Watcher: A Telescope for Rapid Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-Up Observations

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Sep 2004

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 30 YEARS OF DISCOVERY: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 727, pp. 741-744 (2004).

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Photometric And Spectroscopic Detection, Coronographic Detection, Interferometric Detection

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The Watcher telescope is planned to begin operation in Spring 2004 in South Africa.The system has been designed to respond primarily to very precise (arcminute) gamma-ray burst locations distributed via the internet by the GCN. Watcher will be fully automatic and the planned response time for GRBs is ~ 30 seconds or better. In addition, the telescope will be used for blazar monitoring and the photometric detection of extra-solar planets when GRBs are not being observed.

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