LAST, MAST, and ULTRASAT: Two arrays and a space-borne telescope

Seminar

QUEST Center event

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Speaker

Sagi Ben Ami, WIS

Date

06/11/2024 - 14:00Add to Calendar 2024-11-06 14:00:00 2024-11-06 14:00:00 LAST, MAST, and ULTRASAT: Two arrays and a space-borne telescope I will review the Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST), a 48-telescope array based on off-the-shelf components, its classification and follow-up (unidentical) twin - the Multi-Aperture Spectroscopic Telescope (MAST), and the ULTRASAT space-borne UV telescope, to be launched in Q1 2028. We will review the design and merits of each system, and focus on unique capabilities for specific science cases such as the detection of SNe shock breakout, and the search of planetary systems, pollution, and RV measurements of White Dwarfs. Physics Building 202 Seminar Room 303 Department of Physics physics.dept@mail.biu.ac.il Asia/Jerusalem public

Place

Physics Building 202 Seminar Room 303

Abstract

I will review the Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST), a 48-telescope array based on off-the-shelf components, its classification and follow-up (unidentical) twin - the Multi-Aperture Spectroscopic Telescope (MAST), and the ULTRASAT space-borne UV telescope, to be launched in Q1 2028. We will review the design and merits of each system, and focus on unique capabilities for specific science cases such as the detection of SNe shock breakout, and the search of planetary systems, pollution, and RV measurements of White Dwarfs.