The automated Palomar 60 inch telescope

被引：206

作者：

Cenko, S. Bradley

Fox, Derek B.

Moon, Dae-Sik

Harrison, Fiona A.

Kulkarni, S. R.

Henning, John R.

Guzman, C. Dani

Bonati, Marco

Smith, Roger M.

Thicksten, Robert P.

Doyle, Michael W.

Petrie, Hal L.

Gal-Yam, Avishay

Soderberg, Alicia M.

Anagnostou, Nathaniel L.

Laity, Anastasia C.

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Space Radiat Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Davey Lab 525, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[3] CALTECH, Dept Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[4] CALTECH, Caltech Opt Observ, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[5] Assoc Univ Res Astron Inc, Gemini Observ, La Serena, Chile

[6] Ctr Infrared Proc & Anal, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC | 2006年 / 118卷 / 848期

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D O I：

10.1086/508366

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We have converted the Palomar 60 inch ( 1.52 m) telescope from a classic night- assistant- operated telescope to a fully robotic facility. The automated system, which has been operational since 2004 September, is designed for moderately fast (t less than or similar to 3 minutes) and sustained ( R less than or similar to 23 mag) observations of gamma- ray burst afterglows and other transient events. Routine queue- scheduled observations can be interrupted in response to electronic notification of transient events. An automated pipeline reduces data in real time, which is then stored on a searchable Web- based archive for ease of distribution. We describe here the design requirements, hardware and software upgrades, and lessons learned from roboticization. We present an overview of the current system performance as well as plans for future upgrades.

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页码：1396 / 1406

页数：11

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