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