IV Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories
Subtitle: Torremolinos, Málaga. España, septiembre 28-octubre 2, 2015
By: editores de las memorias, M.D. Caballero-García, S.B. Pandey, D. Hiriart y A.J. Castro-Tirado
Series: Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofísica. Serie de conferencias -- volumen 48, diciembre 2016; Revista mexicana de astronomía y astrofísica -- v. 48
Publisher: Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ciudad de México, México
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Astronomical observatories; Automation; Congresses; Space robotics
Other titles: 4th Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories; Fourth Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories
Description: "Six years after the First Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories, the number of automatic astronomical facilities worldwide continues to grow, and the level of robotisation, autonomy, and networking is increasing as well, with further strong impact in many astrophysical fields, like the search for extra-solar planets, the monitoring of variable stars in our Galaxy, the study of active galactic nuclei, the detection and monitoring of supernovae, and the immediate follow-up of high-energy transients such as gamma-ray bursts. The manuscripts published in these Conference Series of the Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica are the fruit of the IV Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories held in Torremolinos, Málaga (Spain) on September 28 - October 2, 2015. The main focus of the workshop was to deal with the new and existing astronomical facilities whose goal is to observe a wide variety of astrophysical targets with no (or very little) human interaction. The workshop became an international forum for researchers to summarise the most recent developments and ideas in the field, with a special emphasis given to the technical and observational results obtained within the last two years."--Preface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abstracts in English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: New HW and SW development; title: Real-time and off-line analysis pipelines; title: Scientific results obtained at robotic observatories; title: Telescope and observatory control systems; title: Transient detection and classification; title: Wide-field imaging efforts; title: Space surveillance and tracking; title: Future strategies; title: Related issues.