The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

Martin J. Dyer; Danny Steeghs; Duncan K. Galloway; Vik S. Dhillon; Paul O'Brien; Gavin Ramsay; Kanthanakorn Noysena; Enric Pallé; Rubina Kotak; Rene Breton; Laura Nuttall; Don Pollacco; Krzysztof Ulaczyk; Joseph Lyman; Kendall Ackley

doi:10.1117/12.2561008

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

Martin J. Dyer, Danny Steeghs, Duncan K. Galloway, Vik S. Dhillon, Paul O'Brien, Gavin Ramsay, Kanthanakorn Noysena, Enric Pallé, Rubina Kotak, Rene Breton, Laura Nuttall, Don Pollacco, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Joseph Lyman, Kendall Ackley

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The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. GOTO uses arrays of 40 cm unit telescopes (UTs) on a shared robotic mount, which scales to provide large fields of view in a cost-effective manner. A complete GOTO mount uses 8 unit telescopes to give an overall field of view of 40 square degrees, and can reach a depth of 20th magnitude in three minutes. The GOTO-4 prototype was inaugurated with 4 unit telescopes in 2017 on La Palma, and was upgraded to a full 8-telescope array in 2020. A second 8-UT mount will be installed on La Palma in early 2021, and another GOTO node with two more mount systems is planned for a southern site in Australia. When complete, each mount will be networked to form a robotic, dual-hemisphere observatory, which will survey the entire visible sky every few nights and enable rapid follow-up detections of transient sources.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio, Tomonori Usuda
Publisher	SPIE Press
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
Volume	11445
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636781
ISBN (Print)	9781510636774
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561008
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2020
Event	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020 - Online only, United States Duration: 14 Dec 2020 → 18 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Proc. SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Number	114457G
Volume	11445
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020
Country/Territory	United States
Period	14/12/20 → 18/12/20

Keywords

astro-ph.IM
gr-qc
RCUK
STFC
ST/T007184/1
ST/T003103/1
telescopes
gravitational waves
transient follow-up
sky surveys
multi-site observatories

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Martin J. Dyer et al, “The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)," in Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII, edited by Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio, Tomonori Usuda, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 11445 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561008.
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Dyer, M. J., Steeghs, D., Galloway, D. K., Dhillon, V. S., O'Brien, P., Ramsay, G., Noysena, K., Pallé, E., Kotak, R., Breton, R., Nuttall, L., Pollacco, D., Ulaczyk, K., Lyman, J., & Ackley, K. (2020). The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO). In H. K. Marshall, J. Spyromilio, & T. Usuda (Eds.), Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII (Vol. 11445, pp. 1-8). (Proc. SPIE; Vol. 11445, No. 114457G). SPIE Press. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561008

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The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO). / Dyer, Martin J.; Steeghs, Danny; Galloway, Duncan K. et al.
Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Jason Spyromilio; Tomonori Usuda. Vol. 11445 SPIE Press, 2020. p. 1-8 (Proc. SPIE; Vol. 11445, No. 114457G).

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