出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:We present a description of the automated system used by RoboNet to prioritise follow up observations
of microlensing events to search for planets. The system keeps an up-to-date record
of all public data from OGLE and MOA together with any existing RoboNet data and produces
new PSPL fits whenever new data arrives. It then uses these fits to predict the current or future
magnitudes of events, and selects those to observe which will maximise the probability of detecting
planets for a given telescope and observing time. The system drives the RoboNet telescopes
automatically based on these priorities, but it is also designed to be used interactively by human
observers. The prioritisation options, such as telescope/instrument parameters, observing conditions
and available time can all be controlled via a web-form, and the output target list can also
be customised and sorted to show the parameters that the user desires.