Recent GRBs Observed with the 1.23 m CAHA Telescope and the Status of Its Upgrade
Joint Authors
Cunniffe, Ronan
Castro-Tirado, Alberto Javier
Terrón, Víctor
Morales, Nicolás
de Ugarte Postigo, Antonio
Huélamo, Nuria
Ortiz, José Luis
Carsenty, Uri
Fernández, Matilde
Guziy, Sergey
Jelinek, Martin
Castillo-Carrión, Sebastián
Kubánek, Petr
Gorosabel, Javier
Mottola, Stefano
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report on optical observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) followed up by our collaboration with the 1.23 m telescope located at the Calar Alto observatory.
The 1.23 m telescope is an old facility, currently undergoing upgrades to enable fully autonomous response to GRB alerts.
We discuss the current status of the control system upgrade of the 1.23 m telescope.
The upgrade is being done by our group based on the Remote Telescope System, 2nd Version (RTS2), which controls the available instruments and interacts with the EPICS database of Calar Alto.
(Our group is called ARAE (Robotic Astronomy & High-Energy Astrophysics) and is based on members of IAA (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía).
Currently the ARAE group is responsible to develop the BOOTES network of robotic telescopes (Jelínek et al.
2009).) Currently the telescope can run fully autonomously or under observer supervision using RTS2.
The fast reaction response mode for GRB reaction (typically with response times below 3 minutes from the GRB onset) still needs some development and testing.
The telescope is usually operated in legacy interactive mode, with periods of supervised autonomous runs under RTS2.
We show the preliminary results of several GRBs followed up with observer intervention during the testing phase of the 1.23 m control software upgrade.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gorosabel, Javier& Kubánek, Petr& Jelinek, Martin& Castro-Tirado, Alberto Javier& de Ugarte Postigo, Antonio& Castillo-Carrión, Sebastián…[et al.]. 2010. Recent GRBs Observed with the 1.23 m CAHA Telescope and the Status of Its Upgrade. Advances in Astronomy،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491633
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gorosabel, Javier…[et al.]. Recent GRBs Observed with the 1.23 m CAHA Telescope and the Status of Its Upgrade. Advances in Astronomy No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491633
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gorosabel, Javier& Kubánek, Petr& Jelinek, Martin& Castro-Tirado, Alberto Javier& de Ugarte Postigo, Antonio& Castillo-Carrión, Sebastián…[et al.]. Recent GRBs Observed with the 1.23 m CAHA Telescope and the Status of Its Upgrade. Advances in Astronomy. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491633
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491633