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The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview

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Main Authors: Groot, Paul J., Bloemen, S., Vreeswijk, P., van Roestel, J., Jonker, P. G., Nelemans, G., Klein-Wolt, M., Poole, R. Le, Pieterse, D., Rodenhuis, M., Boland, W., Haverkorn, M., Aerts, C., Bakker, R., Balster, H., Bekema, M., Dijkstra, E., Dolron, P., Elswijk, E., van Elteren, A., Engels, A., Fokker, M., de Haan, M., Hahn, F., ter Horst, R., Lesman, D., Kragt, J., Morren, J., Nillissen, H., Pessemier, W., de Rijke, A, Raskin, G., Scheers, L. H. A., Schuil, M., Timmer, S. T., Amaral, L. Antunes, Arancibia-Rojas, E., Arcavi, I., Blagorodnova, N., Biswas, S., Breton, R., Dawson, H., Dayal, P., De Wet, S., Duffy, C., Faris, S., Fausnaugh, M., Gal-Yam, A., Geier, S., Horesh, A., Johnston, C., Wijnands, R. A. D., Modiano, D., Katusiime, G., Kelley, C., Kosakowski, A., Kupfer, T., Leloudas, G., Mogawana, O., Munday, J., Paice, J. A., Patat, F., Pelisoli, I., Ramsay, G., Ranaivomanana, P. T., Ruiz-Carmona, R., Schaffenroth, V., Scaringi, S., Stoppa, F., Street, R., Tranin, H., Uzundag, M., Valenti, S., Veresvarska, M., Vuckovic, M., Wichern, H. C. I., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Zimmerman, E.
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Published: 2024
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Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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author Groot, Paul J.
Bloemen, S.
Vreeswijk, P.
van Roestel, J.
Jonker, P. G.
Nelemans, G.
Klein-Wolt, M.
Poole, R. Le
Pieterse, D.
Rodenhuis, M.
Boland, W.
Haverkorn, M.
Aerts, C.
Bakker, R.
Balster, H.
Bekema, M.
Dijkstra, E.
Dolron, P.
Elswijk, E.
van Elteren, A.
Engels, A.
Fokker, M.
de Haan, M.
Hahn, F.
ter Horst, R.
Lesman, D.
Kragt, J.
Morren, J.
Nillissen, H.
Pessemier, W.
de Rijke, A
Raskin, G.
Scheers, L. H. A.
Schuil, M.
Timmer, S. T.
Amaral, L. Antunes
Arancibia-Rojas, E.
Arcavi, I.
Blagorodnova, N.
Biswas, S.
Breton, R.
Dawson, H.
Dayal, P.
De Wet, S.
Duffy, C.
Faris, S.
Fausnaugh, M.
Gal-Yam, A.
Geier, S.
Horesh, A.
Johnston, C.
Wijnands, R. A. D.
Modiano, D.
Katusiime, G.
Kelley, C.
Kosakowski, A.
Kupfer, T.
Leloudas, G.
Mogawana, O.
Munday, J.
Paice, J. A.
Patat, F.
Pelisoli, I.
Ramsay, G.
Ranaivomanana, P. T.
Ruiz-Carmona, R.
Schaffenroth, V.
Scaringi, S.
Stoppa, F.
Street, R.
Tranin, H.
Uzundag, M.
Valenti, S.
Veresvarska, M.
Vuckovic, M.
Wichern, H. C. I.
Wijers, R. A. M. J.
Zimmerman, E.
author_facet Groot, Paul J.
Bloemen, S.
Vreeswijk, P.
van Roestel, J.
Jonker, P. G.
Nelemans, G.
Klein-Wolt, M.
Poole, R. Le
Pieterse, D.
Rodenhuis, M.
Boland, W.
Haverkorn, M.
Aerts, C.
Bakker, R.
Balster, H.
Bekema, M.
Dijkstra, E.
Dolron, P.
Elswijk, E.
van Elteren, A.
Engels, A.
Fokker, M.
de Haan, M.
Hahn, F.
ter Horst, R.
Lesman, D.
Kragt, J.
Morren, J.
Nillissen, H.
Pessemier, W.
de Rijke, A
Raskin, G.
Scheers, L. H. A.
Schuil, M.
Timmer, S. T.
Amaral, L. Antunes
Arancibia-Rojas, E.
Arcavi, I.
Blagorodnova, N.
Biswas, S.
Breton, R.
Dawson, H.
Dayal, P.
De Wet, S.
Duffy, C.
Faris, S.
Fausnaugh, M.
Gal-Yam, A.
Geier, S.
Horesh, A.
Johnston, C.
Wijnands, R. A. D.
Modiano, D.
Katusiime, G.
Kelley, C.
Kosakowski, A.
Kupfer, T.
Leloudas, G.
Mogawana, O.
Munday, J.
Paice, J. A.
Patat, F.
Pelisoli, I.
Ramsay, G.
Ranaivomanana, P. T.
Ruiz-Carmona, R.
Schaffenroth, V.
Scaringi, S.
Stoppa, F.
Street, R.
Tranin, H.
Uzundag, M.
Valenti, S.
Veresvarska, M.
Vuckovic, M.
Wichern, H. C. I.
Wijers, R. A. M. J.
Zimmerman, E.
contents The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect Local Universe transients and short time-scale variability in stars and binaries, as well as a six-filter all-sky survey down to ~22nd mag. The BlackGEM Phase-I array consists of three optical wide-field unit telescopes. Each unit uses an f/5.5 modified Dall-Kirkham (Harmer-Wynne) design with a triplet corrector lens, and a 65cm primary mirror, coupled with a 110Mpix CCD detector, that provides an instantaneous field-of-view of 2.7~square degrees, sampled at 0.564\arcsec/pixel. The total field-of-view for the array is 8.2 square degrees. Each telescope is equipped with a six-slot filter wheel containing an optimised Sloan set (BG-u, BG-g, BG-r, BG-i, BG-z) and a wider-band 440-720 nm (BG-q) filter. Each unit telescope is independent from the others. Cloud-based data processing is done in real time, and includes a transient-detection routine as well as a full-source optimal-photometry module. BlackGEM has been installed at the ESO La Silla observatory as of October 2019. After a prolonged COVID-19 hiatus, science operations started on April 1, 2023 and will run for five years. Aside from its core scientific program, BlackGEM will give rise to a multitude of additional science cases in multi-colour time-domain astronomy, to the benefit of a variety of topics in astrophysics, such as infant supernovae, luminous red novae, asteroseismology of post-main-sequence objects, (ultracompact) binary stars, and the relation between gravitational wave counterparts and other classes of transients
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spellingShingle The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
Groot, Paul J.
Bloemen, S.
Vreeswijk, P.
van Roestel, J.
Jonker, P. G.
Nelemans, G.
Klein-Wolt, M.
Poole, R. Le
Pieterse, D.
Rodenhuis, M.
Boland, W.
Haverkorn, M.
Aerts, C.
Bakker, R.
Balster, H.
Bekema, M.
Dijkstra, E.
Dolron, P.
Elswijk, E.
van Elteren, A.
Engels, A.
Fokker, M.
de Haan, M.
Hahn, F.
ter Horst, R.
Lesman, D.
Kragt, J.
Morren, J.
Nillissen, H.
Pessemier, W.
de Rijke, A
Raskin, G.
Scheers, L. H. A.
Schuil, M.
Timmer, S. T.
Amaral, L. Antunes
Arancibia-Rojas, E.
Arcavi, I.
Blagorodnova, N.
Biswas, S.
Breton, R.
Dawson, H.
Dayal, P.
De Wet, S.
Duffy, C.
Faris, S.
Fausnaugh, M.
Gal-Yam, A.
Geier, S.
Horesh, A.
Johnston, C.
Wijnands, R. A. D.
Modiano, D.
Katusiime, G.
Kelley, C.
Kosakowski, A.
Kupfer, T.
Leloudas, G.
Mogawana, O.
Munday, J.
Paice, J. A.
Patat, F.
Pelisoli, I.
Ramsay, G.
Ranaivomanana, P. T.
Ruiz-Carmona, R.
Schaffenroth, V.
Scaringi, S.
Stoppa, F.
Street, R.
Tranin, H.
Uzundag, M.
Valenti, S.
Veresvarska, M.
Vuckovic, M.
Wichern, H. C. I.
Wijers, R. A. M. J.
Zimmerman, E.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect Local Universe transients and short time-scale variability in stars and binaries, as well as a six-filter all-sky survey down to ~22nd mag. The BlackGEM Phase-I array consists of three optical wide-field unit telescopes. Each unit uses an f/5.5 modified Dall-Kirkham (Harmer-Wynne) design with a triplet corrector lens, and a 65cm primary mirror, coupled with a 110Mpix CCD detector, that provides an instantaneous field-of-view of 2.7~square degrees, sampled at 0.564\arcsec/pixel. The total field-of-view for the array is 8.2 square degrees. Each telescope is equipped with a six-slot filter wheel containing an optimised Sloan set (BG-u, BG-g, BG-r, BG-i, BG-z) and a wider-band 440-720 nm (BG-q) filter. Each unit telescope is independent from the others. Cloud-based data processing is done in real time, and includes a transient-detection routine as well as a full-source optimal-photometry module. BlackGEM has been installed at the ESO La Silla observatory as of October 2019. After a prolonged COVID-19 hiatus, science operations started on April 1, 2023 and will run for five years. Aside from its core scientific program, BlackGEM will give rise to a multitude of additional science cases in multi-colour time-domain astronomy, to the benefit of a variety of topics in astrophysics, such as infant supernovae, luminous red novae, asteroseismology of post-main-sequence objects, (ultracompact) binary stars, and the relation between gravitational wave counterparts and other classes of transients
title The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18923

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