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HindawiPublishingCorporation AdvancesinAstronomy Volume2010,ArticleID103986,5pages doi:10.1155/2010/103986 ReviewArticle BART:TheCzechAutonomousObservatory MartinNekola, 1 Ren′eHudec, MartinJel′?nek, 1 2PetrKuba′nek, 2,3 1 ˇ JanStrobl, 1 andCyrilPol′aˇsek 1 2 3 AstronomicalInstitute,TheAcademyofSciencesoftheCzechRepublic,Friˇcova298,CZ–25165Ondˇrejov,CzechRepublic InstitutodeAstrof′?sicadeAndaluc′?a(CSIC),CaminoBajodeHu′etor,50,18.008Granada,Spain LaboratoriodeProcesadodeIm′agenes,ParqueCient′??codelCampusdePaterna,InstitutosdeInvestigaci′on, UniversidaddeValencia,edi?cio3,planta3,Pol′?gonoIndustrialLaComa,s/n,46.980Paterna,Spain CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoMartinNekola,ford@asu.cas.cz Received30June2009;Revised30November2009;Accepted16January2010 AcademicEditor:AlbertoJ.Castro-Tirado Copyright?2010MartinNekolaetal.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense, whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited. TheHighEnergy AstrophysicsgroupofthestellardepartmentoftheAstronomicalInstituteinOndˇrejovoperatestwosmall aperture robotic telescopes called BART and D50. Both telescopes are capable of making automatic followup observation of gamma-rayburstopticalcounterparts.ThispaperdealswiththesmallertelescopeBART. 1.Introduction galactic nuclei (AGN), blazars, cataclysmic variable stars (CV),quasarsandtoGamma-RayBurst(GRB)follow-up. BART has been since the beginning designed as an autonomous robotic observatory. Thanks to the e?ort of our team lasting few years we achieved the required level ofautomation.ItisoperatedbyHighEnergyAstrophysics groupoftheStellardepartmentoftheAstronomicalInstitute in Ond?rejov. It is the ?rst autonomous observatory in the Institute and the ?rst observatory controlled by Remote TelescopeSystem(RTS)software[1–3]. Thespacetelescopesandorbitalobservatoriesworkingin sundryenergyrangesrepresentanimportanttoolofmodern astrophysics with m