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2022AJ....164...90K - Astron. J., 164, 90 (2022/September-0)

India's First Robotic Eye for Time-domain Astrophysics: The GROWTH-India Telescope.

KUMAR H., BHALERAO V., ANUPAMA G.C., BARWAY S., BASU J., DESHMUKH K., DE K., DUTTA A., FREMLING C., IYER H., JASSANI A., JOHARLE S., KARAMBELKAR V., KHANDAGALE M., KRISHNA K.A., KULKARNI S., MATE S., PATIL A., PHANINDRA D., SAMANTARAY S., SHARMA K., SHARMA Y., SHENOY V., SINGH A., SRIVASTAVA S., SWAIN V., WARATKAR G., ANGCHUK D., DORJAY P., DORJAI T., GYALSON T., JORPHAIL S., MAHAY T.T., NORBU R., SHARMA T.K., STANZIN J., STANZIN T. and STANZIN U.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the design and performance of the GROWTH-India telescope, a 0.7 m robotic telescope dedicated to time-domain astronomy. The telescope is equipped with a 4k back-illuminated camera that gives a 0.°82 field of view and a sensitivity of mg' ∼ 20.5 in 5 minute exposures. Custom software handles observatory operations: attaining high on-sky observing efficiencies (≳80%) and allowing rapid response to targets of opportunity. The data processing pipelines are capable of performing point-spread function photometry as well as image subtraction for transient searches. We also present an overview of the GROWTH-India telescope's contributions to the studies of gamma-ray bursts, the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave sources, supernovae, novae, and solar system objects.

Abstract Copyright: © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Astronomical instrumentation - Astronomical detectors - Automated telescopes - CCD photometry - Optical observatories - Optical astronomy - Time domain astronomy

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