Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-05-14
PoS(GMC8)056, 2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, Manchester Microlensing Conference, January 2008. To be published in the proceedings
Scientific paper
We present a description of the automated system used by RoboNet to prioritise follow up observations of microlensing events to search for planets. The system keeps an up-to-date record of all public data from OGLE and MOA together with any existing RoboNet data and produces new PSPL fits whenever new data arrives. It then uses these fits to predict the current or future magnitudes of events, and selects those to observe which will maximise the probability of detecting planets for a given telescope and observing time. The system drives the RoboNet telescopes automatically based on these priorities, but it is also designed to be used interactively by human observers. The prioritisation options, such as telescope/instrument parameters, observing conditions and available time can all be controlled via a web-form, and the output target list can also be customised and sorted to show the parameters that the user desires. The interactive interface is available at http://www.artemis-uk.org/web-PLOP/
Allan Alasdair
Bramich Daniel
Dominik Martin
Horne Keith
Snodgrass Colin
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