FRAM—The Robotic Telescope for the Monitoring of the Wavelength Dependence of the Extinction : Description of Hardware, Data Analysis, and Results
Joint Authors
Ebr, Jan
Trávníček, Petr
Prouza, Michael
Šmída, Radomír
Jelinek, Martin
Kubánek, Petr
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-02-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
FRAM—F/(Ph)otometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor is one of the atmospheric monitoring instruments at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina.
FRAM is an optical telescope equipped with CCD cameras and photometer, and it automatically observes a set of selected standard stars.
Primarily, FRAM observations are used to obtain the wavelength dependence of the light extinction.
FRAM telescope is also able to observe secondary astronomical targets, and namely the detection of optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts has already proven to be successful.
Finally, a wide-field CCD camera of FRAM can be used for rapid monitoring of atmospheric conditions along the track of particularly interesting cosmic ray showers.
The hardware setup of the telescope, its software system, data taking procedures, and results of analysis are described in this paper.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Prouza, Michael& Jelinek, Martin& Kubánek, Petr& Ebr, Jan& Trávníček, Petr& Šmída, Radomír. 2010. FRAM—The Robotic Telescope for the Monitoring of the Wavelength Dependence of the Extinction : Description of Hardware, Data Analysis, and Results. Advances in Astronomy،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503119
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Prouza, Michael…[et al.]. FRAM—The Robotic Telescope for the Monitoring of the Wavelength Dependence of the Extinction : Description of Hardware, Data Analysis, and Results. Advances in Astronomy No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503119
American Medical Association (AMA)
Prouza, Michael& Jelinek, Martin& Kubánek, Petr& Ebr, Jan& Trávníček, Petr& Šmída, Radomír. FRAM—The Robotic Telescope for the Monitoring of the Wavelength Dependence of the Extinction : Description of Hardware, Data Analysis, and Results. Advances in Astronomy. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503119
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-503119