The Automatic Telescope Network (ATN)

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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The ATN Website is at http://gamma.bu.edu/atn/ Paper to be published in the Proceedings of the OJ-94 Annual Meeting 1999 ``Bla

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Because of the scheduled GLAST mission by NASA, there is strong scientific justification for preparation for very extensive blazar monitoring in the optical bands to exploit the opportunity to learn about blazars through the correlation of variability of the gamma-ray flux with flux at lower frequencies. Current optical facilities do not provide the required capability.Developments in technology have enabled astronomers to readily deploy automatic telescopes. The effort to create an Automatic Telescope Network (ATN) for blazar monitoring in the GLAST era is described. Other scientific applications of the networks of automatic telescopes are discussed. The potential of the ATN for science education is also discussed.

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