Oral Presentation

HinOTORI: Three colours simultaneous imager in Tibet

Yousuke Utsumi (Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center), HinOTORI collaboration

HinOTORI is a project to build a new robotic three colours simultaneous imager in Tibet. The main purpose of this imager is to reveal an activity of electro-magnetro counterpart of the gravitational wave source.
We have 2 unique advantages: 1) u-band capability. Thanks to the high altitude of the Tibet site, 5100m, we are able to observe UV band with a lower atmospheric attenuation. 2) Longitude. Together with other Japanese facilities such as Kanata telescope and MITSuME telescopes, we are establishing a world wide continous monitoring network of transient objects. First light will begin in 2015.

This is an international collaboration project with site survey groups in National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences.