Recent GRBs Observed with the 1.23 m CAHA Telescope and the Status of Its Upgrade
We report on optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) followed up by our collaboration with the 1.23 m telescope located at the Calar Alto observatory. The 1.23 m telescope is an old facility, currently undergoing upgrades to enable fully autonomous response to GRB alerts. We discuss the curr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Astronomy |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/701534 |
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| Summary: | We report on optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) followed
up by our collaboration with the 1.23 m telescope located at the Calar Alto
observatory. The 1.23 m telescope is an old facility, currently undergoing upgrades
to enable fully autonomous response to GRB alerts. We discuss the
current status of the control system upgrade of the 1.23 m telescope. The upgrade
is being done by our group based on the Remote Telescope System,
2nd Version (RTS2), which controls the available instruments and interacts
with the EPICS database of Calar Alto. (Our group is called ARAE (Robotic Astronomy & High-Energy Astrophysics) and
is based on members of IAA (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía). Currently the
ARAE group is responsible to develop the BOOTES network of robotic telescopes
(Jelínek et al. 2009).) Currently the telescope can run fully
autonomously or under observer supervision using RTS2. The fast reaction response
mode for GRB reaction (typically with response times below 3 minutes
from the GRB onset) still needs some development and testing. The telescope
is usually operated in legacy interactive mode, with periods of supervised autonomous
runs under RTS2. We show the preliminary results of several GRBs
followed up with observer intervention during the testing phase of the 1.23 m
control software upgrade. |
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| ISSN: | 1687-7969 1687-7977 |