Introduction
We have commissioned two instruments named SHOC (Sutherland High-speed Optical Cameras) for use on the 1.9-m, 1.0-m, and 0.75-m telescopes at the Sutherland site of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). These are high-speed, visible-wavelength systems mounted at the Cassegrain focus and below the existing filter wheel. The design is based on POETS (Portable Occultation, Eclipse, and Transit Systems; developed by a collaboration between groups at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Williams College) and the IRTF MORIS (MIT Optical Rapid Imaging System).
Latest News
SHOC has officially been handed over to the SAAO! Please contact them with inquiries.
The instrument is commissioned and a paper has been published:
R. Coppejans, A.A.S. Gulbis, M.M. Kotze, D.L. Coppejans, H.L. Worters, P.A. Woudt, H. Whittal, J. Cloete, and P. Fourie, Characterizing and Commissioning the Sutherland High-Speed Optical Cameras (SHOC), PASP, 125, 976-988, 2013.SUTHERLAND SAAO SHOC SUTHERLAND SAAO