论文标题

重力波光学瞬态观察者(GOTO)

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

论文作者

Dyer, Martin J., Steeghs, Danny, Galloway, Duncan K., Dhillon, Vik S., O'Brien, Paul, Ramsay, Gavin, Noysena, Kanthanakorn, Pallé, Enric, Kotak, Rubina, Breton, Rene, Nuttall, Laura, Pollacco, Don, Ulaczyk, Krzysztof, Lyman, Joseph, Ackley, Kendall

论文摘要

重力波光瞬态观察者(GOTO)是一个宽阔的望远镜项目,旨在检测到引力波源的光学对应物。 GoTo在共享机器人安装座上使用40厘米单元望远镜(UTS)的阵列,该阵列以具有成本效益的方式提供大量的视野。完整的goto安装座使用8个单位望远镜提供40平方度的整体视野,并且可以在三分钟内达到20级的深度。 GoTo-4原型于2017年在La Palma上播出了4个单位望远镜,并于2020年升级为完整的8型望远镜阵列。2021年初,第二个8-UT安装座将在La Palma上安装,另一个将在澳大利亚的Southern Node System又安装了另一个带有两个安装座的Goto Node。完成后,每个安装座将被联网以形成一个机器人双半球观测站,该观测站每隔几个晚上都会调查整个可见天空,并可以快速对瞬时来源进行随访。

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. GOTO uses arrays of 40 cm unit telescopes (UTs) on a shared robotic mount, which scales to provide large fields of view in a cost-effective manner. A complete GOTO mount uses 8 unit telescopes to give an overall field of view of 40 square degrees, and can reach a depth of 20th magnitude in three minutes. The GOTO-4 prototype was inaugurated with 4 unit telescopes in 2017 on La Palma, and was upgraded to a full 8-telescope array in 2020. A second 8-UT mount will be installed on La Palma in early 2021, and another GOTO node with two more mount systems is planned for a southern site in Australia. When complete, each mount will be networked to form a robotic, dual-hemisphere observatory, which will survey the entire visible sky every few nights and enable rapid follow-up detections of transient sources.

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