Robotic telescopes for high energy astrophysics in Ondřejov

0352506 - ASÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Nekola, Martin - Hudec, René - Jelínek, M. - Kocka, Matúš - Münz, F. - Kubánek, P. - Polášek, Cyril - Šimon, Vojtěch - Štrobl, Jan
Robotic telescopes for high energy astrophysics in Ondřejov.
Experimental Astronomy. Roč. 28, č. 1 (2010), s. 79-85. ISSN 0922-6435. E-ISSN 1572-9508.
[400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes: A Review of History, Science and Technology. Noordwijk, 29.09.2008-02.10.2008]
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA205/08/1207
Grant ostatní: ESA(XE) ESA-PECS project No. 98023
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z10030501
Klíčová slova: robotic telescopes * BART * D50
Kód oboru RIV: BN - Astronomie a nebeská mechanika, astrofyzika
Impakt faktor: 2.140, rok: 2010

The article reports on two small aperture robotic telescopes called BART and D50 operated in Ondřejov. Both telescopes are capable of automatic observation of gamma ray burst (GRB) optical afterglows. Coordinates of GRBs are taken from alerts distributed via Internet. Telescopes observe other interesting high energy sources when there is not any alert. The smaller telescope BART has aperture D = 254 mm. The bigger telescope D50 has a primary mirror of diameter D = 500 mm. Both telescopes are controlled by free software package RTS2 and are accessible through Internet. We describe the two telescopes and related software and show some results such as our first observed optical counterpart of GRB.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0191999