Prototype apparatus
- 2 CCD cameras, 2000x2000 pixels, custom design
- fast, programmable electronics (FPGA, μP, RAM)
- readout noise ~16e- @ 2 Mpixels/s, 12e- @ 1 Mpixel/s
- custom shutter design ~107 cycles
- optics: f = 85 mm, f/d = 1.2 lenses, FOV ~ 21°x21°
- motorized mount, goes to any point in < 1 min
- localization: ASAS site,
Las Campanas Observatory
- in regular operation since July 2004
The apparatus at the test site in Brwinow (near Warsaw)
Pi of the Sky cameras together with ASAS cameras in a common dome
at the Las Campanas Observatory
Inside the control room
ASAS 25cm telescope might be used to folow up Pi of the Sky triggers