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The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Multi-Telescope Robotic Observatory

M. J. Lehner, Chih-Yi Wen, J.-H. Wang, S. L. Marshall, Megan E. Schwamb, Z.-W. Zhang, Federica Bianco, J. Giammarco, R. Porrata, C. Alcock, T. S. Axelrod, Yong‐Ik Byun, W. P. Chen, K. H. Cook, Romeel Davé, S.‐K. King, T. Lee, H. C. Lin, Shiang‐Yu Wang, Imke de Pater

Year
2009
Citations
30
Access
Open access

Abstract

The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) operates four fully automatic telescopes to search for occultations of stars by Kuiper Belt Objects. It is a versatile facility that is also useful for the study of initial optical GRB afterglows. This paper provides a detailed description of the TAOS multi-telescope system, control software, and high-speed imaging.

Keywords

OccultationTelescopeObservatoryAstronomyPhysicsRemote sensingStarsSoftwareComputer scienceGeology

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