The RoboPol pipeline and control system
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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Date
2014
Department
California Institute of Technology
St. Petersburg State University
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
University of Crete
St. Petersburg State University
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
University of Crete
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en
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12
1706-1717
1706-1717
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 442, issue 2
Abstract
We describe the data reduction pipeline and control system for the RoboPol project. The RoboPol project is monitoring the optical R-band magnitude and linear polarization of a large sample of active galactic nuclei that is dominated by blazars. The pipeline calibrates and reduces each exposure frame, producing a measurement of the magnitude and linear polarization of every source in the 13 arcmin × 13 arcmin field of view. The control system combines a dynamic scheduler, real-time data reduction, and telescope automation to allow high-efficiency unassisted observations.Description
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Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Galaxies: nuclei, Instrumentation: polarimeters, Polarization, Techniques: polarimetric
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King , O G , Blinov , D , Ramaprakash , A N , Myserlis , I , Angelakis , E , Baloković , M , Feiler , R , Fuhrmann , L , Hovatta , T , Khodade , P , Kougentakis , A , Kylafis , N , Kus , A , Modi , D , Paleologou , E , Panopoulou , G , Papadakis , I , Papamastorakis , I , Paterakis , G , Pavlidou , V , Pazderska , B , Pazderski , E , Pearson , T J , Rajarshi , C , Readhead , A C S , Reig , P , Steiakaki , A , Tassis , K & Zensus , J A 2014 , ' The RoboPol pipeline and control system ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 442 , no. 2 , pp. 1706-1717 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu176
