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Hungarian robotic telescopes

Tibor Hegedüs, Baja Astronomical Observatory, Hungary. Hungarian robotic telescopes. "NETWORK OF TELESCOPES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS REGION" 27th and 28th of September, 2010, PROKUPLJE, SERBIA. The first Hungarian robotic telescope. The basic concept: horse-shoe mounted

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Hungarian robotic telescopes

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  1. Tibor Hegedüs, Baja Astronomical Observatory, Hungary Hungarian robotic telescopes "NETWORK OF TELESCOPES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS REGION" 27th and 28th of September, 2010, PROKUPLJE, SERBIA

  2. The first Hungarian robotic telescope • The basic concept: horse-shoe mounted robotic telescope for Baja Observatory (SZANACAT meeting, 1999, Hegedüs) • first realisation: HAT (‘Hungarian Automated Telescope’ atop on Konkoly Observatory, 2000) Optics: Nikon 65/180 teleobjective lens; Detector: KAF 401E (512x768 9 m pixeles) • Project leader: Bakos, G. (astronomer) mechanical engineering and manufacturing: Sári, P. electronic engineering and manufacturing: Papp, I. software engineering: Lázár, J.

  3. Hungarian robotic telescopes – the first generation: HATNet • The basic concept: mapping the Northern bright variable stars (initiative originated by: Paczynski, B.) • by-product: exoplanetary eclipses! • first installations: Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) - 2003 8x8 deg 8x8 deg 8x8 deg 8x8 deg Canon f=110 mm f/1.8 teleobjective Apogee 2k x 2k CCD Engineering drawing of a HAT model The first 4 HAT (Kitt Peak, Arizona)

  4. Hungarian robotic telescopes – the first generation: HATNet • The control center: Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astro- physics (CfA) – project leader: Bakos, G. • result: discovery of 25 exoplanet system The discovery plot of HAT-P-1 b (host star: ADS 16402 A) - 2006 Engineering drawing of the HAT dome The confirmating plots of HAT-P-1 b Data processing supervisor: Dr. Kovács, G. (Konkoly Observatory) The next 2 HAT (Mauna Kea, Hawaii)

  5. Hungarian robotic telescopes – second generation: TopHAT & BART D= 25 cm Apogee Alta U16 (4k x 4k) TopHAT (Arizona)

  6. Hungarian robotic telescopes – second generation: TopHAT & BART Baja Astronomical Robotic Telescope (installed and first light: 2005) Optical system: D=50 cm f/6 (Russian) Detector: Apogee Alta U16 (4k x 4k 9 m) Corrected max. field of view: 1.5 degree (8 cm)

  7. Hungarian robotic telescopes – second generation: BART-1 HAT-P3b-20100410 • Astronomy with BART-1 • Time series of open clusters NGC • supernova search (BASSUS) • alert service (exoplanets) • minor planets, comets

  8. Hungarian robotic telescopes – subsystems of BART-1 All-sky night camera (optics: HP+soligor fish-eye foreground lens / CCD: ST7E) By-products: - meteor and fireball observations (student and amateur activity) - night clouds (their classification, motion – meteorological activity)

  9. Hungarian robotic telescopes – subsystems of BART-1 Sky background brightness measurements – Unihedron’s SQM-LE

  10. Hungarian robotic telescopes – a private project: BAT (in Baja) owner: Beringer, P. (mathematician, Budapest) Optics: D=35 cm f/10 (Celestron SC) Detector: Apogee 1k x 1k back-illuminated CCD • Astronomy with BAT • eclipsing binary minima timing • educational use (‘open sky’ actions) • public relation(demonstrations, testing new solutions, innovation) • alert service (exoplanets)

  11. Hungarian robotic telescopes – third generation: HAT South system Optics: D=180 mm f / 2.8 astrograph (Takahashi) Detector: Apogee Alta U16 (4k x 4k 9 m) – field of view: 4 degree

  12. Hungarian robotic telescoping expertspersonnel: Nuspl, J. – system in- tegration, dome control Bíró, I. B. – optical engineering, soft- ware: CCD and filter changers Jäger, Z. – webcameras, meteorological stations Papp, I. - electronics Kiss, Z. (partially); Lázár, J. - software Sári, P. - mechanics

  13. We are opened for cooperation Thank you for your attention!

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