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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.


(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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