Our teams have made significant advances in commissioning of the DDRAGO instrument on the COLIBRÍ telescope. Although much remains to be done and there are important limitations, the telescope and instrument are already producing science-quality data. Our medium-term plan is to have the telescope and instrument fully commissioned and operational before the start of the …
The COLIBRI ground-based telescope unveiled its first images at its inauguration on September 7, 2024 at the San Pedro Mártir National Astronomical Observatory, Mexico. Designed as part of the SVOM space mission, the outstandingly fast telescope will be able to detect gamma-ray bursts, as well as other transient astronomical phenomena. The project is the result of …
On Saturday 22 June, SVOM was successfully launched from the Xichang base in China. The rocket left at exactly the right second (15h local time) and the satellite is now operating at nominal levels. https://www.colibri-obs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/VID_20240622_150024.mp4
COLIBRI has been specially developed for the SVOM mission, whose launch on June 22, 2024 is now imminent. https://www.colibri-obs.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024_06_SVOM_US.mp4