The first results of 1-m telescope imaging at SNU Astronomical Observatory (SAO)

  • Lim, Gu (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Im, Myungshin (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Seo, Jinguk (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Paek, Gregory SungHak (Astronomy Program, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2018.10.10

Abstract

Since its installation on March 27th, 2018, the SAO 1-m telescope has been operating for about 5 months. We report first results of these observations in this presentation. Sample images were taken with a $4096{\times}4096$ CCD camera (Field of view of ${\sim}21{\times}21arcmin^2$) and their characteristics such as seeing value, and limiting magnitudes are presented. The best seeing value is 0.85 arcsecond on July $16^{th}$, 2018. We find that the 5 sigma detection limit is about 20 magnitude AB in B, V, R, I bands with about 10-20 min exposures. We will also briefly introduce the spectrum of a faint transient taken with the spectrograph also installed on the SAO 1-m telescope.

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