Research on scheduling of robotic transient survey for Antarctic Survey Telescopes(AST3)  

作　　者：Qiang Liu Peng Wei Zhao-Hui Shang Bin Ma Yi Hu 

机构地区：[1]National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China [2]Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China

出　　处：《Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics》2018年第1期59-68,共10页天文和天体物理学研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation & Assessment Programmes(Grant No.CHINARE2017-02-04);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11003027,11403057,11403048,11203039 and 11273019);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,Grant No.2013CB834900)

摘　　要：Antarctic Survey Telescopes（AST3） are designed to be fully robotic telescopes at Dome A,Antarctica,which aim for highly efficient time-domain sky surveys as well as rapid response to special transient events（e.g.,gamma-ray bursts,near-Earth asteroids,supernovae,etc.）.Unlike traditional observations,a well-designed real-time survey scheduler is needed in order to implement an automatic survey in a very efficient,reliable and flexible way for the unattended telescopes.We present a study of the survey strategy for AST3 and implementation of its survey scheduler,which is also useful for other survey projects.Antarctic Survey Telescopes（AST3） are designed to be fully robotic telescopes at Dome A,Antarctica,which aim for highly efficient time-domain sky surveys as well as rapid response to special transient events（e.g.,gamma-ray bursts,near-Earth asteroids,supernovae,etc.）.Unlike traditional observations,a well-designed real-time survey scheduler is needed in order to implement an automatic survey in a very efficient,reliable and flexible way for the unattended telescopes.We present a study of the survey strategy for AST3 and implementation of its survey scheduler,which is also useful for other survey projects.

关 键 词：telescope survey methods：observational techniques：miscellaneous 

分 类 号：P111[天文地球—天文学]