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Time-Domain Studies with Astrosat

Invited talk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2019

J. B. Hutchings
J. B. Hutchings*
Affiliation:
Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Centre, NRC, Victoria, BC, Canada email: john.hutchings@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Abstract

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Astrosat is a multi-instrument orbiting observatory that was launched in 2015 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The same field of view is observed simultaneously at wavelengths ranging from gamma ray to the optical blue. This talk described the observatory’s performance, with emphasis on time-domain studies, and gave examples of results.

Keywords

Space vehiclesinstrumentation: miscellaneousultraviolet: generalX-rays: generalmethods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium S339: Southern Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , November 2017 , pp. 117 - 120
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2019