论文标题
Zadko天文台
The Zadko Observatory
论文作者
论文摘要
1.0米F/4 Fast-Slew Zadko望远镜于2008年6月安装在珀斯以北约70公里处的西澳大利亚州夏尔郡的耶尔郡。由于Zadko望远镜一直在运行，因此通过检测大量的伽玛射线爆发余气证明了其价值，其中两个是澳大利亚望远镜成像的最遥远的“光学瞬变”。其他项目包括与欧洲航天局（ESA）的合同，以图像地球小行星附近的潜在危险（2019年），监视附近的恒星的空间天气（2019年），以及土星月亮泰坦（Moon Titan）过境的光度法（2018）。另一个活跃的Zadko望远镜项目是跟踪地理卫星，并试图使用光度法对各种空间碎屑进行分类（已已的卫星）。 Zadko望远镜作为教育，培训和公共宣传的潜在工具的重要性不可低估，因为全球对天文学（和太空科学）重要性作为教学科学的背景的认识不断增加。一个例子是全国媒体报道了其对2017年碰撞中子恒星发现的贡献，从而吸引了公众的想象。在此程序中，我将重点关注管理机器人天文台的实际方面，重点关注天文台的可持续性以及托管不同商业项目的技术管理。我将回顾天文台的演变，从其早期的单个仪器，状态到当前的多景观和多仪器功能。我将通过概述观测站和现场的未来结束。
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.
