A new software on TUG-T60 autonomous telescope for astronomical transient events

Dindar M., Helhel S., Esenoglu H. H., Parmaksizoglu M.

EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY, cilt.39, sa.1, ss.21-28, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10686-014-9438-6
  • Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-28
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Robotic telescopes usually run under the control of a scheduler, which provides high-level control by selecting astronomical targets for observation. TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) National Observatory (TUG)-T60 Robotic Telescope is controlled by open-source OCAAS software, formally named Talon. This study introduces new software which was designed for Talon to catch GRB, GAIA and transient alerts. The new GRB software module (daemon process) alertd is running with all other modules of Talon such as telescoped; focus, dome; camerad and telrun. Maximum slew velocity and acceleration limits of the T60 telescope are enough fast for the GRB and transient observations.