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Super‐LOTIS (Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System)
Author(s) -
PérezRamírez D.,
Park H. S.,
Williams G. G.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200410321
Subject(s) - observatory , gamma ray burst , telescope , physics , transient (computer programming) , astronomy , optical telescope , astrophysics , remote sensing , computer science , operating system , geology
The 0.6‐m Super‐LOTIS telescope is a fully robotic system dedicated to the search for prompt optical emission from gamma‐ray bursts (GRBs). The telescope began routine operations from its Steward Observatory site atop Kitt Peak (KPNO) in April 2000. This system is capable of responding to the Gamma‐ray burst Coordinate Network (GCN) triggers within seconds. Together with LOTIS, these systems have been monitoring the GCN real‐time data for automatic HETE2 GRB triggers. We will summarize the current capabilities of the system and present recent scientific results. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)