BOOTES-IR:
The IR-eye
for the 60 cm telescope
at Sierra Nevada
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado et al.
JENAM’ 04 Granada, 13/09/04
Outline
• The BOOTES-IR Collaboration
• What is BOOTES-IR?
• Science with BOOTES-IR
• Site
• Hardware
• Software
The BOOTES-IR Collaboration
BOOTES-IR co-proposers in Mar 2002:
A.J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC, PI),
T. J. Mateo Sanguino, M. A. Sánchez (IAA-CSIC),
J.Á. Berná (Universidad de Alicante),
P. García Teodoro, J.E. Díaz Verdejo, J.M. López Soler (Universidad de Granada),
F. Zerbi (Obsservatorio Astronomico di Brera, IT),
A. Claret, C. Cárdenas, J. Gorosabel, S. Martín (IAA-CSIC),
J.M. Trigo Rodríguez (Universidad Jaime I)
C. Sánchez-Fernández (INTA), J.M. Castro Cerón (ROA),
P. Conconi (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, IT),
F. Vitali (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, IT
J. Casares (IAC), J. Fabregat (Universidad de Valencia),
R. Hudec (Ondřejov Astron. Ústav, R.Ch.),
P. Páta (Czech Technical University, R.Ch.)
New Team members:
A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC) and S. Guziy (Univ. of Nikolaev, UA) since 2003
M. Jelínek (IAA-CSIC) and S. Castillo Carrión (IAA-CSIC) since 2004
Organización BOOTES-IR
PI: A. J. Castro-Tirado
PI Consultor: F. Zerbi (Brera)
Scientific Team
Main Science
(GRBs)
J. Gorosabel
Secondary
Science
A. Claret
Engineering Team
HW Coordinator
SW Coordinator
M. A. Sánchez
J.A. Berná (U. de Al.)
What is BOOTES-IR? (I)
What is BOOTES-IR? (I)
It is the extension of the BOOTES project towards IR wavelengths
Klose et al. (2004)
What is BOOTES-IR? (II)
• …thanks to a near-IR camera developed in the context of
the AYA 2002-0802 Programme, in order to be placed at
the 60 cm telescope at Observatorio de Sierra Nevada,
under a controled dome, in the context of the Project. The
robotic operation of all subsystems will allow to achieve
multifold scientific objectives that cannot be achieved with a
more conventional instrumentation.
Sierra Nevada is an excellent site for near-IR observing
thanks to the OSN height (2900 m) and the low H20
(vapour) content.
Science with BOOTES-IR (1)
Gamma-ray bursts are very brief flashes of high
energy photons (> 0.1 MeV) discovered in 1967
(Klebesadel, Strong & Olson 1973)
… occurring twice per day.
Science with BOOTES-IR (1)
Gamma-ray bursts are very brief flashes of high
energy photons (> 0.1 MeV) discovered in 1967
(Klebesadel, Strong & Olson 1973)
… occurring twice per day.(Kouveliotou et al. 1993
Science with BOOTES-IR (2)
GRBs outshine their parents galaxies…
2.2m ESO
Guziy et al. (2004), de Ugarte Postigo
et al. (2004)
Science with BOOTES-IR (2)
GRBs outshine their parents galaxies…
8.1m VLT
Guziy et al. (2004), de Ugarte Postigo
et al. (2004)
2.2m CAHA/BUSCA
Gorosabel et al. (2004)
Science with BOOTES-IR (3)
High Energy missions around the corner …
SWIFT
INTEGRAL
Launched in Oct 2.002
To be launched in Oct 2.004
Science with BOOTES-IR (3)
High Energy missions around the corner …
30% of detections at z > 5
5% of detections at z > 10
(Gorosabel et al. 2.004)
Science with BOOTES-IR (4)
Detection of the prompt IR flash …
(Castro-Tirado 2.002)
Science with BOOTES-IR (4)
Detection of the prompt IR flash …
(Zerbi et al. 2.002)
Science with BOOTES-IR (5)
Identification of the IR afterglow by the extreme colours
in a colour-colour diagrame…
Gorosabel et al. 2.001
Science with BOOTES-IR (6)
Study of the Universe at high-z …
´
(Gorosabel et al. 2.002)
Science with BOOTES-IR (7)
Stellar Physics: IR follow-up of black hole candidates
…
(Jain et al. 2.001)
Science with BOOTES-IR (8)
Extragalactic Astronomy: IR follow-up of blazars …
(Pursimo et al. 2.001)
BOOTES-IR site: the OSN
Sierra Nevada
BOOTES-IR site: the OSN
30m IRAM
OSN
BOOTES-IR site: the OSN
30m IRAM
OSN
BOOTES-IR Enclosure
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Built in Aug-Oct 2003.
Ago 2003
BOOTES-IR Enclosure
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Built in Aug-Oct 2003.
Oct 2003
BOOTES-IR Enclosure
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Built in Aug-Oct 2003.
Mar 2004
Hardware (1): the Telescope
The 0.6m f/8 Richtey-Chrétien telescope will be installed in
Oct 2004. The sleewing speed is 10º/s.
Hardware (2): the IR Camera
The IR camera in the context of the BOOTES-IR project
is based on:
*A 1024 x 1024 HgCdTe detector (0,9 - 2,5 µm range)
*A liquid Ni cooling system
*Filter set: JHKs + JH grism + 3 narrow-band filters
Hardware (3): The IR Camera
The BOOTES-IR camera will be placed at the Nasmyth
focal station of the 60 cm OSN telescope.
• High transmission optics.
• High
readout
controller.
speed
• 12’.7 x 12’.7 FOV with a
1024 x 1024 pix detector.
• Scale: 0,74 “/pix.
Hardware (4)
BOOTES-IR Sensitivity
T
exposure
J
J
H
H
K
K
(10σ) (5σ) (10σ) (5σ) (10σ) (5σ)
5s
15,5
16,3
14,3
15,1
13,1
13,9
30 s
16,4
17,2
15,2
16,0
14,1
14,8
600 s 17,3
18,0
16,3
17,1
15,4
16,1
BOOTES-IR Software
Based on a Multi-module system, under Linux OS
BOOTES-IR Schedule
1. 0.6m telescope installation at OSN:
2. BOOTES-IR camera installation:
Autumn 2004
Spring 2005
3. Comissioning Phase:
Summer 2005
4. Start of operations:
Autumn 2005
Additional information at …
http://www.iaa.csic.es/BOOTES-IR.html