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{{Short description|Network of robotic telescopes}}

RoboNet-1.0 was a prototype global network of UK-built 2m robotic telescopes, the largest of their kind in the world,

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comprising the [[Liverpool Telescope]] on La Palma (Canary Islands), the [[Faulkes Telescope North]] on Maui (Hawaii),

'''RoboNet'''-1.0 was a prototype global network of UK-built 2-metre [[robotic telescope]]s, the largest of their kind in the world, comprising the [[Liverpool Telescope]] on La Palma (Canary Islands), the [[Faulkes Telescope North]] on Maui (Hawaii), and the [[Faulkes Telescope South]] in Australia, managed by a consortium of ten UK universities under the lead of [[Liverpool John Moores University]]. For the technological aims of integrating a global network to act effectively as a single instrument, and maximizing the scientific return by applying the newest developments in [[e-Science]], RoboNet adopted the intelligent-agent architecture devised and maintained by the [[eSTAR project]].

and the [[Faulkes Telescope South]] in Australia, managed by a consortium of 10 UK universities under the lead

of [[Liverpool John Moores University]]. For the technological aims of integrating a global network to act

effectively as a single instrument, and maximizing the scientifc return by applying the newest developments in [[e-Science]],

RoboNet adopted the intelligent-agent architecture devised and maintained by the [[eSTAR]] project.

With the flexible scheduling and short response time of robotic telescopes being ideal for [[time-___domain astronomy]], RoboNet-1.0 had two major science goals that critically depend on these requirements: the determination of origin and nature of [[gamma-ray bursts]], and the detection of cool [[extra-solar planets]] by means of [[gravitational microlensing]].

RoboNet-1.0 had two major science goals that critically depend on these requirements: the determination of origin and

nature of [[gamma-ray bursts]], and the detection of cool [[extra-solar planets]] by means of

[[gravitational microlensing]].

Apart from their science use, the telescopes forming the RoboNet-1.0 have also been made available for two educational programmes, the [[Faulkes Telescope Project]] and the [[National Schools Observatory|National Schools‘ Observatory]].

The RoboNet microlensing programme, led by the [[University of St Andrews]], engages in a common campaign with

the [[Probing Lensing Anomalies Network|PLANET]] collaboration since 2005.

The RoboNet microlensing programme, led by the [[University of St Andrews]], engages in a common campaign with the [[Probing Lensing Anomalies Network|PLANET]] collaboration since 2005.

With the official end of RoboNet-1.0 in October 2007, and the earlier acquisition of the two [[Faulkes Telescopes]] by

[[Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope|Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network]], the microlensing programme is carried on as RoboNet-II. From 2008, RoboNet-II will make use of the expert system for microlensing target selection

that is being provided by the [[Automated Robotic Terrestrial Exoplanet Microlensing Search (ARTEMiS)]].

RoboNet-II aims at obtaining a first census of cool terrestrial exoplanets and competes for the first detection of

an exoplanet of Earth mass or below.

With the official end of RoboNet-1.0 in October 2007, and the earlier acquisition of the two [[Faulkes Telescopes]] by [[Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope|Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network]], the microlensing programme is carried on as RoboNet-II. FromStarting in 2008, RoboNet-II willhas makebeen use ofusing the expert system for microlensing targetanomaly selectiondetection

that is being provided by the [[Automated Robotic Terrestrial Exoplanet Microlensing Search]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA: Artemis |url=https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/index.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=NASA}}</ref> (ARTEMiS). RoboNet-II aims at obtaining a first census of cool terrestrial [[exoplanet]]s.

==Research highlights==

RoboNet data have contributed to the detection of several [[extra-solar planets]] (in the order of announcement of their discovery)

* [[OGLE-2005-BLG-071L]]b

* [[OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb]] (the most Earth-like planet at the time of its discovery)

* [[OGLE-2005-BLG-169L]]b

* [[OGLE-2006-BLG-109L]]b and OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lc (a pair similar to Jupiter and Saturn in the [[Solar System]])

* OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb a cold Neptune-Mass planet{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

* [[MOA-2009-BLG-319L]]b a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf

* [[MOA-2009-BLG-387L]]b

* [[MOA-2009-BLG-266L]]b a cold, ~10 Earth Mass planet

==References==

*[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AN....330....4T ''AN , 330, 1, 4 (2009)'' - RoboNet-II: Follow-up observations of microlensing events with a robotic network of telescopes]

*[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009arXiv0901.0846H ''MNRAS, 396, 2087–2102 (2009)'' - A Metric and Optimisation Scheme for Microlens Planet Searches]

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[httphttps://wwwweb.astroarchive.livjmorg/web/20120220152936/http://robonet.aclcogt.uknet/RoboNet RoboNet homepage]

*[http://www.estar.org.uk eSTAR homepage]

*[http://www.artemis-uk.org ARTEMiS homepage]

*[http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk LJMU Astrophysics Research Institute]

*[http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/astronomy University of St Andrews Astronomy Group]

*[http://lcogt.net Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT)]

*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/science/space/realmedia/skyatnight_aug07?size=16x9&bgc=000000&nbram=1&bbram=1 ''The Sky at Night'' episode on RoboNet (August 2007)]

*[http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/moa/ Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics]

*[http://bootes.iaa.es/ Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System (BOOTES) Robotic Telescope Network]

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