1. Watcher Robotic Telescope Follow-Ups of GRBs.
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Melady, G., French, J., Hanlon, L., McBreen, B., Foley, S., Ferrero, A., Felletti, R., McBreen, S., Kubánek, P., Jelínek, M., Meintjes, P., Hoffman, M., Calitz, J., and Smith, N.
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TELESCOPES , *ROBOTICS , *ARTIFICIAL satellites , *LIGHT curves - Abstract
Watcher is a 40 cm Classical Cassegrain robotic telescope located at Boyden Observatory, South Africa. In the period of operation from May 2006 to May 2008, 224 GRBs were detected by different gamma-ray satellites. Watcher responded to 141 of these; 106 within 1 day of the GRB, 27 within 1 hour and 6 within 1 minute. A summary of results to date are presented, including the detailed sampling of the prompt lightcurve of GRB 060526 and the detection of bright flares from the galactic transient SWIFT J195509+261406 (aka GRB 070610). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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