Gilmozzi
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601918
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232203
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 26 2016 → Jul 1 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9906
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/26/16 → 7/1/16

Keywords

High-speed imaging
Kuiper belt objects
Occultations
San pedro martir
Solar system
TAOS
Telescope array
Transneptunian objects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Lehner, M. J., Wang, S. Y., Reyes-Ruiz, M., Alcock, C., Castro, J., Chen, W. P., Chu, Y. H., Cook, K. H., Figueroa, L., Geary, J. C., Huang, C. K., Kim, D. W., Norton, T., Szentgyorgyi, A., Yen, W. L., & Zhang, Z. W. (2016). Status of the transneptunian automated occultation survey (TAOS II). In H. K. Marshall, H. J. Hall, & R. Gilmozzi (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI Article 99065M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9906). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232203

Status of the transneptunian automated occultation survey (TAOS II). / Lehner, Matthew J.; Wang, Shiang Yu; Reyes-Ruiz, Mauricio et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Helen J. Hall; Roberto Gilmozzi. SPIE, 2016. 99065M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9906).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lehner, MJ, Wang, SY, Reyes-Ruiz, M, Alcock, C, Castro, J, Chen, WP, Chu, YH, Cook, KH, Figueroa, L, Geary, JC, Huang, CK, Kim, DW, Norton, T, Szentgyorgyi, A, Yen, WL & Zhang, ZW 2016, Status of the transneptunian automated occultation survey (TAOS II). in HK Marshall, HJ Hall & R Gilmozzi (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI., 99065M, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9906, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VI, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 6/26/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232203

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