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    The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education

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    Authors
    Coward, D.
    Todd, Michael
    Vaalsta, T.
    Laas-Bourez, M.
    Klotz, A.
    Imerito, A.
    Yan, L.
    Luckas, P.
    Fletcher, A.
    Zadnik, Marjan
    Burman, R.
    Blair, D.
    Zadko, J.
    Boer, M.
    Thierry, P.
    Howell, E.
    Gordon, S.
    Ahmat, A.
    Moore, J.
    Frost, K.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Coward, D. and Todd, M. and Vaalsta, T. and Laas-Bourez, M. and Klotz, A. and Imerito, A. and Yan, L. et al. 2010. The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 27: pp. 331-339.
    Source Title
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
    DOI
    10.1071/AS09078
    ISSN
    1323-3580
    School
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19291
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The new 1m f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 about 70 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is the only metre-class optical facility at this southern latitude between the east coast of Australia and SouthAfrica, and can rapidly image optical transients at a longitude notmonitored by other similar facilities.We report on first imaging tests of a pilot programofminor planet searches, and Target of Opportunity observations triggered by the Swift satellite. In 12 months, 6 gamma-ray burst afterglows were detected, with estimated magnitudes; two of them, GRB 090205 (z=4.65) and GRB 090516 (z=4.11), are among the most distant optical transients imaged by an Australian telescope. Many asteroidswere observed in a systematic 3-month search. In September 2009, an automatic telescope control systemwas installed, which will be used to link the facility to a global robotic telescope network; future targets will include fast optical transients triggered by high-energy satellites, radio transient detections, and LIGO gravitational wave candidate events. We also outline the importance of the facility as a potential tool for education, training, and public outreach.

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