Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...193.7905l&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #79.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1372
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The ROTSE project (Robotical Optical Transient Search Experiment) has developed two sets of instruments for detecting optical transients. The first, ROTSE-I, is a four-fold array of telephoto lenses with CCD cameras on a single rapid slewing mount. Fully operational since March 1998, it records images following a BATSE trigger with a typical delay of 10 seconds from the initial satellite detection. The average rate of such events is one per week and the limiting magnitude is in the range of 14 to 16, depending on total integration time. The second set of instruments, ROTSE-II, is a pair of 0.45 m aperture telescopes capable of reaching a threshold, m_v<20. The first member of this pair should be operational by September 1998. We will report on the data obtained with both sets of instruments up until December 1998.
Acebo Y.
Akerlof Carl
Amrose Susan
Bloch Jacqueline
Casperson Don
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