Supernovae study: Context of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope
Brajesh Kumar,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital 263 001, India,brajesh.kumar@iiap.res.in
Shashi Bhushan Pandey,
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Manora Peak, Nainital 263 001, India
Kanhaiya Lal Pandey,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India
Gadiyara Chakrapani Anupama,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India
Jean Surdej,
Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 19, Bât B5C, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Abstract
The upcoming 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) facility will perform deep imaging (in single scan g’~22 mag) of a narrow strip of sky each clear night in the Time Delayed Integration mode. A cadence of one day observation will provide unique opportunities to discover different types of supernovae (SNe) along with many other types of variable sources. We present the approach to discover SNe with the 4-m ILMT and discuss the follow-up strategy in the context of other existing observational facilities. The advantages of liquid mirror telescope observations over the traditional glass mirror telescopes are also discussed.
Keywords : astronomy, astrophysics, instrumentation, observatories, supernovae
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Brajesh Kumar, Shashi Bhushan Pandey, Kanhaiya Lal Pandey, Gadiyara Chakrapani Anupama & Jean Surdej, «Supernovae study: Context of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 87 - Année 2018, Actes de colloques, First Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy & Astrophysics (BINA) workshop - November 2016 - Nainital, India, 80 - 87 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=7520.