The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education
dc.contributor.author | Coward, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Todd, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Vaalsta, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Laas-Bourez, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Klotz, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Imerito, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yan, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Luckas, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fletcher, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zadnik, Marjan | |
dc.contributor.author | Burman, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Blair, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zadko, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Boer, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thierry, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Howell, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gordon, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmat, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Frost, K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:13:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:13:01Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-09-22T12:04:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19291 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1071/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.publisher | CSIRO | |
dc.subject | minor planets | |
dc.subject | instrumentation: miscellaneous | |
dc.subject | asteroids | |
dc.subject | gamma rays: bursts | |
dc.subject | telescopes | |
dc.title | The Zadko Telescope: A Southern Hemisphere Telescope for Optical Transient Searches, Multi-Messenger Astronomy and Education | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 27 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 331 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 339 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1323-3580 | |
dcterms.source.title | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | |
curtin.department | Department of Physics and Astronomy | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |