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24 December 2002 ARAGO: a robotic observatrory for the variable sky
Michel Boer, Agnes Acker, Jean-Luc Atteia, Gilles Buchholtz, Francois 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, Gerard R. Lemaitre, Alexandre Marcowith, Jean-Babtiste Marquette, Jean-Pierre Meunier, Robert Mochkovitch, Reynald Pain, Laurent Pares, Henri Pinna, Roger Pinna, Lionel Provost, Sylvie Roques, Jean Schneider, Jean-Pierre Sivan, Caroline Soubiran, Carole Thiebaut, Gerard Vauclair, Richard Verchere, Alfred Vidal-Madjar
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Proceedings Volume 4836, Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457013
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States
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We present the Advanced Robotic Agile Observatory (ARAGO), a project for a large variability survey of the sky, in the range 10-8Hz (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.
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Michel Boer, Agnes Acker, Jean-Luc Atteia, Gilles Buchholtz, Francois 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, Gerard R. Lemaitre, Alexandre Marcowith, Jean-Babtiste Marquette, Jean-Pierre Meunier, Robert Mochkovitch, Reynald Pain, Laurent Pares, Henri Pinna, Roger Pinna, Lionel Provost, Sylvie Roques, Jean Schneider, Jean-Pierre Sivan, Caroline Soubiran, Carole Thiebaut, Gerard Vauclair, Richard Verchere, and Alfred Vidal-Madjar "ARAGO: a robotic observatrory for the variable sky", Proc. SPIE 4836, Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries, (24 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457013
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