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REM: A Fast Slewing Robotized Telescope to Catch Near-InfraRed Afterglow of GRBs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

L. A. Antonelli ,
F. M. Zerbi ,
G. Chincarini ,
G. Ghisellini ,
M. Rodonò ,
G. Cutispoto ,
P. Conconi ,
S. Covino ,
E. Molinari  and
G. Tosti
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L. A. Antonelli
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati, 33, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy. e-mail: [email protected]
F. M. Zerbi
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
G. Chincarini
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
G. Ghisellini
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
M. Rodonò
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
G. Cutispoto
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
P. Conconi
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
S. Covino
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
E. Molinari
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate, Italy
G. Tosti
Affiliation:
Universitá di Perugia, Piazza Università 1, 06100 Perugia, Italy
L. Nicastro
Affiliation:
IASF - CNR, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
E. Palazzi
Affiliation:
IASF - CNR, via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy

Abstract

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REM (Rapid Eye Mount) is a fully robotized fast slewing telescope equipped with a high throughput Near InfraRed (Z′, J, H, K′) camera (REMIR) and an optical slitless spectrograph (ROSS). A dedicated software for data reduction and software (AQuA) has been developed to extract scientific information from REM images without any human intervent. REM is installed in La Silla (Chile) and dedicated to detect and study the prompt optical/IR afterglow of Gamma Ray Bursts with the ambitious project of discovering objects at extremely high redshift. The synergy between REMIR camera and ROSS makes REM a powerful observing tool for any kind of fast transient phenomena.

Type
Part 10 Non-Photon Astrophysics and the Future
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 214: High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics , 2003 , pp. 387 - 390
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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