The REM Telescope: A robotic multiwavelength facility to promptly follow up GRB afterglows

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The REM (Rapid Eye Mount) Telescope, located in la Silla Observatory Chile, is the first moderate (60 cm) aperture robotic telescope able to cover simultaneously both the visible and near-infrared ( 0.45-2.3μm) wavelength range. The high-throughput Infrared Camera (REMIR) and the optical imaging spectrograph (ROSS), both equipping the REM telescope, are simultaneously fed by a dichroic and they allow to collect high-S/N data in an unprecedented large spectral range on a telescope of this size. The wide band covered, the very fast pointing capability (60 degrees in 5 seconds) and its full robotization make REM the ideal experiment for fast transients observation. The REM observatory is an example of a versatile and agile facility necessary to complement large telescopes in fields in which rapid response and/or target pre-screening are necessary. This paper describes the main characteristics and operation modes of the REM observatory and gives an overview of preliminary results obtained during the Science Verification Phase.

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