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其中有6个伽马暴的余辉。可惜好像都是先知道位置了再去看的。不然如果是作为一般瞬变体看到，事后确认的话，这个仪器就可以用来观测孤儿余辉了。
仪器的极限星等大约是21
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| Title: |
| The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education |
| Authors: |
| Coward, D. M.; Todd, M.; Vaalsta, T. P.; Laas-Bourez, M.; Klotz, A.; Imerito, A.; Yan, L.; Luckas, P.; Fletcher, A. B.; Zadnik, M. G.; Burman, R. R.; Blair, D. G.; Zadko, J.; Boer, M.; Thierry, P.; Howell, E. J.; Gordon, S.; Ahmat, A.; Moore, J.; Frost, K. |
| Publication: |
| eprint arXiv:1006.3933 |
| Publication Date: |
| 06/2010 |
| Origin: |
| ARXIV |
| Keywords: |
| Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics |
| Comment: |
| 9 pages, 6 figures, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (in press) |
| Bibliographic Code: |
| 2010arXiv1006.3933C |
Abstract
The new 1-m f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 about 70 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is the only metre-class optical facility at this southern latitude between the east coast of Australia and South Africa, and can rapidly image optical transients at a longitude not monitored by other similar facilities. We report on first imaging tests of a pilot program of minor planet searches, and Target of Opportunity observations triggered by the Swift satellite. In 12 months, 6 gamma-ray burst afterglows were detected, with estimated magnitudes; two of them, GRB 090205 (z = 4.65) and GRB 090516 (z = 4.11), are among the most distant optical transients imaged by an Australian telescope. Many asteroids were observed in a systematic 3-month search. In September 2009, an automatic telescope control system was installed, which will be used to link the facility to a global robotic telescope network; future targets will include fast optical transients triggered by highenergy satellites, radio transient detections, and LIGO gravitational wave candidate events. We also outline the importance of the facility as a potential tool for education, training, and public outreach.
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