[en] The 4-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is the first optical survey telescope in India which performs zenithal observations of a 22’ wide strip of the sky. In order to determine which portion of the sky will be observed by the ILMT during the entire year, we show the ILMT Field of View (FoV) in three different coordinate systems - galactic, ecliptic, and equatorial. We adopt a constant declination of +29°22’26” and varying RA ranges corresponding to the Local Sidereal Time (LST). The observations from June to September are hampered due to the monsoon season. The handiness of such representations will allow us to determine if any newly discovered transient is present in the ILMT FoV or not. This will enable prompt follow-up observations with other facilities.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Dubey, Monalisa; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India ; Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Ailawadhi, Bhavya; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India ; Deen Dayal, Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
Akhunov, Talat; National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan ; Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Borra, Ermanno; Laval University, Canada
Dukiya, Naveen; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India ; Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India
Fu, Jiuyang; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Grewal, Baldeep; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Hickson, Paul; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Kumar, Brajesh; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India
Misra, Kuntal; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India
Negi, Vibhore; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India ; Deen Dayal, Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
Pranshu, Kumar; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational sciencES, India ; University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Sun, Ethen; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Surdej, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Kumar, B., Kumar, H., Dangwal, K. S., Rawat, H., Misra, K., Negi, V., Jaiswar, M. K., Dukiya, N., Ailawadhi, B., Hickson, P. and Surdej, J. (2022) First light preparations of the 4m ILMT. JAI, 11, 2240003. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171722400037.
Surdej, J., Hickson, P., Borra, H., Swings, J.-P., Habraken, S., Akhunov, T., Bartczak, P., Chand, H., De Becker, M., Delchambre, L., Finet, F., Kumar, B., Pandey, A., Pospieszalska, A., Pradhan, B., Sagar, R., Wertz, O., De Cat, P., Denis, S., de Ville, J., Jaiswar, M. K., Lampens, P., Nanjappa, N. and Tortolani, J.-M. (2018) The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope. BSRSL, 87, 68–79. https://doi.org/10.25518/0037-9565.7498.
