Results of optical follow-up observations of advanced LIGO triggers from O1 in the southern hemisphere.
ORAL
Abstract
We report on observations related to the follow-up of LIGO VIRGO collaboration triggers released to participating astronomers during the First Observation Run 1 (O1) from September 18, 2015 to January 12, 2016, performed by the TOROS collaboration. The Transient Optical Robotic Observatory of the South (TOROS) collaboration operated telescopes located in two different sites in Argentina: one at the Estaci\'{o}n Astrof\'{\i}sica Bosque Alegre in Cordoba, and the other one located in Cord\'{o}n Mac\'{o}n, Salta. In this communication we describe the main characteristics of the campaign sustained during O1 and the plans for continuing observation in the future.
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Authors
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Martin Beroiz
Univ of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
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Carlos Colazo
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Mario Diaz
Univ of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
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Mariano Dominguez
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Diego Garcia Lambas
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Sebastian Gurovich
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Marcelo Lares
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Lucas Macri
Texas A&M University
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Tania Penuela
Univ of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
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Horacio Rodriguez
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Bruno Sanchez
IATE, OAC, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba