Robotic Monitoring of Stellar Gravitational Microlensing Events with the MONET Telescopes

• Applicant: Frederic Hessman, Ph.D.
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Term: from 2008 to 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 76777048

We propose to participate in international microlensing campaigns by following up already discovered microlensing targets with Göttingen’s 1.2-m MONET robotic telescopes in Texas and South Africa. The availability of considerable observing time on two proprietary telescopes separated in longitude by 125 degrees plus the capacity to automatically process, model and predict microlensing lightcurves in real time will enable us to be competitive in this active field of research.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Stefan Dreizler