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dc.contributor.authorCoward, D.
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Michael
dc.contributor.authorVaalsta, T.
dc.contributor.authorLaas-Bourez, M.
dc.contributor.authorKlotz, A.
dc.contributor.authorImerito, A.
dc.contributor.authorYan, L.
dc.contributor.authorLuckas, P.
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, A.
dc.contributor.authorZadnik, Marjan
dc.contributor.authorBurman, R.
dc.contributor.authorBlair, D.
dc.contributor.authorZadko, J.
dc.contributor.authorBoer, M.
dc.contributor.authorThierry, P.
dc.contributor.authorHowell, E.
dc.contributor.authorGordon, S.
dc.contributor.authorAhmat, A.
dc.contributor.authorMoore, J.
dc.contributor.authorFrost, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:13:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:13:01Z
dc.date.created2016-09-22T12:04:54Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationCoward, 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19291
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/AS09078
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherCSIRO
dc.subjectminor planets
dc.subjectinstrumentation: miscellaneous
dc.subjectasteroids
dc.subjectgamma rays: bursts
dc.subjecttelescopes
dc.titleThe Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume27
dcterms.source.startPage331
dcterms.source.endPage339
dcterms.source.issn1323-3580
dcterms.source.titlePublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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