FRAM for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: an update

0521568 - FZÚ 2020 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Janeček, Petr - Ebr, Jan - Blažek, Jiří - Prouza, Michael - Mašek, Martin - Eliášek, Jiří
FRAM for the Cherenkov Telescope Array: an update.
EPJ Web of Conferences. Vol. 144. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2017 - (Trávníček, P.; Prouza, M.; Gaug, M.; Keilhauer, B.), s. 1-6, č. článku 01012. ISSN 2100-014X.
[International Workshop on ATmospheric MOnitoring for High Energy Astroparticle Detectors (AtmoHEAD). Olomouc (CZ), 12.09.2016-14.09.2016]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2015046; GA MŠMT LE13012; GA MŠMT LG14019
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : FRAM * algorithms | Mesh generator * mesh generator
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a project to build a new generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. The FRAM – F(/Ph)otometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor – is a device, which can provide it with the Vertical Aerosol Optical Depth (VAOD) maps in the field of view of the CTA in almost real time(delay in minutes). The FRAM is a small fast robotic astronomical telescope with a large field of view and a sensitive CCD camera. It uses stellar photometry to measure atmospheric extinction across the field of view and uses it to calculate the VAOD. In this contribution, results of first few months of operations of the prototype and outlook for deployment at the CTA site will be presented
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