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Zadko天文台

The Zadko Observatory

J. A. Moore, B. Gendre, D. M. Coward, H. Crisp, A. Klotz

摘要:

2008年6月,1.0米f/4的扎德科望远镜安装在西澳大利亚州金金郡的耶尔,位于珀斯以北约70公里处。自从扎德科望远镜投入使用以来,它已经通过探测到许多伽马射线暴余辉证明了自己的价值,其中两个余辉是澳大利亚望远镜拍摄到的最远的“光学瞬变”。其他项目包括与欧洲航天局(ESA)签订的合同,对潜在危险的近地小行星进行成像(2019年),监测附近恒星的空间天气(2019年),以及对土星卫星泰坦凌日进行测光(2018年)。另一个活跃的Zadko望远镜项目正在跟踪地球静止卫星,并试图使用测光法对各种空间碎片(失效卫星)进行分类。扎德科望远镜作为教育、培训和公共宣传的潜在工具的重要性不容低估,因为全球对天文学(和空间科学)作为科学教学背景的重要性的认识不断提高。这方面的一个例子是,2017年全国媒体报道了它对发现碰撞中子星的贡献,抓住了公众的想象力。在这篇文章中,我将重点介绍管理机器人天文台的实践方面,重点是天文台的可持续性和托管不同商业项目所涉及的技术管理。我将回顾天文台的演变,从早期的单一仪器状态到目前的多望远镜和多仪器能力。最后,我会概述天文台和该网站的未来。

英文摘要:

The 1.0 metre f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 approximately seventy kilometres north of Perth at Yeal, in the Shire of Gingin, Western Australia. Since the Zadko Telescope has been in operation it has proven its worth by detecting numerous Gamma Ray Burst afterglows, two of these being the most distant `optical transients' imaged by an Australian telescope. Other projects include a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to image potentially hazardous near Earth asteroids (2019), monitoring space weather on nearby stars (2019), and photometry of a transit of Saturn's moon Titan (2018). Another active Zadko Telescope project is tracking Geo-stationary satellites and attempting to use photometry to classify various space debris (defunct satellites). The Zadko Telescope's importance as a potential tool for education, training, and public outreach cannot be underestimated, as the global awareness of the importance of astronomy (and space science) as a context for teaching science continues to increase. An example of this was the national media coverage of its contribution to the discovery of colliding neutron stars in 2017, capturing the imagination of the public. In this proceeding, I will focus on the practical aspects of managing a robotic Observatory, focusing on the sustainability of the Observatory and the technical management involved in hosting different commercial projects. I will review the evolution of the Observatory, from its early, single instrument, state to its current multi-telescope and multi-instrument capabilities. I will finish by outlining the future of the Observatory and the site.

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