GRANDMA Project

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 robotics) spread all over the world with photometric and spectrometric capabilities.

Table: List of telescopes of the GRANDMA consortium

Telescopes Location Aperture FOV Filter mlim (single/stacked) Obs. Strategy
Photometry
SBO-SRO
FRAM/Auger Auger Obs (Argentina)/td> 0.3 1.0 Clear, RI 16/17 Tiling, Galaxy Target., OT charac.
FRAM/CTA-N La Palma (SP)/td> 0.25 0.5 Clear, RI 16/17 Tiling, Galaxy Target., OT charac.
TAROT/TCR La Reunion 0.20 4 Clear, RI 16/17 Tiling, Galaxy Target., OT charac.
TAROT/TCA Calerne Obs. (France) 0.25 1.9 Clear, RI 17/18 Tiling,Galaxy Target., OT charac.
TAROT/TCH Palma Obs. (Chile) 0.25 1.9 Clear, RI 17/18 Tiling,Galaxy Target., OT charac.
SVOM/GWAC-F30 Xinglong Obs.(China) 0.30 1 Clear, BRI 16.5/17 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
Abastumani-T48 Abastunami obs (Georgia) 0.48 20′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 15/17 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
OHP/IRiS OHP (France) 0.5 24′ Clear, u’,g’,r’,i’,z’ 18/19 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
VIRT Etelman obs (USA) 0.5 Clear, u’,g’,r’,i’,z’ 18/19 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
OPD
SHAO/T60 Shao (Azerbaidjan) 0.6 28′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 18/19 OT charac (any)
Makes-60 Les Makes (La Reunion) 0.6 23′ Clear, gr 18/19 OT charac (any)
UBAI-NT Maidanak (Uzbekistan) 0.6 18′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 18/19.5 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
UBAI-ST Maidanak (Uzbekistan) 0.6 18′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 18/19.5 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
AZT-8 Lisnyky obs (Ukraine) 0.70 16′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 18/19.5 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
Abastumani-T70 Abastunami obs (Georgia) 0.70 30′ Clear, U,B,V,R,I 18/19.5 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
TNT Xinglong obs (China) 0.8 11.2′ Clear,BVRI 18/19 galaxy targ, OT caract
OAJ-T80 Javalambre obs (Spain) 0.80 2.0 griz 18/19 TOO,tiling, OT caract
SVOM/C-GFT Changchun (China) 1.20 1.5 Clear 19/20 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
Zadko Australia 1.00 23′ Clear, gri 20/22 Galaxy Target., OT charac.
OHP-T120 OHP (France) 1.20 13.21′ Clear,BVRI 20/21 OT charac. (any)
OSN-T120 Sierra Nevada obs (Spain) 1.50 13′ Clear,BVRI 20/21 TOO,galaxy targ, OT caract
Xinglong-2.16 Xinglong Obs. (China) 2.16 9′ 22 OT charac. (any)
CAHA-2.2 Calar Alto Obs. (Spain) 2.2 12′ 22 TOO,OT caract
GMG-2.4 Lijiang Obs (China) 2.40 10′ 22 OT charac. (any)
CFHT-Megacam CFHT (Hawai) 3.6 1.0 g,i,r,z 23 TOO (prop), galaxy target,OT charac. (any)
CFHT-Wircam CFHT (Hawai) 3.6 21.5′ H,J 22 TOO (prop), OT charac. (any)
GMG-2.4 Lijiang Obs (China) 2.40 10′ 24 OT charac. (any)
Spectroscopy
ShAO/T2m Shamakhy Obs (Azerbaidjan) 2.0 17 in 1h OT charac. (any)
Xinglong-2.16 Xinglong Obs. (China) 2.16 9′ BFOSC 18.5 in 1h OT charac. (any)
CAHA-2.2 Calar Alto Obs. (Spain) 2.2 16′ CAFOS 19 in 1h TOO,OT caract
GMG-2.4 Lijiang Obs. (China) 2.40 10′ YFOSC 19 in 1h OT charac. (any)