We introduce the Lee Sang Gak Telescope (LSGT), a remotely operated, robotic 0.43-meter telescope. The telescope was installed at the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, in 2014 October, to secure regular and exclusive access to the dark sky and excellent atmospheric conditions in the southern hemisphere from the Seoul National University (SNU) campus. Here, we describe the LSGT system and its performance, present example images from early observations, and discuss a future plan to upgrade the system. The use of the telescope includes (i) long-term monitoring observations of nearby galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and supernovae; (ii) rapid follow-up observations of transients such as gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave sources; and (iii) observations for educational activities at SNU. Based on observations performed so far, we find that the telescope is capable of providing images to a depth of R=21.5 mag (point source detection) at 5-sigma with 15 min total integration time under good observing conditions.
Myungshin Im, Changsu Choi, Kihyun Kim
(Submitted on 12 Oct 2015)
Comments: 6 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, published in 2015 August issue of JKAS
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA); High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Journal reference: Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society (2015), 48, 207-212
DOI: 10.5303/JKAS.2015.48.4.207
Cite as: arXiv:1510.03161 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:1510.03161v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
Submission history
From: Myungshin Im
[v1] Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:00:13 GMT (2708kb,D)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03161