Rapid, deep GRB observations with the U.S. Naval Observatory 1.3-m wide-field telescope

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Sep 2000

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 5th Huntsville Symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 741-745 (2000).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Remote Observing Techniques, Jets And Bursts, Galactic Winds And Fountains, Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts

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An automated, wide-field, 1.3-m aperture optical telescope was recently commissioned at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station. Employing a multifilter camera with six SITe 2048×4096 CCDs, it has a field of view of approximately 1.4°×1.0° with 0.6'' pixelization. It is capable of imaging at V=21 mag with S/N=10 in less than 20 s of integration. While it will be employed primarily for astrometric observations, it is planned to be used also for GRB counterpart searches. The combination of automated operation, moderate aperture, large field of view, and small pixelization should allow for systematic and deeper searches than have previously been attempted, for example, of LOCBURST positions. Examination of GRB localizations that are not x-ray selected may reveal new counterpart properties. .

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