scholarly journals Robotic telescopes in education

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. L. Gomez ◽  
M. T. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Robotic Telescopes

scholarly journals Commission 9: Instrumentation and Techniques: (Instrumentation et Techniques)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 316-327
Author(s):  
Ian S. McLean ◽  
Ding-Qiang Su ◽  
Thomas Armstrong ◽  
Noah Brosch ◽  
Martin Cullum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Optics ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
General Ground ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
New Instruments ◽  
Innovative Techniques ◽  
Full Operation

The last triennium, and coincidentally the last few years of the 20th century, has been a most remarkable time for Commission 9, and for astronomy in general. Ground-based astronomy in particular has received an enormous boost due to the arrival of an astonishing array of new telescopes, novel instruments and innovative techniques. For those of us closely involved in developing new observatories, instrumentation or detectors, the last few years have been rather hectic! As an astronomer with a long-time interest in the development of new instruments, what amazes me is the breadth of technology and the visionary scope of all these incredible new achievements. Many of the very large 8-10 meter class telescopes are now coming into full operation – yet, just as this is happening, numerous smaller “survey” telescopes are providing a wealth of new sources. Adaptive optics is being practiced at many sites and diffraction-limited imaging from the ground is now a reality. Several optical-IR interferometers are now working and more are coming along very soon. Detectors continue to get bigger and better, especially for the infrared, and instrumentation is increasingly more sophisticated, complex and efficient. Remote observing, robotic telescopes and global networks of telescopes are common, and international collaborations are larger and stronger than ever before.

scholarly journals Automated Detection of Short Optical Transients of Astrophysical Origin in Real Time

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Sokołowski ◽  
Katarzyna Małek ◽  
Lech W. Piotrowski ◽  
Grzegorz Wrochna
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Automated Detection ◽  
Important Task ◽  
The Real ◽  
Optical Transients ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
Optical Flashes ◽  
Optical Transient

The detection of short optical transients of astrophysical origin in real time is an important task for existing robotic telescopes. The faster a new optical transient is detected, the earlier follow-up observations can be started. The sooner the object is identified, the more data can be collected before the source fades away, particularly in the most interesting early period of the transient. In this the real-time pipeline designed for identification of optical flashes with the “Pi of the Sky” project will be presented in detail together with solutions used by other experiments.

The National Schools’ Observatory: Access to the Universe for All

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S367) ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Sally E. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Free Access ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Robotic Telescope ◽  
The Universe

AbstractThe National Schools’ Observatory is an educational platform that offers free access to all schools in the UK and Ireland to the world’s largest robotic telescope, the Liverpool Telescope. The website offers activities, resources for teaching and importantly Go Observing, the telescope interface. The website receives 1.5 million visitors a year and has registered users in 80 countries. The next generation of robotic telescopes offer a unique opportunity to build in education, that is open and accessible to all.

Techniques Associated With Robotic Telescopes

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Klotz ◽  
N. Mebarki ◽  
J. Mimouni
Keyword(s):  
Robotic Telescopes

scholarly journals CHARACTERIZATION OF MODERN CCD AND CMOS SENSORS FOR SKY SURVEYS

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 190-197
Author(s):  
S. Karpov ◽  
A. Christov ◽  
A. Bajat ◽  
R. Cunniffe ◽  
M. Prouza
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Frame Rate ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Large Format ◽  
Ccd Cameras ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Monitoring Applications ◽  
Cmos Sensors ◽  
Robotic Telescopes

Here we review the efforts we take in a newly established laboratory inside Institute of Physics in Prague in order to characterize modern large-format CCD and CMOS sensors for sky survey applications. While the laboratory is primarily established in order to participate in low-level CCD sensor characterization for LSST project, we also managed to perform a thorough laboratory testing of recently released Andor Marana sCMOS (which is especially interesting for wide-field sky monitoring applications due to its large format, backilluminated design, high achievable frame rate and low read-out noise), as well as detailed measurements of response non-linearity of Moravian Instruments G4-16000 CCD cameras (based on large-format Kodak KAF-16803 chip) used in several robotic telescopes. We briefly review the results acquired on these cameras, as well as hardware and software we developed for the laboratory.

scholarly journals ROLE OF THE 3.6M DOT TO INVESTIGATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LONG-GRBS AND CORE-COLLAPSE SNE

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
A. Kumar ◽  
S. B. Pandey ◽  
R. Gupta ◽  
A. Aryan ◽  
A. J. Castro-Tirado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Gamma Ray Bursts ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Core Collapse ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Time Critical ◽  
Near Future

Newly installed 3.6m DOT at Nainital (Uttarakhand) is a novel facility for the time domain astronomy. Because of the longitudinal advantage of India, it could be used to study new transients reported by a global network of robotic telescopes. Observations with the 4K × 4K CCD Imager at the axial port of the 3.6m DOT will be very helpful in the near future towards understanding the different physical aspects of time-critical events, e.g., Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), Supernovae, Gravitational wave candidates, etc. Using the Imager with broadband filters (Bessel UBVRI and SDSS ugriz), ~6.5' × 6.5' images could be obtained to attempt various science goals in synergy with other multi-band facilities. In this study, we present an analysis of unpublished R-band data of GRB 171205A/SN 2017iuk spanning between ~12 to 105 days since burst, that observed using the 3.6m DOT with 4K × 4K CCD Imager. In the R-band light curve, a bump appears to start from ~3 days, which shows the peak at ~15 days after the burst, clearly indicates photometric evidence of association of SN with GRB 171205A.

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE TRANSIENT SKY WITH THE FLY'S EYE CAMERA SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
L. Mészáros ◽  
A. Pál ◽  
G. Csépány ◽  
K. Vida ◽  
L. Kriskovics ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Parallel Robots ◽  
Camera System ◽  
Transient Event ◽  
Astrophysical Objects ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
Fast Transients ◽  
6 Degrees Of Freedom

To study astrophysical transit phenomena we follow an alternative strategy for getting high-cadence observations of the field. This can be achieved with our new Fly’s Eye Camera System that monitors the entire sky above 30◦ horizontal altitude. With this instrument one can observe all phenomena brighter than ∼ 15m in Sloan r-band (u’, g’,i’ and z’ filters are also available). If we stack together a few hour of images we canobserve ∼ 17 m faint sources. This small-sized instrument is designed for time-domain astronomy with its 150 sec cadence. Due to the hexapod-based motion control, the instrument can be installed anywhere without any modifications, it can accomplish sky tracking automatically. These parallel robots have 6 degrees of freedom (DoF), but since any kind of rotation can be done by using only 3 DoF, the tracking with hexapods is independent from the geographical coordinates. Even polar alignment is not required, because Fly’s Eye can calibrate itself based on its own observed data. The system is optimal for time-domain astronomy: detecting novae, supernovae, optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts and other bright, fast transients, and, from the observation database such data can be obtained - even from before the discovery of the transient event. In the future when the direction of the gravitational waves will be defined precisely we will be able to detect their first multiwaveband counterparts. In addition the Fly’s Eye will support the “Transient Astrophysical Objects” project which will use two new 80 cm robotic telescopes for follow-up observations of transients.

scholarly journals Census of the Kuiper-Belt Objects - The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey (TAOS)

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 245-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.P. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Kuiper Belt ◽  
Brightness Variation ◽  
False Detection ◽  
Kuiper Belt Objects ◽  
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
Coincidence Mode ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Central Taiwan ◽  
Large Telescopes

AbstractMore than two hundred transneptunian Kuiper-Belt Objects (KBOs) have so far been identified. Because of their large distances from the Sun, and their intrinsically small sizes, only the largest members (diameters more than 100 km) can be observed by direct imaging with large telescopes. Even smaller KBOs, though expected to be more numerous on theoretical grounds, cannot be seen directly unless they happen to block out the light from background stars. The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey (TAOS) project is a collaboration among the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (USA), Academia Sinica, National Central University (both of Taiwan), and other institutes, that aims to measure the frequency of such chance stellar occultations, and thereby conduct the census of the Kuiper-Belt population down to a few kilometer sizes. An array of robotic telescopes are being set up in central Taiwan to monitor the brightness variation of several thousand stars at a rate of a few Hz. Observations will be operated in a synchronized and coincidence mode, so the sequence and timing of any candidate occultation event can be recorded and distinguished against a false detection. The full survey is expected to start in the fall of 2000.

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