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OPTIMA An Optical Pulsar Timing Analyser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Christian Straubmeier  and
Gottfried Kanbach
Christian Straubmeier
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85740 Garching, Germany
Gottfried Kanbach
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85740 Garching, Germany

Abstract

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OPTIMA is a small and mobile highspeed photometer which is primarily intended for the observation of young high energy pulsars at optical wavelengths. The detector system consists of a fiber fed photon counter based on avalanche photodiodes, a GPS timing receiver and an integrating CCD camera to ensure the correct positioning of the targeted object. In January 1999, OPTIMA proved its functionality by measuring the lightcurve of the Crab pulsar.

Type
Part 4. Optical Observations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 311 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000