“Pi of the Sky” Detector
“Pi of the Sky” experiment has been designed for continuous observations of a large part of the sky, in search for astrophysical phenomena characterized by short timescales, especially for prompt optical counterparts of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). Other scientific goals include searching for novae and...
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| author | Katarzyna Małek Tadeusz Batsch Henryk Czyrkowski Mikołaj Ćwiok Ryszard Dąbrowski Wojciech Dominik Grzegorz Kasprowicz Ariel Majcher Agnieszka Majczyna Lech Mankiewicz Krzysztof Nawrocki Robert Pietrzak Lech W. Piotrowski Maria Ptasińska Małgorzata Siudek Marcin Sokołowski Janusz Użycki Piotr Wawer Roman Wawrzaszek Grzegorz Wrochna Marcin Zaremba Aleksander F. Żarnecki |
| author_facet | Katarzyna Małek Tadeusz Batsch Henryk Czyrkowski Mikołaj Ćwiok Ryszard Dąbrowski Wojciech Dominik Grzegorz Kasprowicz Ariel Majcher Agnieszka Majczyna Lech Mankiewicz Krzysztof Nawrocki Robert Pietrzak Lech W. Piotrowski Maria Ptasińska Małgorzata Siudek Marcin Sokołowski Janusz Użycki Piotr Wawer Roman Wawrzaszek Grzegorz Wrochna Marcin Zaremba Aleksander F. Żarnecki |
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| description | “Pi of the Sky” experiment has been designed for continuous observations of
a large part of the sky, in search for astrophysical phenomena characterized
by short timescales, especially for prompt optical counterparts of Gamma
Ray Bursts (GRBs). Other scientific goals include searching for novae and
supernovae stars and monitoring of blasars and AGNs activity. “Pi of the Sky” is a fully autonomous, robotic detector, which can operate for long periods of time without a human supervision. A crucial element of the detector is
an advanced software for real-time data analysis and identification of short
optical transients. The most important result so far has been an independent
detection and observation of the prompt optical emission of the “naked-eye” GRB080319B. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2b18249ee518449bbccf9e34b2cebbcc2025-08-20T03:54:42ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772010-01-01201010.1155/2010/194946194946“Pi of the Sky” DetectorKatarzyna Małek0Tadeusz Batsch1Henryk Czyrkowski2Mikołaj Ćwiok3Ryszard Dąbrowski4Wojciech Dominik5Grzegorz Kasprowicz6Ariel Majcher7Agnieszka Majczyna8Lech Mankiewicz9Krzysztof Nawrocki10Robert Pietrzak11Lech W. Piotrowski12Maria Ptasińska13Małgorzata Siudek14Marcin Sokołowski15Janusz Użycki16Piotr Wawer17Roman Wawrzaszek18Grzegorz Wrochna19Marcin Zaremba20Aleksander F. Żarnecki21Center for Theoretical Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandCenter for Theoretical Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandSpace Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18A, 00-716 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandSpace Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18A, 00-716 Warsaw, PolandSpace Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka 18A, 00-716 Warsaw, PolandThe Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, PolandFaculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, PolandInstitute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland“Pi of the Sky” experiment has been designed for continuous observations of a large part of the sky, in search for astrophysical phenomena characterized by short timescales, especially for prompt optical counterparts of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). Other scientific goals include searching for novae and supernovae stars and monitoring of blasars and AGNs activity. “Pi of the Sky” is a fully autonomous, robotic detector, which can operate for long periods of time without a human supervision. A crucial element of the detector is an advanced software for real-time data analysis and identification of short optical transients. The most important result so far has been an independent detection and observation of the prompt optical emission of the “naked-eye” GRB080319B.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/194946 |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Małek Tadeusz Batsch Henryk Czyrkowski Mikołaj Ćwiok Ryszard Dąbrowski Wojciech Dominik Grzegorz Kasprowicz Ariel Majcher Agnieszka Majczyna Lech Mankiewicz Krzysztof Nawrocki Robert Pietrzak Lech W. Piotrowski Maria Ptasińska Małgorzata Siudek Marcin Sokołowski Janusz Użycki Piotr Wawer Roman Wawrzaszek Grzegorz Wrochna Marcin Zaremba Aleksander F. Żarnecki “Pi of the Sky” Detector Advances in Astronomy |
| title | “Pi of the Sky” Detector |
| title_full | “Pi of the Sky” Detector |
| title_fullStr | “Pi of the Sky” Detector |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Pi of the Sky” Detector |
| title_short | “Pi of the Sky” Detector |
| title_sort | pi of the sky detector |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/194946 |
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