Seminar details
Date: 15.11.2022
Etienne Bachelet (IAP Paris/IPAC NASA Caltech)
First results from the OMEGA Key Project
Abstract:
Thanks to a new generation of large sky-survey, it is now possible to
discover microlensing events in the entire Milky Way. The OMEGA Key
Project performs the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up of these
microlensing candidates automatically, on the Las Cumbres Observatory
telescopes network. I will present the observing strategies and the
different tools we use, as well as the first results. Finally, I will
discuss the future of the project, especially with the opportunity that
offers the Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera Rubin Observatory.