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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Volume 118, Issue 848, Pages 1396-1406Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/508366
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We have converted the Palomar 60 inch ( 1.52 m) telescope from a classic night- assistant- operated telescope to a fully robotic facility. The automated system, which has been operational since 2004 September, is designed for moderately fast (t less than or similar to 3 minutes) and sustained ( R less than or similar to 23 mag) observations of gamma- ray burst afterglows and other transient events. Routine queue- scheduled observations can be interrupted in response to electronic notification of transient events. An automated pipeline reduces data in real time, which is then stored on a searchable Web- based archive for ease of distribution. We describe here the design requirements, hardware and software upgrades, and lessons learned from roboticization. We present an overview of the current system performance as well as plans for future upgrades.
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