ARAGO: A robotic observatory for the variable sky

Michel Boër; Agnès Acker; Jean Luc Atteia; Gilles Buchholtz; François Colas; Magali Deleuil; Michel Dennefeld; Jean Michel Desert; Noel Dolez; J. Eysseric; Roger Ferlet; Marc Ferrari; Pierre Jean; Alain Klotz; Driss Kouach; Alain Lecavelier Des Etangs; Gérard Lemaître; Alexandre Marcowith; Jean Baptiste Marquette; Jean Pierre Meunier; Robert Mochkovitch; Raynald Pain; Laurent Pares; Henri Pinna; Roger Pinna; Lionel Provost; Sylvie Roques; Jean Schneider; Jean Pierre Sivan; Caroline Soubiran; Carole Thiébaut; Gérard Vauclair; Richard Verchère; Alfred Vidal-Madjar

doi:10.1117/12.457013

ARAGO: A robotic observatory for the variable sky

Michel Boër
, Agnès Acker
, Jean Luc Atteia
, Gilles Buchholtz
, François Colas
, Magali Deleuil
, Michel Dennefeld
, Jean Michel Desert
, Noel Dolez
, J. Eysseric
, Roger Ferlet
, Marc Ferrari
, Pierre Jean
, Alain Klotz
, Driss Kouach
, Alain Lecavelier Des Etangs
, Gérard Lemaître
, Alexandre Marcowith
, Jean Baptiste Marquette
, Jean Pierre Meunier

Robert Mochkovitch, Raynald Pain, Laurent Pares, Henri Pinna, Roger Pinna, Lionel Provost, Sylvie Roques, Jean Schneider, Jean Pierre Sivan, Caroline Soubiran, Carole Thiébaut, Gérard Vauclair, Richard Verchère, Alfred Vidal-Madjar

IRAP/CNRS
Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg
Division Technique
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
Inst. Univ. de Technologie de Tarbes
Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Abstract

We present the Advanced Robotic Agile Observatory (ARAGO), a project for a large variability survey of the sky, in the range 10^-8 Hz (year) to 1Hz. Among its scientific objectives are the detection of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, both on alert and serendipitously, orphan afterglows, extrasolar planets, AGNs, quasar microlensing, variable and flare stars, trans-neptunian asteroids, Earth-grazers, orbital debris, etc. A large Education and Public Outreach program will be an important part of the project. The telescope itself will be made of Silicon Carbide, allowing, among other advantages, a very light weight and agile capabilities. ARAGO will be fully autonomous, i.e. there will be no human intervention from the request to the data processing and result dissemination, nor to assist night or day operations. ARAGO will start routine observation by mid-2005.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-145
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4836
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457013
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: 27 Aug 2002 → 28 Aug 2002

Keywords

Gamma-rays : burst
Planets: extrasolar
Stars : variable
Telescopes: robotic
Wide-field astronomy

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Boër, M., Acker, A., Atteia, J. L., Buchholtz, G., Colas, F., Deleuil, M., Dennefeld, M., Desert, J. M., Dolez, N., Eysseric, J., Ferlet, R., Ferrari, M., Jean, P., Klotz, A., Kouach, D., Des Etangs, A. L., Lemaître, G., Marcowith, A., Marquette, J. B., ... Vidal-Madjar, A. (2002). ARAGO: A robotic observatory for the variable sky. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4836, 138-145. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457013

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