Robotic optical telescopes
Three optical telescopes are operated/maintained by our group.
Projects
AGU Robotic Optical Monitor for Astrophysical object (AROMA-N)
AROMA-N is 14-inch (35 cm) narrow field of view (~20 arcmin across) robotic telescope dedicated to follow-up and monitor transient objects. It consits of Celestron Edge HD 1400 (OTA), Andor F47 CCD camera, Takahashi EM-400 Temma2 mount, JMI automatic focuser and filters (Johnson's UBVRI and clear). AROMA-N participats the WBET-GASP project
The AGU Robotic Gravitational-wave Electromagnetic Telescope (TARGET)
TARGET is 20 cm wide field of view (3 deg x 2 deg) robotic telescope dedicated to follow-up the non-electromagnetic events such as gravitationa-wave and neutrino sources to search for the optical counterparts. It consists of Officina Stellare Veloce RH200 (OTA), ATIK ATIK11000 (CCD), Takahashi EM-400 mount and filters (Johnson's UBVRI and Clear).
The BAT Chase Telescope (BRACKET)
BRACKET is a optical system which covers a extreme wide field (the goal is to cover the entire field of view of Swift/BAT). The main science goal of BRACKET is to search for a prompt optical emission of gamma-ray bursts by chasing the field of view of Swift/BAT. One camera covers the field of view of 25 deg x 19 deg. Currently it operates in eight cameras which covers 3800 squared degrees (35% of the entire BAT field of view). The camera of BRACKET consists of Tonika 12mm F1.4 lens and FLEA FL3-U3-32S2M-CS camera.