Status of the verification partners

Status of the partners preparing for the Gaia Alerts verification

Information about the requirements

In order to become a member of the Gaia Follow-up Network for Transient Objects (Gaia-FUN-TO), especially to take part in the alerts verification, a potential partner must fullfil a number of requirements. The list of requirements is still to be fine-tuned, but they are:

1. react to an alert (or to a request with a target) and conduct its observations within 24h
2. reduce the photometric data and submit to the CPCS within 24h from the observation
3. flux calibrations better than 10% (0.1 mag)
4. perform at least 5 (TBC) tests before June 2013.

Partners in test

Loiano

• Contact person: Gisella Clementini (gisella.clementini oabo.inaf.it)
• Location: Loiano, Bologna, Italy

Swiss Euler

• Contact person: Laurent Eyer (laurent.eyer unige.ch)
• La Silla, Chile
• 1.2m

Belgian Mercatore

• Contact person: Laurent Eyer (laurent.eyer unige.ch)
• La Palma (Swiss time)
• 1.2m

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)
Bologna	Gisella Clementini (gisella.clementini oabo.inaf.it)	1.5m, Loiano, Italy
Padova	Gisella Clementini	1.82m reflector, Asiago, Italy
Catania	Gisella Clementini	robotic 80cm Ritchey-Cretien (APT2), Serra la Nave, Catania, Sicily
TNT Teramo	Anna Piersimoni (piersimoni oa-teramo.inaf.it)	72cm Ritchey-Cretien, Central 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