Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-06-16
Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys. 8 (2008) 693-699
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Published in ChJAA, 2008, 8, 693 (accepted 2008 March 27); 8 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables
Scientific paper
10.1088/1009-9271/8/6/08
A gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical photometric follow-up system at the Xinglong Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) has been constructed. It uses the 0.8-m Tsinghua-NAOC Telescope (TNT) and the 1-m EST telescope, and can automatically respond to GRB Coordinates Network (GCN)alerts. Both telescopes slew relatively fast, being able to point to a new target field within about 1 min upon a request. Whenever available, the 2.16-m NAOC telescope is also used. In 2006, the system responded to 15 GRBs and detected seven early afterglows. In 2007, six GRBs have been detected among 18 follow-up observations. TNT observations of the second most distant GRB 060927 (z=5.5) are shown, which started as early as 91s after the GRB trigger. The afterglow was detected in the combined image of first 19x20s unfiltered exposures. This GRB follow-up system has joined the East-Asia GRB Follow-up Observation Network (EAFON).
Deng Jian
Hu Jianbin
Lü Xiancai
Qiu YaFeng
Wang Jeffrey
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