Gaia Science Alerts Working Group - User contributions [en]

Follow-up

2010-03-25T10:11:35Z

Laszlo.szabados: list of telescopes available at the Konkoly Observatory

== Current and future instruments suitable for Gaia alerts response ==

'''The list here will contain surveys probable to be in operation from 2012 to 2017 suitable for following-up Gaia alerts. Please expand it with more surveys.'''

[http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~hessman/MONET/links.html Hessman's list] of (mainly robotic) telescopes (including ones in preparation).

* MASTER Robotic Net ([http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0827 Lipunov et al. 2009]) limiting mag= 19-20, started in 2002 in Moscow, Russia, followed-up many GCN alerts; now being upgraded to a network all over Russia (1000 clear nights per year).

* 3 telescopes operated at the Konkoly Observatory, Piszkesteto Mountain Station [http://www.konkoly.hu/staff/racz/piszkesteto.html] (Hungary): 50 cm Cassegrain, 60/90/180 cm Schmidt, 1m RCC.

*

*

Follow-up

2010-03-25T10:07:40Z

Laszlo.szabados: list of telescopes available at the Konkoly Observatory

== Current and future instruments suitable for Gaia alerts response ==

'''The list here will contain surveys probable to be in operation from 2012 to 2017 suitable for following-up Gaia alerts. Please expand it with more surveys.'''

[http://www.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~hessman/MONET/links.html Hessman's list] of (mainly robotic) telescopes (including ones in preparation).

* MASTER Robotic Net ([http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0827 Lipunov et al. 2009]) limiting mag= 19-20, started in 2002 in Moscow, Russia, followed-up many GCN alerts; now being upgraded to a network all over Russia (1000 clear nights per year).

* 3 telescopes operated at the Konkoly Observatory, Piszkesteto Mountain Station (Hungary): 50 cm Cassegrain, 60/90/180 cm Schmidt, 1m RCC.

*

*

Verification phase

2010-03-25T10:03:12Z

Laszlo.szabados: details of the available telescopes at the Konkoly Observatory

Main aim of the Verification Phase is to verify the robustness of the issued alerts and confirm them with the dedicated set of follow-up telescopes available for ''Target of Opportunity'' (ToO) mode. This should reveal all necessary adjustments to be done in the detection algorithm to assure the best and the most robust performance later on.

Verification Phase will last for 2-3 months and is planned to take place as early in the mission as possible, as soon as the alerting system is ready to perform.
Currently, it seems it will happen only after the first cycle (half a year, i.e. late 2012/early 2013), as the accumulated data ("baseline flux") will not be available before.

== Preliminary list of telescopes and people involved ==
{| border="1" style="width:85%;"
!Telescope/Observatory || Contact person (with email) || Details
|-
|Swiss Euler || Laurent Eyer (laurent.eyer@unige.ch) || 1.2m, La Silla, Chile
|-
|Belgian Mecatore || Laurent Eyer || 1.2m, La Palma (Swiss Time)
|-
|Loiano || Gisella Clementini (gisella.clementini@oabo.inaf.it) || 1.5m, Bologna, Italy
|-
|Konkoly || Laszlo Szabados (szabados@konkoly.hu) || 1m RCC, 60/90/180 cm Schmidt, 50 cm Cassegrain, Piszkesteto Mountain Station of the Konkoly Obs., Hungary
|-
|}