The Construction and Operation of BOOTES-4 Yufeng Fan Lijiang Observatory, Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 Photo by P.K.
OUTLINE History of BOOTES-4 Site Preparation Installation Operation and Maintainence Scientific Results Problems Conclusion III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
BOOTES-4 Settled III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 BOOTEST4 at Lijiang Observatory (background photo on poster of Astrorob 2013)
BOOTES Global Network III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 RAON by China-VO BOOTES looking for new site
Lijiang Observatory New Site in Southern China 220 clear nights mostly in winter 2.4m, 1.8m AO telescope, TAT Engineer and Logistics Supports 40km from Lijiang III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 Coordinates Lat: 26°41'43"N Long: 100°01'47"E Elev: 3231m BOOTES-4 Low Level Office in Lijing town
Shipment From St.Petersburg Back to Spain Left 19 th September, 2011 from Algeciras(Spain) On board of "Marit Maersk" Importation and Tax-Free (Customs!) Arrival on 2 nd November, 2011 III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Arrival on 2 nd November, 2011 III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Site Preparation From July to October, 2011 Power supply Lightening protection Network Cutting down trees (Carefully) Foundation III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Installation Finished 2 nd Oct III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Installation Finished 2 nd Oct III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Commissioning III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 Mount Alignment Optical Alignment Software Commisioning A lot of “Brocken” Parts to be repaired
First Light and Opening Ceremony First Light on 21 st Feb Open Ceremony on 20 th March 2012 in Lijiang III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Operation Operation in Robotic way Monitoring by 2.4m telescope observer GRB Follow ups Data download via China-VO Data Center Maintaining III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Science Results BOOTES-4 GRB follow-ups (Oral talk by Guizy, Session V) AGN monitoring in long time scale Open to Chinese Astronomers in collaborate whit BOOTES III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013 GRBPublicationT-GRBDetectorMagnitude Comments A-2.03hSwift-- Telescope not focused yet A-2.88hSwift-- Telescope not focused yet A-20.85hSwift-- Through clouds. Around 10% (~30) of images detect any stars A-95sSwift>17.8 Fast pointing but off by 20 arcmins, corrected by 20:13UT A-7.3hSwift Only ~20 stars unfocused visible after reduction A-15.28hSwift-- Manual target (GRB detected in ground data) - one image with no XRT position and then 4 images after 12 more hours A-13.93hSwift-- only~20 stars visible after reducing and combining 23 images A-13.67hSwift> B-3.38hSwift> AGCN hSwift>16.3 high airmass B?GCN hFermi / Master>19,5 MASTER OT in Fermi errorbox A-10 hSwift>18 I, Z, clear-filter images AGCN Swift AGCN sSwift>19
Conclusion First “OPERATION” Astro-Physical RAO Importation and Installation in an efficient way Technical Benefits for China- RAO Hard Ware Software – RTS2 community in China Still Some Problems Tracking Probelm High Humidity in Summer High wind III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013
Thanks for your attention! III Astrorob Workshop, Málaga, 7 October 2013