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SUMMARY:Low surface brightness imaging with camera lenses and CubeSats - A
 nthony Horton (AAO)
DTSTART:20160705T103000Z
DTEND:20160705T113000Z
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CONTACT:Sergey Koposov
DESCRIPTION:Low surface brightness (LSB) imaging can offer unique insights
  into the processes of galaxy formation by revealing signatures such as ti
 dal tails\, stellar streams & shells\, dwarf galaxies and extended\ndiscs.
  Results from ground based LSB imaging projects such as Atlas-3D and the D
 ragonfly Telephoto Array have attracted a great deal of interest\, and LSB
  optimised space telescopes such as the proposed MESSIER mission promise a
  dramatic new view of the sky. In this talk I\npresent two LSB imaging pro
 jects from Australia\, the Huntsman Telephoto Array and the Australian Spa
 ce Eye. The first is a joint Macquarie University - Australian Astronomica
 l Observatory project based on same concept as the Dragonfly Telephoto Arr
 ay\, i.e. using arrays of commercially available camera lenses and CCD cam
 eras to\nconstruct an economical but highly effective LSB imaging system. 
 The second is a proposed space telescope based on a CubeSat nano-satellite
 \, measuring just 100 x 200 x 300 mm. The Australian Space Eye will carry 
 an LSB optimised 90 mm diameter telescope for wide field i' & z' band imag
 ing. This will enable measurements of the\nextragalactic background light 
 at these wavelengths as well as LSB imaging of nearby galaxies to compleme
 nt g' and r' band data obtained from the ground.\n
LOCATION:Ryle Large Meeting Room\, Kavli Building
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