# OPTICAM: A triple-camera optical system designed to explore the fastest timescales in Astronomy

## TL;DR

OPTICAM is a newly developed high-speed, multi-color optical imaging system for a 2.1 m telescope, enabling detailed studies of rapid astrophysical phenomena across a broad wavelength range.

## Contribution

This paper introduces OPTICAM, a novel triple-camera system capable of simultaneous multi-color, high-time resolution imaging for the first time on this telescope.

## Key findings

- Designed for sub-second exposures across 320-1100 nm
- Targets a wide range of fast-variability astrophysical sources
- Will provide publicly available data after proprietary period

## Abstract

We report the development of a high-time resolution, 3-colour, simultaneous optical imaging system for the 2.1 m telescope in San Pedro M\'artir Observatory, M\'exico. OPTICAM will be equipped with three Andor Zyla 4.2-Plus sCMOS cameras and a set of SDSS filters allowing optical coverage in the 320-1,100 nm range. OPTICAM will nominally allow sub-second exposures. Given its instrumental design, a wide range of fast-variability astrophysical sources can be targeted with OPTICAM including X-ray binaries, pulsating white dwarfs, accreting compact objects, eclipsing binaries and exoplanets. OPTICAM observations will be proprietary for only six months and will then be made publicly available for the astronomical community.