Development of the MIT Auxiliary Nasmyth Instantly Accessible Camera (MANIAC) for the Magellan I 6.5-Meter Telescope

埃利奥特，詹姆斯·L·马萨诸塞州理工学院AST99-77535该奖项将支持建造一台最先进的CCD相机，该相机将永久安装在目前即将在智利完成的麦哲伦6.5米望远镜的Nasmyth焦点之一。这种可即时访问的相机将允许在各种时间尺度上进行定期观测，并允许对时间关键或瞬变现象(如伽马射线爆发)做出快速反应。其他计划将包括监测引力透镜类星体发出的光，太阳系天体对恒星的掩星，麦哲伦星云微透镜事件的高精度光度测量，近地小行星的物理研究，遥远星系中超新星的光学跟踪，以及柯伊伯带的探索。

ELLIOT, James L.Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAST 99-77535This award will support the construction of a state-of-the-art CCD camera to be mounted permanently at one of the Nasmyth foci of the Magellan 6.5 meter telescopes currently nearing completion in Chile. This instantly accessible camera will allow regular observations on a wide variety of timescales and permit rapid response to time-critical or transient phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts. Other programs will include the monitoring of light from gravitationally lensed quasars, occultations of stars by solar system bodies, high precision photometry of microlensing events in the Magellanic Clouds, physical studies of near-earth asteroids, optical follow-up of supernovae in distant galaxies, and exploration of the Kuiper Belt.