A Photometricity and extinction monitor at the Apache Point Observatory

DW Hogg, DP Finkbeiner, DJ Schlegel… - The Astronomical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
An unsupervised software" robot" that automatically and robustly reduces and analyzes
CCD observations of photometric standard stars is described. The robot measures extinction …

Key Space and Ground Facilities in GRB Science

A Tsvetkova, D Svinkin, S Karpov, D Frederiks - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are short and intense flashes of γ-rays coming from deep space.
GRBs were discovered more than a half century ago and now are observed across the …

Understanding the nature of the optical emission in gamma-ray bursts: analysis from TAROT, COATLI, and RATIR observations

RL Becerra, A Klotz, JL Atteia, D Guetta… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We collected the optical light-curve data of 227 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the
TAROT, COATLI, and RATIR telescopes. These consist of 133 detections and 94 upper …

Robotic autonomous observatories: a historical perspective

AJ Castro-Tirado - Advances in Astronomy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a historical introduction to the field of Robotic Astronomy, from the point
of view of a scientist working in this field for more than a decade. The author discusses the …

Robotic optical telescopes global network MASTER II. Equipment, structure, algorithms

VG Kornilov, VM Lipunov, ES Gorbovskoy… - Experimental …, 2012 - Springer
Presented paper describes the basic principles and features of the implementation of a
robotic network of optical telescopes MASTER, designed to study the prompt (simultaneous …

Discovery of a redshifted iron K line in the X-ray afterglow of GRB 000214

LA Antonelli, L Piro, M Vietri, E Costa… - The Astrophysical …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection (3 σ significance level) of a strong iron emission line in the X-ray
spectrum of the afterglow of GRB 000214 (" Valentine's Day Burst") observed by BeppoSAX …

Furiously fast and red: sub-second optical flaring in V404 Cyg during the 2015 outburst peak

P Gandhi, SP Littlefair, LK Hardy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We present observations of rapid (sub-second) optical flux variability in V404 Cyg during its
2015 June outburst. Simultaneous three-band observations with the ULTRACAM fast imager …

Testing afterglow models of FRB 200428 with early post-burst observations of SGR 1935+ 2154

AJ Cooper, A Rowlinson, R Wijers… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present LOFAR imaging observations from the April/May 2020 active episode of
magnetar SGR 1935+ 2154. We place the earliest radio limits on persistent emission …

The MASTER-II network of robotic optical telescopes. First results

ES Gorbovskoy, VM Lipunov, VG Kornilov… - Astronomy Reports, 2013 - Springer
The main stages in the creation of the Russian segment of the MASTER network of robotic
telescopes is described. This network is designed for studies of the prompt optical emission …

The burst observer and optical transient exploring system in the multi-messenger astronomy era

YD Hu, E Fernández-García… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES) was first designed as
an asset of autonomous telescopes that started to be deployed in 1998, taking 24 years to …