RAPTOR
(Rapid Telescopes For Optical Response)
(automated array of telescopes to uncover and track transients)
RAPTOR (for Rapid Telescopes for Optical Response)
is an array of six optical telescopes
at Fenton Hill Observatory (FHO) in New Mexico,
operated by computer searching for and following up on
optical transients. The computer system sifts for transients
of possible interest and signals the system to zoom in.
The array is designed to discover and follow up on any short-duration
optical flash within its field of view, but it is motivated by the notion
that such a flash could later found to be coincident with a recorded
gamma-ray burst (GRB), which could assist the study of GRBs and their progenitors.
(array,telescopes,transients,automated,New Mexico)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenton_Hill_Observatory#RAPTOR
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002SPIE.4845..126V/abstract
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/gevtev/june17/Aspen_talk_vestrand.pdf
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/606397
https://spacenews.com/los-alamos-lab-tackles-surveillance-space-protection-issues/
https://cdn.lanl.gov/files/january2008_4729a.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...691..495W/abstract
Referenced by page:
Fenton Hill Observatory (FHO)
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