REM: A fully robotic telescope for GRB observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5492, Issue PART 3, 2004, Pages 1613-1622

  Covino, Stefano ^a   Stefanon, Mauro ^a   Sciuto, Giorgio ^b   Fernandez Soto, Alberto ^c   Tosti, Gino ^b   Zerbi, Filippo ^a   Chincarini, Guido ^a   Antonelli, Lucio A ^d   Conconi, Paolo ^a   Cutispoto, Giuseppe ^e   Molinari, Emilio ^a   Nicastro, Luciano ^f   Rodonò, Marcello ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^f INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma Ray bursts; Python, c; REM; Robotic observations

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GAMMA RAYS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS; X RAYS;

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (GRB); PYTHON; REM; ROBOTIC OBSERVATIONS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 10444253937     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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