🔭GRANDMA Telescopes

GRANDMA is a network of ground facilities dedicated to time domain astronomy. It will be operational during the electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational waves candidates during the next LIGO/Virgo observational campaign (O3).

To contact us, please send a message to sarah.antier@oca.eu.

It is composed of telescopes (mostly robotic) spread all over the world with photometric and spectrometric capabilities.

List of Telescopes

TelescopesLocationApertureFOVFiltermlim (single/stacked)Obs. Strategy
Photometry
SBO-SRO––––––
FRAM/AugerAuger Obs (Argentina)0.3m1.0′Clear, RI16/17Tiling, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
FRAM/CTA-NLa Palma (Spain)0.25m0.5′Clear, RI16/17Tiling, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
TAROT/TCRLa Reunion0.20m4′Clear, RI16/17Tiling, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
TAROT/TCACalerne Obs. (France)0.25m1.9′Clear, RI17/18Tiling, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
TAROT/TCHPalma Obs. (Chile)0.25m1.9′Clear, RI17/18Tiling, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
SVOM/GWAC-F30Xinglong Obs. (China)0.30m1′Clear, BRI16.5/17Galaxy Target, OT charac.
Abastumani-T48Abastumani Obs. (Georgia)0.48m20′Clear, UBVRI15/17Galaxy Target, OT charac.
OHP/IRiSOHP (France)0.5m24′Clear, ugriz18/19Galaxy Target, OT charac.
VIRTEtelman Obs. (USA)0.5m–Clear, ugriz18/19Galaxy Target, OT charac.
SHAO/T60Shao (Azerbaijan)0.6m28′Clear, UBVRI18/19OT charac. (any)
Makes-60Les Makes (La Reunion)0.6m23′Clear, gr18/19OT charac. (any)
UBAI-NTMaidanak (Uzbekistan)0.6m18′Clear, UBVRI18/19.5Galaxy Target, OT charac.
UBAI-STMaidanak (Uzbekistan)0.6m18′Clear, UBVRI18/19.5Galaxy Target, OT charac.
AZT-8Lisnyky Obs. (Ukraine)0.70m16′Clear, UBVRI18/19.5Galaxy Target, OT charac.
Abastumani-T70Abastumani Obs. (Georgia)0.70m30′Clear, UBVRI18/19.5Galaxy Target, OT charac.
TNTXinglong Obs. (China)0.8m11.2′Clear, BVRI18/19Galaxy Target, OT charac.
OAJ-T80Javalambre Obs. (Spain)0.8m2.0′griz18/19TOO, Tiling, OT charac.
SVOM/C-GFTChangchun (China)1.2m1.5′Clear19/20Galaxy Target, OT charac.
ZadkoAustralia1.00m23′Clear, gri20/22Galaxy Target, OT charac.
OHP-T120OHP (France)1.20m13.21′Clear, BVRI20/21OT charac. (any)
OSN-T120Sierra Nevada Obs. (Spain)1.5m13′Clear, BVRI20/21TOO, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
Xinglong-2.16Xinglong Obs. (China)2.16m9′–22OT charac. (any)
CAHA-2.2Calar Alto Obs. (Spain)2.2m12′–22TOO, OT charac.
GMG-2.4Lijiang Obs. (China)2.4m10′–22OT charac. (any)
CFHT-MegacamCFHT (Hawai’i)3.6m1.0′g, i, r, z23TOO, Galaxy Target, OT charac.
CFHT-WircamCFHT (Hawai’i)3.6m21.5′H, J22TOO, OT charac.
Spectroscopy
ShAO/T2mShamakhy Obs. (Azerbaijan)2.0m––17 in 1hOT charac. (any)
Xinglong-2.16Xinglong Obs. (China)2.16m9′BFOSC18.5 in 1hOT charac. (any)
CAHA-2.2Calar Alto Obs. (Spain)2.2m16′CAFOS19 in 1hTOO, OT charac.
GMG-2.4Lijiang Obs. (China)2.4m10′YFOSC19 in 1hOT charac. (any)