Cenko, S. Bradley and Fox, Derek B. and Moon, Dae-Sik and Harrison, Fiona A. and Kulkarni, S. R. and Henning, John R. and Guzman, C. Dani and Bonati, Marco and Smith, Roger M. and Thicksten, Robert P. and Doyle, Michael W. and Petrie, Hal L. and Gal-Yam, Avishay and Soderberg, Alicia M. and Anagnostou, Nathaniel L. and Laity, Anastasia C. (2006) The automated palomar 60 inch telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 118 (848). pp. 1396-1406. ISSN 0004-6280 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110222-085901733
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Abstract
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 ≾ 3 minutes) and sustained (R ≾ 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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| Additional Information: | © 2006 The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Received 2006 July 16; accepted 2006 August 11; published 2006 October 23. We would like to thank the entire staff at Palomar Observatory, without whose patience and hard work this project would not have been possible. S. B. C. and A. M. S. are supported by the NASA Graduate Student Research Program. A. G. acknowledges support by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF-01158.01, awarded by STScI. GRB research at Caltech is supported through NASA and the NSF. | ||||||||||
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| Official Citation: | The Automated Palomar 60 Inch Telescope (pp. 1396-1406) S. Bradley Cenko, Derek B. Fox, Dae‐Sik Moon, Fiona A. Harrison, S. R. Kulkarni, John R. Henning, C. Dani Guzman, Marco Bonati, Roger M. Smith, Robert P. Thicksten, Michael W. Doyle, Hal L. Petrie, Avishay Gal‐Yam, Alicia M. Soderberg, Nathaniel L. Anagnostou, Anastasia C. Laity Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/508366 | ||||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Ruth Sustaita | ||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 22 Feb 2011 17:58 | ||||||||||
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