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BOOTES, the Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System, is located in Southern Spain and makes use of two sets of wide-field astrographic cameras, 240 km apart. These two stations taking simultaneous images will allow astronomers to distinguish near-Earth object

Near-Earth object

A Near-Earth object is a Solar System object whose orbit brings it into close proximity with the Earth.All NEOs have a perihelion < 1.3 Astronomical unit) ....
s, closer than 1 million ft, from more distant phenomena, thus ruling out satellite

Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
glints, head-on meteors, etc in order to study the short duration optical transient phenomena that occur in the Universe.

provides an automated real time observing response to the detection of Gamma Ray Bursts GRBs

Gamma ray burst

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Near-Earth object

Satellite

Gamma ray burst

Gamma-ray bursts are the most Luminosity Electromagnetism events occurring in the universe since the Big Bang. They are flashes of gamma rays emanating from seemingly random places in deep space at random times....
. Error box size depending, it uses wide ?eld cameras (WFC), ultra wide field cameras (UWFC) and narrow field cameras (NFC) attached to small robotic telescope

Telescope

A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century....
s or the telescopes themselves.

To study GRBs it is of the utmost importance to perform prompt optical follow up observations, to detect longer wavelength transient emission associated to them. BOOTES can perform such follow ups. Its scienti?c objectives include:

• Simultaneous and quasi simultaneous observations of GRB error boxes.

• Detection of optical ?ashes of cosmic origin.

• Sky monitoring in the I, R1 & V bands.

• Monitoring of different types of objects in search of recurrent transient optical emission.

• Discovery of comets, , asteroids, variable stars, nova

Nova

A nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the Accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star. Novae are not to be confused with Type Ia supernovae, or another form of stellar explosion first announced by Caltech in May 2007, Luminous Red Novae....
e and supernova

Supernova

A supernova is a Astronomy#Stellar astronomy explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months....
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BOOTES is part, within the framework of a Spanish-Czech collaboration, of a wide ongoing effort to prepare for the ESA’s satellite INTEGRAL. The project has been now performing rapid follow up observations of events detected by BATSE, BeppoSAX, RossiXTE and the IPN, for two years. Results include:

• Predetection images: they set up upper limits for any possible precursors.

• Simultaneous images: the first was achieved last 20 February 2001, although no counterpart was detected.

• Quasi simultaneous images: i.e. GRB 000313 as shown in the picture at the right.

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