The 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope and time domain astronomy Shashi Bhushan Pandey

Abstract

      Longitudinal advantage of India is very much suitable for the time domain astronomy and particularly for time critical observations. Recently installed 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope along with back-end instruments are well suited for observations of energetic cosmic transients like Supernovae and Gamma-ray bursts. In this presentation, I summarize about the 3.6m DOT project along with proposed plans to study transients in near future.

Reference:
Shashi Bhushan Pandey, "The 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope and time domain astronomy" in Proceedings of The International Conference "SN 1987A, Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy", Russia, Terskol (BNO INR RAS), Nizhnij Arkhyz (SAO RAS), 2-8 July 2017, INR RAS, Moscow, 2018, ISBN 978-5-94274-327-7, pp. 149-157.
DOI: 10.26119/SAO.2020.1.52328
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