Goddard Robotic Telescope (GRT)
Since it is not possible to predict when a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) occurs, the follow-up ground telescopes must be distributed as uniform as possible all over the world in order to collect simultaneous data with the Swift detections. Based on the three-year operations of Swift, however, we noticed the distinct gap in follow-up coverage in the eastern U.S. region (Figure 1). This fact motivated us to construct a fully automated optical telescope here at GSFC.
Complete Metadata
| bureauCode |
[ "026:00" ] |
|---|---|
| identifier | NASA-0000239 |
| issued | 2018-06-25 |
| landingPage | https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/goddard-robotic-telescope-grt |
| programCode |
[ "026:014" ] |
| theme |
[ "Space Science" ] |
