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+====== BOOTES-2 ======
+{{ :obs:bootes-in-andalucia.jpg?320|Map of Andalucia with BOOTES stations marked.}}
+Bootes-2 is a robotic observatory in [[http://www.eelm.csic.es/|La Mayora]], Province of Málaga, Andalucía. It is in operation since 2002. The observatory hosts a single dome and a wide set of supportive devices.
+The main instrument of the observatory is a 60cm Rithchey-Chretien telescope with an EMCCD Andor iXon-889+ 1024x1024 pixels on-chip electron multiplying CCD. The other scientific instrument present on the site is an high resolution all-sky CCD camera, similar to the one installed at BOOTES-1.
+The observatory is located in the experimental farm 50km east of Málaga. The distance of 240 km separates it from its sister observatory [[obs:bootes 1|BOOTES-1]], allowing simultaneous observations distinguish nearby object via parallax up to the distance of 1 AU.
+Primary objective of the observatory is to provide simultaneous and follow-up optical observations of high-energy transient cosmic phenomena, such as Gamma-Ray bursts, Soft gamma repeaters, Supernova and similar. Using its wide-field capabilities, also fireballs entering the atmosphere are regularly detected. Further objective is a study of variable stars, active galaxies or nearby minor planets.
+===== All Sky camera ASM2 =====
+{{:obs:asm2-wiki.jpg?200 |BOOTES-2 All Sky camera ASM2}}
+{{ :obs:asm-bootes2-wiki.jpg?200|An image from the All Sky camera ASM2}}
+Since 2004, the observatory has been equipped with an high resolution all sky camera. In particular, this camera consists of a 4096x4096 front illuminated CCD chip and a modified 16mm fisheye lens (design is patented). The instrument is capable of recording the entire night sky once per minute with a spatial resolution of 2 arcmin/pixel. With an instrumental cycle of 40s exposure & 20s readout, the system reaches an unfiltered limiting magnitude of ~10-11.