Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-11-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages. To appear in the proceedings of the 4th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, eds C.A. Meegan and P. Cushman
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.55440
TAROT-1 is an automatic, autonomous ground based observatory whose primary goal is the rapid detection of the optical counterparts of cosmic gamma-ray burst sources. It will be able to begin imaging any GRB localization 8 seconds after receipt of an alert from CGRO/BATSE or HETE-2. TAROT-1 will reach the 17th V magnitude in 10 seconds, at a 10$\sigma$ confidence level. TAROT will be able to observe GRB positions given by Beppo-SAX or RXTE, EUV transients from ALEXIS alerts, etc. TAROT will also study a wide range of secondary objectives and will feature a complete automatic data analysis system, and a powerful scheduling software. TAROT will be installed this fall on the Plateau du Calern, 1200m above sea level. We report on the status of the project.
Atteia Jean-Luc
Boer Michel
Bringer M.
Calvet G.
Eysseric Jérôme
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