Monitoring an ULTRASAT high-cadence field (June, 2024)
Lead: Anna Ho (Cornell)
Desciption:In anticipation of ULTRASAT (launch expected in 2026), we propose to obtain near-continuous imaging of the northern ULTRASAT high-cadence field, and to autonomously trigger Swift on young and fast-brightening transients. Our goals are to (1) explore the minute-timescale optical sky by identifying transient and variable sources in the region, and (2) do a technical demonstration that Swift can autonomously observe a young optically-discovered transient.
- Оbserving area: 5 ZTF fields that will cover the ULTRASAT high-cadence field.
- Filters: g-band
- Exposure: 60 sec
- Cadence: Observe all five fields, then repeat