| Type |
Conference Paper |
| Names |
D. A. H. Buckley, S. Crawford, A. A. S. Gulbis, J. McPhate, K. H. Nordsieck, S. B. Potter, D. O'Donoghue, O. H. W. Siegmund, P. Schellart, M. Spark, B. Y. Welsh, E. Zietsman |
| Conference Name |
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series |
| Volume |
7735 |
| Pages |
174 |
| Date |
July 1, 2010 |
| URL |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010SPIE.7735E.174B |
| Library Catalog |
NASA ADS |
| Abstract |
While time resolved astronomical observations are not new, the extension
of such studies to sub-second time resolution is and has resulted in the
opening of a new observational frontier, High Time Resolution Astronomy
(HTRA). HTRA studies are well suited to objects like compact binary
stars (CVs and X-ray binaries) and pulsars, while asteroseismology of
pulsating stars, occultations, transits and the study of transients,
will all benefit from such HTRA studies. HTRA has been a SALT science
driver from the outset and the first-light instruments, namely the
UV-VIS imager, SALTICAM, and the multi-purpose Robert Stobie
Spectrograph (RSS), both have high time resolution modes. These are
described, together with some observational examples. We also discuss
the commissioning observations with the photon counting Berkeley Visible
Image Tube camera (BVIT) on SALT. Finally we describe the software
tools, developed in Python, to reduce SALT time resolved observations. |