1. The Photometry Pipeline of the Watcher Robotic Telescope
- Author
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Riccardo Felletti, G. Melady, M. Hoffman, Martin Jelínek, J. French, Sheila McBreen, Pieter Meintjes, Alejandro Ferrero, B. McBreen, Lorraine Hanlon, J. J. Calitz, and Petr Kubánek
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Physics ,Article Subject ,lcsh:Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,lcsh:QB1-991 ,Photometry (astronomy) ,Robotic telescope ,Space and Planetary Science ,Limiting magnitude ,Variable star ,Blazar ,Remote sensing - Abstract
The Watcher robotic telescope was developed primarily to perform rapid optical follow-up observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Secondary scientific goals include blazar monitoring and variable star studies. An automated photometry pipeline to rapidly analyse data from Watcher has been implemented. Details of the procedures to get image zero-point, source instrumental measurement, and limiting magnitude are presented. Sources of uncertainty are assessed and the performance of the pipeline is tested by comparison with a number of catalogue sources. Copyright © 2010 A. Ferrero et al.
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- 2010