Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars

We report on the first observational phase of the Liverpool Quasar Lens Monitoring (LQLM) project. This mainly consisted of the optical follow-up of three lensed quasars using the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope. The observational subprogram started in January 2005 and was completed in July 2007. We...

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Main Authors: Luis J. Goicoechea, Vyacheslav N. Shalyapin, Aurora Ullán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/347935
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spelling doaj-ec826a39a5964ece9839ee06412fdd702020-11-24T22:06:28ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772010-01-01201010.1155/2010/347935347935Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed QuasarsLuis J. Goicoechea0Vyacheslav N. Shalyapin1Aurora Ullán2Departamento de Física Moderna, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. de Los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, SpainInstitute for Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 12 Proskura Street, Kharkov 61085, UkraineRobotic Telescopes Group, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Ctra de Ajalvir, km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, SpainWe report on the first observational phase of the Liverpool Quasar Lens Monitoring (LQLM) project. This mainly consisted of the optical follow-up of three lensed quasars using the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope. The observational subprogram started in January 2005 and was completed in July 2007. We also describe our photometric approaches (including two pipelines to extract accurate and reliable fluxes of images of lensed quasars), the performance of the telescope when taking modest nightly exposures of lens systems, and the main scientific results from the observed light curves. The LQLM archive and the current status of the project (second phase) are also outlined.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/347935
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author Luis J. Goicoechea
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Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
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title_short Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
title_full Robotic Monitoring of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars
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publishDate 2010-01-01
description We report on the first observational phase of the Liverpool Quasar Lens Monitoring (LQLM) project. This mainly consisted of the optical follow-up of three lensed quasars using the 2 m Liverpool Robotic Telescope. The observational subprogram started in January 2005 and was completed in July 2007. We also describe our photometric approaches (including two pipelines to extract accurate and reliable fluxes of images of lensed quasars), the performance of the telescope when taking modest nightly exposures of lens systems, and the main scientific results from the observed light curves. The LQLM archive and the current status of the project (second phase) are also outlined.
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