PROMPT-3 Telescope
PROMPT, an acronym for Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes, was built by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. PROMPT consists of several telescopes.
For scientists: More details can be found on the science telescope page and the Skynet webpage.
PROMPT-3 Telescope
| Name(s) |
PROMPT-3 Telescope |
| Status |
Operational |
| Broad Science Goals |
- Rapid and simultaneous multiwavelength observations of gamma-ray burst afterglows
- Measuring redshifts by dropout, and early-time SFDs and extinction curves of sufficiently bright afterglows in detail.
- Platform for undergraduate and high school education throughout the State of North Carolina.
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| Site |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile |
| Location Coordinates |
30º 10’ 03.49’S
70º 48’ 18.85’W |
| Altitude |
2207 meters (7240 feet) |
| Enclosure |
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| Type |
Optical and Polarimetry Telescope |
| Optical Design |
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope |
| Field of View |
21.3 x 21.3 arcmins |
| Diameter: Primary M1 |
0.41 meters |
| Material: Primary M1 |
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| Diameter: Secondary M2 |
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| Material: Secondary M2 |
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| Mount |
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| First Light Date |
2005 |
| Adaptive Optics |
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| Images taken with the PROMPT-3 Telescope |
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| Images of the PROMPT-3 Telescope |
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| Videos of the PROMPT-3 Telescope |
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| Press Releases with the PROMPT-3 Telescope |
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