GRB Monitoring System
European groups were among the first involved in the hunts for optical and infrared counterparts of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The GRB Monitoring System (GMS) was approved in 1982, and its small Celestron telescopes installed in a small building down the hill from the ESO 3.6-metre telescope. The initiator of the project was Holger Pedersen from ESO.
Science goals
Gamma-Ray Burst optical follow-up
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GRB Monitoring System
| Name: | GRB Monitoring System |
| Site: | La Silla |
| Altitude: | 2375 m |
| Enclosure: | Sliding roof |
| Type: | Photometric telescope |
| Optical design: | Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector |
| Diameter. Primary M1: | 0.20 m |
| Material. Primary M1: | annealed Pyrex |
| Diameter. Secondary M2: | 0.07 m |
| Material. Secondary M2: | annealed Pyrex |
| Mount: | Equatorial fork mount |
| First Light date: | 1982 |
| Decommissioning date: | N/A |