We describe the data reduction pipeline and control system for the RoboPol project. The RoboPol project is monitoring the optical R-band magnitude and linear polarization of a large sample of active galactic nuclei that is dominated by blazars. The pipeline calibrates and reduces each exposure frame, producing a measurement of the magnitude and linear polarization of every source in the 13′×13′ field of view. The control system combines a dynamic scheduler, real-time data reduction, and telescope automation to allow high-efficiency unassisted observations.
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@article{arxiv.1310.7555,
title = {The RoboPol Pipeline and Control System},
author = {O. G. King and D. Blinov and A. N. Ramaprakash and I. Myserlis and E. Angelakis and M. Baloković and R. Feiler and L. Fuhrmann and T. Hovatta and P. Khodade and A. Kougentakis and N. Kylafis and A. Kus and E. Paleologou and G. Panopoulou and I. Papadakis and I. Papamastorakis and G. Paterakis and V. Pavlidou and B. Pazderska and E. Pazderski and T. J. Pearson and C. Rajarshi and A. C. S. Readhead and P. Reig and R. Rouneq and A. Steiakaki and K. Tassis and J. A. Zensus},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.7555},
year = {2015}
}