The last born at La Silla: REM, The Rapid Eye Mount
Abstract
Cerro La Silla in June welcomed a new small telescope on its top: The Rapid Eye Mount (REM) Italian Telescope: a telescope which has been conceived and designed to immediately point and observe the Gamma-Ray Bursts detected by satellites. Its immediate data gathering capability and its accurate astrometry in the optical and in the near-infrared will also allow an early alert and pointing of the Very Large Telescope.
- Publication:
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The Messenger
- Pub Date:
- September 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003Msngr.113...40C