| Name: | deekshya roy sarkar |
| Affiliation: | Physical Research Laboratory |
| Conference ID: | ASI2025_321 |
| Title: | Development of a Wide-Field Imager for telescopes at PRL Mt Abu Observatory |
| Authors: | Deekshya R.S 1, Goldy Ahuja 1,2, Anwesh Kumar Mishra 3, Alka 1, Prashanth Kasarla 1,2, Shashikiran Ganesh 1 |
| Authors Affiliation: | 1 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India
2 Indian Institute of Technology, Palaj, Gandhinagar, 382055, India
3 Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bengaluru, 560034, India |
| Mode of Presentation: | Poster |
| Abstract Category: | Facilities, Technologies and Data science |
| Abstract: | The Wide-Field Imager System (WFIS) is an imaging system primarily for use with the 50cm telescope at PRL Mt Abu Observatory in Rajasthan. It has a 33 x 44 arcmin field of view on the 50cm telescope. It is equipped with 50x50mm square optical broadband (U, B, V, R, I) and a few narrowband filters with the possibility of using six filters at a time on a filter wheel. The camera and filter wheel are controlled using the INDI and Kstars software running on a Linux embedded compact mini PC. The system is designed to be a complete imaging solution to provide good photometric accuracy and is important for studies of science cases like comets, near earth objects, blazars among others. In this poster, we shall describe the instrument specifications, design, and some example observations of a few science cases and their results. |
