Abstract
The Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES), started in 1998 as a Spanish-Czech collaboration project, devoted to a study of optical emissions from gamma ray bursts (GRBs) that occur in the Universe. The first two BOOTES stations were located in Spain, and included medium size robotic telescopes with CCD cameras at the Cassegrain focus as well as all-sky cameras, with the two stations located 240 km apart. The first observing station (BOOTES-1) is located at ESAt (INTA-CEDEA) in Mazag´on (Huelva) and the first light was obtained in July 1998. The second observing station (BOOTES-2) is located at La Mayora (CSIC) in M´alaga and has been operating fully since July 2001. In 2009 BOOTES expanded abroad, with the third station (BOOTES-3) being installed in Blenheim (South Island, New Zealand) as result of a collaboration project with several institutions from the southern hemisphere. The fourth station (BOOTES-4) is on its way, to be deployed in 2011.
Highlights
Robotic astronomical observatories were first developed in the 1960s by astronomers after electromechanical interfaces to computers became common at observatories
Operated telescope Robotic Astronomical Observatories1: Automated scheduled telescope (Robot): A telescope system that performs remote observations following the request of an observer
Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES), started in 1998 as a Spanish-Czech collaboration project [2] devoted to the study of optical emissions from gamma ray bursts (GRBs) that occur in the Universe
Summary
Robotic astronomical observatories were first developed in the 1960s by astronomers after electromechanical interfaces to computers became common at observatories. Are some important definitions in the field of Robotic Astronomical Observatories: Automated scheduled telescope (Robot): A telescope that performs pre-programmed observations without immediate help of a remote observer (e.g. avoiding an astronomer moving the mount by hand). BOOTES (the Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System, BOOTES), started in 1998 as a Spanish-Czech collaboration project [2] devoted to the study of optical emissions from gamma ray bursts (GRBs) that occur in the Universe. Nowadays it consists of 4 stations, three of them hosting 60 cm fast slewing robotic telescopes aimed at contributing significantly to various scientific fields
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