Budget cuts in BeppoSAX operations: impact on GRB observations
Abstract
Due to budget cuts, BeppoSAX operations have been reduced by ASI as follows: as of April 4: - Mission Planners (previously available 24 hrs a day on call) will serve during office hours only (8 hrs a day Mon.-Fri.) - Duty Scientist at the Science Operation Center will not cover the night shifts as of April 15: - Scientific Instruments will not be operated during Saturday & Sunday nights As a consequence we estimate that: - THE NUMBER OF FAST GRB LOCALIZATIONS WILL BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF ~2. - THE NUMBER OF FAST GRB FOLLOW-UP (i.e. AFTERGLOW OBSERVATIONS) WILL BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF ~ 3 L. Piro BeppoSAX Mission Scientist
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- April 2000
- Bibcode:
- 2000GCN...634....1P