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Time domain science and LSST follow‐up in South Africa (+ SKA). Stephen Potter South African Astronomical Observatory. I. I. I. I. 1.9m SAAO PMTs 90% QE. The POLAR IGRJ14536-5522. Sutherland Observing Station. Optical (near-uv to near-ir) Astronomy: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Time domain science and LSST follow‐up in South Africa (+ SKA)
Stephen Potter
South African Astronomical Observatory
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1.9m SAAOPMTs <20% QE
10m VLTCCD >90% QE
The POLAR IGRJ14536-5522
Optical (near-uv to near-ir) Astronomy:
Various small SA telescopes: 1.9m, 1.0m, 0.75m, 0.5m…
Other small telescopes jointly operated: e.g. with Japan 1.4m IRSF
Small (automated) telescopes: UK, Germany, USA, Poland
SALT owned by international consortium
Sutherland Observing Station
7 antennas, L-band (1200-1950 MHz)
Jan 2008: Project startMay 2009: First antenna installed on siteDec 2009: FringesApril 2010: First ImageOct 2010: ESKOM power on siteOct 2010: Cold receiver installationNov 2010: 10 Mbps link to CTDec 2011: Engineering completion
KAT-7 (MeerKAT prototype)
SA is committed to completing MeerKAT construction by 2016Award of 64-dish MeerKAT antenna contractMeerKAT roads & infrastructure under constructionSubsystem development on trackWork on integration of MeerKAT with SKA is proceeding (64 + 190 dishes)
MeerKAT
MeerKAT Large Survey Projects
Radio Pulsar Timing (Bailes)
LADUMA - ultra deep HI survey (Blyth, Holwerda, Baker)
MESMER - high redshift CO (Heywood)
MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (Gupta, Srianand)
MHONGOOSE - nearby HI (de Blok)
TRAPUM - fast transients and pulsars (Stappers, Kramer)
HI Survey of Fornax Cluster (Serra)
MeerGAL - high frequency galactic plan survey (Thompson, Goedhart)
MIGHTEE - deep continuum (van der Heyden, Jarvis)
ThunderKAT - explosive / "slow" transients (Woudt, Fender)
SKA Site DecisionSKA1 SKA2
SKA1_LOW ANZ SKA2_LOW ANZ
SKA1_MID RSA SKA2_MID RSA
SKA1_Survey ANZ SKA2_AA RSA
Most of the telescope will be built in Africa
MeerKAT and ASKAP pathfinders to be incorporated into SKA Phase 1Details still to be negotiated.SKA1_Mid: 64 MeerKAT dishes + ~190 SKA dishesSKA1_Survey: 36 ASKAP dishes + ~60 SKA dishes
SKA Dishes in the 5km "Core"
Population density in RSA