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Current RTS2 sites

Telescopes

Name	Location	Mirror diameter	mag. limit*	Resolution	Detector	FOV	Filters	status
Argentina, South America
FRAM	Pierre-Auger Observatory	0.30m	R~17.5	1024×1024	FLI CM-8	15'	R	operational
		0.10m (WF)	R~14	1536×1024	FLI CM-8E	3,2°	uBVRI clear	operational
Chile, South America
CHASE	CTIO	0.5m	??	2048×2048	FLI Proline	??	UBVrigZ clear	commisioning
China, Asia
Bootes 4	YNAO	0.6m	??	1024×1024	Andor iXon	9'	rigZY clear	commisioning
Czech Republic, Europe
BART	ASU AV ČR, near Prague	0.25m	R~17.5	1024×1024	FLI CM-2	30'	UBVRI clear	operational
		0.10m (WF)	W<16.2	3072×2048	FLI IMG-6303E	2,6°	R?	operational
D50 on-line	ASU AV ČR, near Prague	0.50m	R<19.0	1024×1024	FLI IMG-4710	15'	UBVRI clear	operational
		0.10m (WF)	W<16.2	1536×1024	FLI CM-8	80'	R?	operational
65cm	ASU AV ČR, near Prague	0.65m	R<21.0	1024×1024	MI CCD G2/G3	15'	UBVRI	commissioning
Italy, Europe
OAVDA/APACHE	Saint Barthelmy, near Aosta/Mont Blanc	multiple	R ~ 18	multiple	multiple	x	multiple	commisioning
Mexico, North America
RATIR	RATIR 4-channel detector	1.5 UNAM/San Pedro Martir	R ~ 24?	multiple	multiple (IR + optical)	x	multiple	commisioning
South Africa, Africa
Watcher	near Bloemfontein, central RSA	0.40m	R~18.0	1024×1024	Apogee AP-6E	30'	UBVRI clear	operational
Spain, Europe
Bootes 1A	CEDEA, province of Huelva, Spain	0.14 m (WF)	W~17.0	4096×4096	Apogee AP-16E	5°	R?	operational
Bootes 1B	CEDEA, province of Huelva, Spain	0.30 m	W~18.0	512×512	Andor iXon 897	16'	UBVRI clear	operational
Bootes 2 on-line	EELM, province of Malaga, Spain	0.60m	R~19.5	1024×1024	Andor iXon+ 888	9'	UBVRI clear?	telescope failure
Bootes IR	OSN, Granada province, Spain	0.60m	R~19	1024×1024	BIRCAM/Hawaii	15'	?	dome failure
1.23m @ CAHA	CAHA, province of Almeria, Spain	1.23m	R~20.5	2048×2048	?	?	?	observing
Switzerland, Europe
Observatory Vermes	Vermes, 47:19:55 W 352:30:50	0.18m	V<15.1mag	4096×4096	FLI PL16803	1.6°	UBVRI clear	operational
AZ, USA, North America
FLWO	Whipple (Mt. Hopkins) Observatory	1.2m	R~21	2048×2048	KeplerCam	30'	Various	scheduling only
NY, USA, North America
University of Columbia	New York	~	~	~	~	~	~	secret project

* magnitude limit is set for a 60s exposure under moonless night in zenith. In bold are the values actually measured, otherwise these are estimates. W stands for White, for unfiltered CCD.

All sky cameras

Name	Location	CCD size	status
China, Asia
Bootes 4	Yunan province, China	Apogee 4k x 4k	operational
Spain, Europe
Bootes 1	Huelva province, Spain	Apogee 4k x 4k	operational
Bootes 2	Malaga province, Spain	Apogee 4k x 4k	operational
New Zealand, Australia and Oceania
Bootes 3	near Blenheim, north of the southern island	Apogee 4k x 4k	being built

Others

What	Where
USA, North America
LSST testing lab	BNL, Upton, Long Island, NY
France, Europe
LSST testing lab	LPNHE, Universite de Denis Diderot, Paris