Content deleted Content added
added cats, see also section; changed basic explanation of projected |
mention that the Namibian site is co-located at HESS |
||
Line 1:
The '''Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment''' ('''ROTSE''') is an multi-telescope experiment designed to observe the optical afterglow of [[gamma-ray bursts]]. The experiment currently consists of four telescopes located in [[Australia]], [[Namibia]], [[Turkey]], and at the [[McDonald Observatory]] near [[Fort Davis]], [[Texas]].<ref name=ROTSE>{{cite web|title=ROTSE-III World Distribution|url=http://www.rotse.net/information/world/|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref>
The Namibian telescope is located at the [[High Energy Stereoscopic System]] site in the [[Gamsberg Nature Reserve|Gamsberg]] mountains south-west of the capital [[Windhoek]].<ref name=ROTSE/>
The ROTSE project is a collaboration of astrophysicists from the [[University of Michigan]], [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]], the [[University of New South Wales]] (Australia) and the [[Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics]] (Germany).<ref>{{cite web|title=Project Information|url=http://www.rotse.net/information/|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref>
| |||