Somangnet: Small telescope network of korea

Myungshin Im; Yonggi Kim; Chung Uk Lee; Hee Won Lee; Soojong Pak; Hyunjin Shim; Hyun Il Sung; Wonseok Kang; Taewoo Kim; Jeong Eun Heo; Tobias C. Hinse; Masateru Ishiguro; Gu Lim; Cuc T.K. Lý; Gregory S.H. Paek; Jinguk Seo; Joh Na Yoon; Jong Hak Woo; Hojae Ahn; Hojin Cho; Changsu Choi; Jimin Han; Sungyong Hwang; Tae Geun Ji; Seong Kook J. Lee; Sumin Lee; Sunwoo Lee; Changgon Kim; Dohoon Kim; Joonho Kim; Sophia Kim; Mankeun Jeong; Bomi Park; Insu Paek; Dohyeong Kim; Changbom Park

doi:10.5303/JKAS.2021.54.3.89

Somangnet: Small telescope network of korea

Myungshin Im, Yonggi Kim, Chung Uk Lee, Hee Won Lee, Soojong Pak, Hyunjin Shim, Hyun Il Sung, Wonseok Kang, Taewoo Kim, Jeong Eun Heo, Tobias C. Hinse, Masateru Ishiguro, Gu Lim, Cuc T.K. Lý, Gregory S.H. Paek, Jinguk Seo, Joh Na Yoon, Jong Hak Woo, Hojae Ahn, Hojin ChoChangsu Choi, Jimin Han, Sungyong Hwang, Tae Geun Ji, Seong Kook J. Lee, Sumin Lee, Sunwoo Lee, Changgon Kim, Dohoon Kim, Joonho Kim, Sophia Kim, Mankeun Jeong, Bomi Park, Insu Paek, Dohyeong Kim, Changbom Park

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Abstract

Even in an era where 8-meter class telescopes are common, small telescopes are considered very valuable research facilities since they are available for rapid follow-up or long term monitoring observations. To maximize the usefulness of small telescopes in Korea, we established the SomangNet, a network of 0.4–1.0 m class optical telescopes operated by Korean institutions, in 2020. Here, we give an overview of the project, describing the current participating telescopes, its scientific scope and operation mode, and the prospects for future activities. SomangNet currently includes 10 telescopes that are located in Australia, USA, and Chile as well as in Korea. The operation of many of these telescopes currently relies on operators, and we plan to upgrade them for remote or robotic operation. The latest SomangNet science projects include monitoring and follow-up observational studies of galaxies, supernovae, active galactic nuclei, symbiotic stars, solar system objects, neutrino/gravitational-wave sources, and exoplanets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-102
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society
Volume	54
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2021.54.3.89
State	Published - Jun 2021

Keywords

Instrumentation: photometers
Instrumentation: spectrographs
methods: observational
Surveys
Telescopes

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Im, M., Kim, Y., Lee, C. U., Lee, H. W., Pak, S., Shim, H., Sung, H. I., Kang, W., Kim, T., Heo, J. E., Hinse, T. C., Ishiguro, M., Lim, G., Lý, C. T. K., Paek, G. S. H., Seo, J., Yoon, J. N., Woo, J. H., Ahn, H., ... Park, C. (2021). Somangnet: Small telescope network of korea. Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society, 54(3), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2021.54.3.89

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