A GRB Optical Afterglow Automatic Response Telescope on Skynet

Details A GRB Optical Afterglow Automatic Response Telescope on Skynet A GRB Optical Afterglow Automatic Response Telescope on Skynet

Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #154.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

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We are developing a telescope for automated response observations of Gamma Ray Bursts. The instrument is composed of a Celestron14 on a Paramount, and an Apogee U47 CCD, JMI electronically controlled focuser, and DFM Engineering FW-82 filter wheel containing Omega Optical UBVR filters.
The system will run under the control of the Skynet system developed at UNC-Chapel Hill as part of the PROMPT system. Maxim DL and Software Bisque’s The Sky are the interface to the Skynet Terminator program that connects to Skynet.
The Ash dome will be opened for the night on any clear night with power transferred via contactors at the park position. Rotation control will be provided by software control. Weather monitoring is provided by online data from a Davis Vantage Pro weather station, a Boltwood cloud sensor and an SBIG All-sky ("meteor") camera.
In the "idle mode" the telescope may be used by any Skynet user. Much of the idle time will be used in a program to search for transits of exoplanets.
Support for this project was provided by the North Carolina Space Grant, the Appalachian State University Research Council, and the NSF through award AST-0520812.

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