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Status of the BOOTES-IR Project at OSN for GRB near-IR follow-up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

R. Cunniffe ,
A.J. Castro-Tirado ,
M. Jelínek ,
J. Gorosabel ,
B. Moliné  and
F. García-Segura
R. Cunniffe
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
A.J. Castro-Tirado
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
M. Jelínek
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
J. Gorosabel
Affiliation:
Unidad Asociada Grupo Ciencia Planetarias UPV/EHU-IAA/CSIC, Departamento de Física Aplicada I, E.T.S. Ingeniería, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Alameda de Urquijo s/n, 48013 Bilbao, Spain Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Alameda de Urquijo 36-5, 48008 Bilbao, Spain
B. Moliné
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
F. García-Segura
Affiliation:
Ogíjares, Granada, Spain
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Abstract

Bootes-IR (Castro-Tiradoet al.2005) is a robotic observatory based around a 60 cm alt-az telescope(dubbed T60) that can slew rapidly while carrying heavy instrumentation at the Nasmythfoci. Initially commissioned with an optical camera, with which the optical afterglow toGRB 060707 (http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/5290.gcn3) was discovered, we haveconcentrated our efforts on the near-IR (0.8–2.5 μm) camera (BIRCAM) forwhich the telescope was specifically designed. The telescope is installed at theObservatorio de Sierra Nevada near Granada in Spain, at an altitude of 3000 m and in anarea of very low humidity. The telescope, dome, camera and liquid nitrogen generation andrefilling systems have all been recently brought back into operation, and routineobservations are expected to begin within the next few months.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 471 - 474
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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