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A Spectrograph for Prompt Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with a 1-m Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Tetsuya Kawabata
Affiliation:
Bisei Astronomical Observatory, Ohkura 1723-70, Bisei, Oda, Okayama 714-1411, Japan
Kazuya Ayani
Affiliation:
Bisei Astronomical Observatory, Ohkura 1723-70, Bisei, Oda, Okayama 714-1411, Japan
Mitsugu Fujii
Affiliation:
Fujii Bisei Observatory, 4500 Kurosaki, Tamashima, Okayama 713-8126, Japan
Yuji Urata
Affiliation:
RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Nobuyuki Kawai
Affiliation:
RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Noboru Ebizuka
Affiliation:
RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Abstract

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We are developing a new slit-less spectrograph for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) at Bisei Astronomical Observatory. We can quickly point the 1-m telescope to the GRB coordinates provided by HETE-2 via the GRB Coordinates Network. The pointing is readjusted when the position is refined to 5” accuracy by the small optical telescope RIBOTS using the optical image of the GRB, and we then take an exposure immediately with the slit-less spectrograph.

Type
IV. Transient Events
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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