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BOOTES-2

Map of Andalucia with BOOTES stations marked.

Bootes-2 is a robotic observatory in 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+ 1024×1024 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 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.

BOOTES-2 All Sky camera ASM2

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