System Description and First Light Curves of the Hungarian Automated Telescope, an Autonomous Observatory for Variability Search
System Description and First Light Curves of the Hungarian Automated Telescope, an Autonomous Observatory for Variability Search
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匈牙利自动望远镜（用于变差搜索的自主天文台）的系统描述和第一张光曲线
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2002
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E. Green
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G. Bakos;J. Lázár;I. Papp;P. Sári;E. Green
匈牙利自动望远镜（HAT）的原型（HAT‐1）在基特峰运行了一年多，已被用于北方半球的全天变率搜索。这个小型自主天文台正在用一个长焦透镜和9° × 9°视场记录1C 106 -13等范围内恒星的亮度，产生每晚1006次光度测量的数据率。我们简要介绍了该系统的硬件和软件，由一台运行实时Linux操作系统的PC控制。我们提供了一个概述的网站特定的细节和量化的天体测量和测光能力的HAT。作为系统性能的演示，我们在一个选定的领域中给出了60个短周期变量的样本，所有明亮的，I<13等，其中只有14个是已知的。根据观测策略，寻找太阳系外行星凌日也是一个可行的观测计划。最后，我们对未来的方向进行了简短的讨论。更多的信息可以在HAT网页上找到。
Having been operational at Kitt Peak for more than a year, the prototype (HAT‐1) of the Hungarian Automated Telescope (HAT) has been used for an all‐sky variability search of the northern hemisphere. This small autonomous observatory is recording the brightness of stars in the range of IC ≈ 6–13 mag with a telephoto lens and its 9° × 9° field of view, yielding a data rate of ∼106 photometric measurements per night. We give brief hardware and software descriptions of the system, controlled by a single PC running RealTime Linux OS. We provide an overview of site‐specific details and quantify the astrometric and photometric capabilities of HAT. As a demonstration of system performance, we give a sample of 60 short‐period variables in a single selected field, all bright, with I<13 mag, where only 14 were known before. Depending on the observing strategy, a search for extrasolar planet transits is also a feasible observing program. We conclude with a short discussion on future directions. Further information can be found at the HAT Web page.