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| Name: HARSH KUMAR Affiliation: IIT Bombay Conference ID: ASI2019_456 Title : Growth-India: India's first robotic telescope Authors and Co-Authors : Author :- Harsh Kumar Co-Authors: Dr. Shubham Srivastav, Dr. Varun Bhalerao , Prof. G.C.Anupama Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : The GROWTH India robotic telescope is a 0.7m, wide-field, fully automated telescope set up at Hanle, Ladakh. As a part of the international GROWTH network (Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen), this telescope will address three key science goals: 1) The search and study of electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave sources, 2) The study of young supernovae, and 3) Follow-up of near-earth asteroids. The telescope achieved first light in June 2018, and steady progress has been made since on automation of the telescope. We present status updates and early science results from this telescope. |