Four Years of Realtime GRB Followup by BOOTES-1B (2005-2008)

TL;DR

This paper summarizes four years of GRB follow-up observations by BOOTES-1B, providing data on trigger rates, observation times, and case studies, enhancing understanding of GRB monitoring efficiency.

Contribution

It offers the first comprehensive summary of BOOTES-1B's GRB follow-up history and estimates of trigger rates and telescope time in Spain.

Findings

Average of 18 triggers per year for real-time follow-up.

Including near-term observations increases triggers to 22 per year.

Approximately 51 hours of telescope time are used annually for GRB follow-up.

Abstract

Four years of BOOTES-1B GRB follow-up history are summarised for the first time in the form of a table. The successfully followed events are described case by case. Further, the data are used to show the GRB trigger rate in Spain on a per-year basis, resulting in an estimate of 18 triggers and about 51 h of telescope time per year for real time triggers. These numbers grow to about 22 triggers and 77 h per year if we include also the GRBs observable within 2 hours after the trigger.