The "Pi of the Sky" apparatus continuously monitors the SWIFT FOV.
10 s exposures of a 21ox 21o field are taken by two cameras.
Twice a night the whole sky is scanned (24 fields x 2 cameras x 2 exposures x 10s = 50min).
Targets of GCN alerts are also followed automatically.
Limiting magnitude for single images is 12-13m, whereas for 20 coadded images is 13-14m (depending on the Moon phase, etc.)
Statistics of "Pi of the Sky" observations: 5 not GRB observed by satellites and us since 2008.09.21, 4 ouside and 1 inside FoV therein.
Observations from INTA and/or SPdA:
| Gamma / X-ray satellite observations | Optical "Pi of the Sky" observations | |||||||||||
| INTA | SPdA | GCN | ||||||||||
| Burst | Source | UT | RA Dec | Error | Alert | before burst | during burst | after burst | before burst | during burst | after burst | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 07 02 | SGR 1E 1841-045 | 8:38:38 | 18h41m15s -04°57′ | 3.′00 | Swift | daytime | < 10 s, < 11.5 mag | inside FOV | > 68 s, < 11.5 mag | 12105 | ||
Observations from LCO:
| Gamma / X-ray satellite observations | Optical "Pi of the Sky" observations | ||||||||
| Burst | Source | UT | RA Dec | error | alert | before burst | during burst | after burst | GCN |
| 09 06 28 | IGR 18450-0435 | 8:06:03 | 18h45m2s -4°35′ | 3′ | Swift | outside FOV | >677 s, 1 frame: < 11.9m 20 frames: <11.6m | ||
| 08 10 02 | H1734-322 | 1:20:21 | 17h45m51s -32°15′ | 3′ | Swift | outside FOV | >1111 s, 1 frame: < 11.8m 20 frames: <12m | ||
| 08 09 24 | SAX J1808.4-3658 | 0:37:17 | 18h08m43s -36°58′ | 3′ | Swift | outside FOV | >871 s, 1 frame: < 11.3m | ||
| 08 09 21 | IGR J08408-45038 | 7:55:09 | 8h40m48s -45°4′ | 3′ | Swift | outside FOV | >95 s, 1 frame: < 11.3m | ||