Opening the dynamic infrared sky

Jamie Soon; Anna M. Moore; Mansi M. Kasliwal; Ryan M. Lau; Kishalay De; Tony D. Travouillon; Mike I. Jones; Eran Ofek; Roger Smith; Valery Terebizh; Dan McKenna; David Hale; Alexandre Delacroix; Scott M. Adams; Jacob E. Jencson; Michael Ashley; Jill Burnham; Jennifer L. Sokoloski; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; Ken C. Freeman; Orsola De Marco; Jeff Cooke; Philip Bland; Stuart Ryder; Roberto Soria; Jarek Antoszewski; Alexander Heger; Lee Spitler; Robert Simcoe

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Opening the dynamic infrared sky

Jamie Soon^*, Anna M. Moore, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Ryan M. Lau, Kishalay De, Tony D. Travouillon, Mike I. Jones, Eran Ofek, Roger Smith, Valery Terebizh, Dan McKenna, David Hale, Alexandre Delacroix, Scott M. Adams, Jacob E. Jencson, Michael Ashley, Jill Burnham, Jennifer L. Sokoloski, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Ken C. FreemanOrsola De Marco, Jeff Cooke, Philip Bland, Stuart Ryder, Roberto Soria, Jarek Antoszewski, Alexander Heger, Lee Spitler, Robert Simcoe

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Abstract

While optical and radio transient surveys have enjoyed a renaissance over the past decade, the dynamic infrared sky remains virtually unexplored from the ground. The infrared is a powerful tool for probing transient events in dusty regions that have high optical extinction, and for detecting the coolest of stars that are bright only at these wavelengths. The fundamental roadblocks in studying the infrared time-domain have been the overwhelmingly bright sky background (250 times brighter than optical) and the narrow field-of-view of infrared cameras (largest is VISTA at 0.6 sq deg). To address these challenges, Palomar Gattini-IR is currently under construction at Palomar Observatory and we propose a further low risk, economical, and agile instrument to be located at Siding Spring Observatory, as well as further instruments which will be located at the high polar regions to take advantage of the low thermal sky emission, particularly in the 2.5 micron region.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510619531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312731
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10700
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/06/18 → 15/06/18

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Soon, J., Moore, A. M., Kasliwal, M. M., Lau, R. M., De, K., Travouillon, T. D., Jones, M. I., Ofek, E., Smith, R., Terebizh, V., McKenna, D., Hale, D., Delacroix, A., Adams, S. M., Jencson, J. E., Ashley, M., Burnham, J., Sokoloski, J. L., Bland-Hawthorn, J., ... Simcoe, R. (2018). Opening the dynamic infrared sky. In H. K. Marshall, & J. Spyromilio (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII Article 107004D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10700). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312731

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Soon, J, Moore, AM, Kasliwal, MM, Lau, RM, De, K, Travouillon, TD, Jones, MI, Ofek, E, Smith, R, Terebizh, V, McKenna, D, Hale, D, Delacroix, A, Adams, SM, Jencson, JE, Ashley, M, Burnham, J, Sokoloski, JL, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Freeman, KC, De Marco, O, Cooke, J, Bland, P, Ryder, S, Soria, R, Antoszewski, J, Heger, A, Spitler, L & Simcoe, R 2018, Opening the dynamic infrared sky. in HK Marshall & J Spyromilio (eds), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII., 107004D, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10700, SPIE, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII 2018, Austin, United States, 10/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312731

Opening the dynamic infrared sky. / Soon, Jamie; Moore, Anna M.; Kasliwal, Mansi M. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Jason Spyromilio. SPIE, 2018. 107004D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10700).

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