CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 12184 > Article
Presentation
29 August 2022 Status and commissioning of the WINTER instrument for infrared transient observation
Nathan P. Lourie, John W. Baker, Kevin B. Burdge, Richard S. Burruss, Kishalay De, Mark D. Egan, Gabor Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Nicolae Ganciu, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert A. Simcoe, Robert Stein, Jeffry Zolkower
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX; 121840Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630548
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Abstract
The Wide-Field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a new infrared time-domain survey instrument which will be deployed on a dedicated 1 meter robotic telescope at Palomar Observatory. WINTER will perform a seeing-limited time domain survey of the infrared (IR) sky, with a particular emphasis on identifying r-process material in binary neutron star (BNS) merger remnants detected by LIGO. As a dedicated observatory for real-time detection and rapid follow-up of infrared transient events, WINTER represents a new capability for multi-messenger astrophysics. We present the status of the WINTER instrument, including laboratory characterization and initial results from commissioning at its robotic observatory.
Conference Presentation
© (2022) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
Nathan P. Lourie, John W. Baker, Kevin B. Burdge, Richard S. Burruss, Kishalay De, Mark D. Egan, Gabor Furesz, Danielle Frostig, Nicolae Ganciu, Kari Haworth, Erik Hinrichsen, Viraj R. Karambelkar, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Andrew Malonis, Robert A. Simcoe, Robert Stein, and Jeffry Zolkower "Status and commissioning of the WINTER instrument for infrared transient observation", Proc. SPIE 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, 121840Q (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630548
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.
INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION
PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
PERSONAL SIGN IN
No SPIE Account? Create one
PURCHASE THIS CONTENT
SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY
50 downloads per 1-year subscription
Members: $195
Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART
25 downloads per 1 - year subscription
Members: $145
Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART
PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE
Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available
Members: $17.00
Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART
PROCEEDINGS
 PRESENTATION
WATCH
PRESENTATION SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
KEYWORDS
Infrared radiation
Indium gallium arsenide
Infrared telescopes
Sensors
Observatories
Cameras
Infrared detectors
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top