丽江站BOOTES-4综述  

An Overview of the BOOTES-4 at the Lijiang Observatory

作　　者：范玉峰[1,2,3] 辛玉新[1,3] 白金明[1,3] 王传军[1,2,3] 易卫敏[1,2,3] 崔辰州[4] Castro-Tirado Alberto Javie Cunniffe Ronan Lara-Gil Oscar Kubanek Petr Guziy Sergiy 

机构地区：[1]中国科学院云南天文台,云南昆明650011 [2]中国科学院大学,北京100049 [3]中国科学院天体结构与演化重点实验室,云南昆明650011 [4]中国科学院国家天文台,北京100012 [5]安达鲁西亚天体物理研究所(IAA-CSIC) [6]马拉加大学 [7]物理研究所(ASCR) [8]尼古拉耶夫州国立大学

出　　处：《天文研究与技术》2015年第1期78-88,共11页Astronomical Research & Technology

基　　金：国家自然科学基金(11203073;10978026;10903028;11303092)资助

摘　　要：伽马暴与光学暂现源观测系统(Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System,BOOTES)旨在建设覆盖全球的多台软硬件配置相同的全自动望远镜网络,继而实现对γ射线暴和其他瞬变源的快速自动观测。BOOTES-4是该网络中的第4号站,安装在云南天文台丽江观测站。作为中国首个专业程控自主天文台,回顾了BOOTES-4的建设和安装历程,重点介绍其硬件组成和远程望远镜控制系统RTS2的技术特点和优势,最后介绍了该望远镜运行情况和观测成果。The BOOTES （Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System, http is a global network of Robotic Autonomous Observatories （RAOs）. It was initiated ：//bootes. iaa. es ）, in 1998 under the leadership of Spain and the collaboration of many other countries. It is dedicated to observation of optical emissions from Gamma-Ray Bursts （GRBs） in the Universe. The fourth station of the BOOTES, BOOTES-d, is located at the Lijiang Observatory （of the Yunnan Observatories） in the southwest of China. As the first Chinese RAO the BOOTES-4 has been in full robotic operation since February 2012. It has a set of instruments identical to those of the BOOTES-2, BOOTES-3 , and upcoming BOOTES stations; these include an EMCCD camera on its 0. 6m fast-slewing telescope （BOOTES-4/MET） and an all-sky camera （CASANDRA-4）. In this paper we present the site construction of the BOOTES-4 and details of its hardware/software systems. The hardware systems have been built to meet the scientific requirements and the needed reliability for robotic operation. The Observatory Manager for the BOOTES-4 is the RTS2 （Remote Telescope System, 2nd version）, which is an open-source software system that has been extensively used on many robotic telescopes including all BOOTES ones. We finally describe operational experiences and scientific results obtained with the BOOTES-4 since 2012. With the BOOTES-4 included, the BOOTES now has a larger sky coverage and a more significant role in designated observational tasks than before. The tasks include quick follow-up observation of GRB events, non-stop monitoring of some celestial targets, and acquisition of more precise light curves of GRBs/transient sources.

关 键 词：BOOTES RTS2 Γ射线暴 程控自主天文台 

分 类 号：P111.2[天文地球—天文学] TP393.1[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术]