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Experiment “Pi of the Sky” is designed to search for prompt optical emission from GRB sources. 32 CCD cameras covering 2 steradians will monitor the sky continuously. The data will be analysed on-line in search for optical flashes. The prototype with 2 cameras operated at Las Campanas (Chile) since 2004 has recognised several outbursts of flaring stars and has given limits for a few GRB.
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Ćwiok, M. et al. (2007). Search for GRB related prompt optical emission and other fast varying objects with “Pi of the Sky” detector. In: Paredes, J., Reimer, O., Torres, D. (eds) The Multi-Messenger Approach to High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6118-9_80
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