News 2003

20031229

• LOT 2004A 觀測時間 (PDF)
• Lulin GRB follow-up observation

20031207

• Dr. Daisuke's  short talk about Lulin 1-m telescope and AP8 CCD camera at the group meeting of Solar System Team at Mitaka, the headquarter of NAOJ. Here are viewgraphs http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/~daisuke/tmp/lulin/ .
• [NCU環工所]亞洲大氣污染物之長程傳輸與衝擊研究─子計畫二：大氣氣膠觀測研究。 
  每年三、四月份在東南亞地區會有明顯的生質燃燒情況，其燃燒所產生的微粒會藉由西南氣流傳送至台灣上空，為了確定是否真的為傳輸的結果，並非當地的影響，特地在非生質燃燒的季節，於鹿林山區進行背景值的採樣。 

20031206

• Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
2003-12-04 15:47:19 AP8 CCD+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm) Exptime= 120 sec (for B/V/R ea.)
Chih-Hao Hsia/IANCU

20031205

• GRB031203 : Optical Observation of Lulin Observatory

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  2470
SUBJECT: GRB031203 : Optical Observation of Lulin Observatory
DATE:    03/12/05 08:24:14 GMT
FROM:    Kuiyun Huang at IANCU  <d919003@astro.ncu.edu.tw>

GRB031203 : Optical Observation of Lulin Observatory

C.H. Hsia, H.C. Lin (NCU)
K.Y. Huang, Y. Urata, W.H. Ip, T. Tamagawa on behalf of Lulin the GRB 
team report:

 "We observed the location of the INTEGRAL GRB031203(Gotz et al. GCN2459) with 1.0m telescope at Lulin Observatory (Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taiwan) from 5 December 2003 18.6 UT to 19.6 UT. There are 6 images taken at I-band with exposure time 300 sec(1 frame)  and 600 sec(5 frames). 

Comparison with DSS2 I-band image, a new source was found at RA= 08h 02m 30.1s Dec= -39deg 51' 03.3"(J2000) in our combined image. It is in the error region of the S1 of XMM-Newton observation (M. Santos-Lleo and P. Calderon, GCN2464). There are no new object was observed at S2. 

Image with comparison DSS2 is posted at :
http://cosmic.riken.go.jp/urata/GRB/GRB031203/grb031203_chart.gif

Further analysis and observation are in progress."
This message may be cited

20031204

• CALL FOR OBSERVING PROPOSALS
  
  The Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT) calls for observing time requests in the 2004A period which runs from January 1 to June 30.  Note that this is different from what has been operational in 2003 for which proposals were accepted on 3-month basis.  In addition to the PI 1300B camera, a new CCD camera Apogee U42  is expected to be online for the new seasons.  Also a new set of Bessel BVRI filters and a high-quality H-alpha filter --- all with their transmission curves scanned already in the lab --- will be available.  
  
  The observing request form can be downloaded from the NCU/IA homepage ( http://www.astro.ncu.edu.tw ).  The deadline is December 15.  
  
  Wen Ping Chen 2003.12.04

20031120

• 中大天文所2004月曆 IANCU 2004 Calendar (PDF, 2MB)
• LOT參與 WEBT (WHOLE EARTH BLAZAR TELESCOPE ) Observing Campaign on S5 0716+714

20031116-18

• IANCU研一新生天文觀測訓練

20031025

• SNe 巡天試觀測：ACP3軟體自動導入目標(galaxies)，每幅曝光時間 60sec，252分鐘內拍攝117幅影像，平均 2 分鐘一幅。

20031014

• LOT觀測時間統計 Lulin Lot Obs. Time 20030114-20030920 (PDF)

20031013

• TAOS US 首席 Charles Alcock 到訪 Lulin

Charles Alcock, 陳文屏,  Hojaev Alisher S., 趙瑞青

20031009

• LOT 2003 IV Observing Schedule
• LOT 更換 CCD 為 AP8
• LOT filter 更換如下，

20030917

• Lulin weather statistic: Temperature 2003 , Wind Speed 2003 (by S.K.King/ASIAA)
• How moon looks like in LOT?
  1 , 2 (PI 1300B CCD+H-alpha 6563/45+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm)  Exptime=0.5sec, Photo by 陳錦威) 
  3 , 4 , 5  (2003-09-17 PI 1300B CCD+H-alpha 6563/45+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm)  Exptime=0.1sec, Unsharp Mask image processing, Photo by 胡瑞華)

20030911

• WET觀測後記 Taiwan Stays Dry in a WET Run  (2003.09.11 posted)

20030830

• LOT 2003 IV 觀測時間申請表 (pdf, Word)

20030829

• LOT參與WET全球望遠鏡聯測XCov23觀測計畫，拜天時地利人和，達成率 88%，是同時段(8/21~8/28)亞洲地區唯一成功完成觀測的天文台，觀測結果詳見  http://wet.iitap.iastate.edu/xcov23/datalog/index.html

20030822

• 火星大接近(中大新聞稿)

20030821

• LOT參加WET全球望遠鏡聯測 ( http://wet.iitap.iastate.edu/) XCov23觀測計畫( http://wet.iitap.iastate.edu/xcov23/index.html ) ，首日觀測告捷 ( http://wet.iitap.iastate.edu/xcov23/observ/index.html)，觀測結果 http://wet.iitap.iastate.edu/xcov23/datalog/lulin_Aug21.html

20030819

• 劉全生校長蒞臨鹿林天文台

No one wants to control : )    Photo by C.M. Kao

Happy family!     Photo by C.M. Kao

20030814

Mars
2003/8/14 03:27~03:28 
Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 (No UV/IR cut filter) + 2x Barlow lens+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm)  Registax V1.1.0 software processing 
Dr. Fu, AstroWu, Hsiao-Er Chuang (NTNU) /IANCU

20030812

• LOT直焦火星影像

Mars on 1m Cassegrain focus
PI 1300B CCD+H-alpha 6563/45+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm) Exptime=0.01sec 
Dr. Fu, AstroWu, Hsiao-Er Chuang ( NTNU) /IANCU

20030802

• GPS Time NTP Server= star.lulin.ncu.edu.tw 安裝完成。

20030726

PI 1300B CCD+LOT basic parameter by Astrometrica software,

Astrometry of Image 1 (20030712-014ha.fit) : 
255 of 270 Reference Stars used: dRA = 0.22", dDe = 0.28"
X = -1.240668029E-3 +2.499843103E-6*x +1.571693265E-7*y
Y = +1.618207445E-3 +1.556023321E-7*x -2.499159014E-6*y
Center Coordinates: RA = 18h 53m 36.20s, De = +33d02' 21.2"
Focal Length = 7986.0mm, Rotation = 3.56d
Pixel Size: 0.52" x 0.52", Field of View: 11.5' x 11.2' 

20030718

• LOT manual Online

20030714

• LOT Autoguider安裝完成，成功挑戰 2小時曝光。
  

Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146)
2003-07-14 17:04:56 PI 1300B CCD+H-alpha 6563/45+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm) Exptime=7,200sec
Ming-Hsin Chang/IANCU

M57 
2003-07-14 13:45:08 PI 1300B CCD+H-alpha 6563/45+LOT(D=1,000mm, f.l.=8,000mm) Exptime=3,600sec
Ming-Hsin Chang/IANCU

20030713

•  安裝調整 LOT Autoguider 。

20030629

• 鹿林一米望遠鏡 LOT 2003 III 觀測時間分配。

20030625

LOT 目前可用濾鏡如下，