the construction and operation of bootes-4 yufeng fan [email protected] lijiang observatory, yunnan...
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The Construction and Operation of BOOTES-4
Yufeng [email protected]
Lijiang Observatory, Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Photo by P.K.
OUTLINE
• History of BOOTES-4• Site Preparation• Installation• Operation and Maintainence• Scientific Results• Problems• Conclusion
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BOOTES-4 Settled
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BOOTEST4 at Lijiang Observatory (background photo on poster of Astrorob 2013)
BOOTESGlobal Network
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• RAON by China-VO• BOOTES looking for new site
Lijiang Observatory• New Site in Southern China• 220 clear nights mostly in winter• 2.4m, 1.8m AO telescope, TAT• Engineer and Logistics Supports• 40km from Lijiang
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CoordinatesLat: 26°41'43"NLong: 100°01'47"EElev: 3231m
BOOTES-4 Low Level Office in Lijing town
Shipment
• From St.Petersburg Back to Spain• Left 19th September, 2011
from Algeciras(Spain) • On board of "Marit Maersk"• Importation and Tax-Free
(Customs!)• Arrival on 2nd November,
2011
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Arrival on 2nd November, 2011
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Site Preparation• From July to October, 2011• Power supply• Lightening protection• Network• Cutting down trees (Carefully)• Foundation
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InstallationFinished 2nd Oct. 2011
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InstallationFinished 2nd Oct. 2011
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Commissioning
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• Mount Alignment• Optical Alignment• Software Commisioning• A lot of “Brocken” Parts to
be repaired
First Light and Opening Ceremony
• First Light on 21st Feb. 2012• Open Ceremony on
20th March 2012 in Lijiang
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Operation
• Operation in Robotic way• Monitoring by 2.4m
telescope observer• GRB Follow ups• Data download via
China-VO Data Center• Maintaining
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Science Results
• BOOTES-4 GRB follow-ups (Oral talk by Guizy, Session V)• AGN monitoring in long time scale• Open to Chinese Astronomers in collaborate whit
BOOTES
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GRB Publication T-GRB Detector Magnitude Comments
120211A - 2.03h Swift -- Telescope not focused yet
120212A - 2.88h Swift -- Telescope not focused yet
120213A - 20.85h Swift -- Through clouds. Around 10% (~30) of images detect any stars
120219A - 95s Swift >17.8 Fast pointing but off by 20 arcmins, corrected by 20:13UT
120224A - 7.3h Swift Only ~20 stars unfocused visible after reduction.
120302A - 15.28h Swift -- Manual target (GRB detected in ground data) - one image with no source @ XRT position and then 4 images after 12 more hours
120308A - 13.93h Swift -- only~20 stars visible after reducing and combining 23 images
120311A - 13.67h Swift >17.8 120311B - 3.38h Swift >18.18 120320A GCN 13080 2h Swift >16.3 high airmass
120510B? GCN 13286 1.6h Fermi / Master >19,5 MASTER OT in Fermi errorbox
121028A - 10 h Swift >18 I, Z, clear-filter images
121123A GCN 13987 2.43 Swift 18.87
121226A GCN 14106 9 s Swift >19
Conclusion
• First “OPERATION” Astro-Physical RAO • Importation and Installation in an efficient way• Technical Benefits for China- RAO• Hard Ware• Software – RTS2• community in China
• Still Some Problems• Tracking Probelm• High Humidity in Summer• High wind
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Thanks for your attention!
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