MASTER: The Mobile Astronomical System of Telescope-Robots

We present the first Russian robot‐telescope designed to make prompt observations of gamma‐ray bursts (http://observ.pereplet.ru). The telescopes are near Moscow. The system of telescopes with prompt pointing rates connects to the internet. The main parameters are the following: Richter‐Slefogt syst...

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Published in:Astronomische Nachrichten 2004-10, Vol.325 (6-8), p.580-582
Main Authors: Lipunov, V.M., Krylov, A. V., Kornilov, V. G., Borisov, G. V., Kuvshinov, D. A., Belinsky, A. A., Kuznetsov, M. V., Potanin, S. A., Antipov, G. A., Tyurina, N. V., Gorbovskoy, E. S., Chilingaryan, I.
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Language:English
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gamma-ray bursts
robotic telecopes
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Summary:We present the first Russian robot‐telescope designed to make prompt observations of gamma‐ray bursts (http://observ.pereplet.ru). The telescopes are near Moscow. The system of telescopes with prompt pointing rates connects to the internet. The main parameters are the following: Richter‐Slefogt system telescope (355 mm, f/d = 2.4); Richter‐Slefogt system telescope (200 mm, f/d = 2.4); Flugge system telescope (280 mm, f/d = 2.5); TV‐camera with 20 × 40 degree objective; two CCD cameras (Pictor 416); one CCD Apogee Camera AP16E. The type of mount is German with 8 grad/sec slew rate. MASTER images stars down to 19 magnitude in a 1 min exposure covering 6 square degrees. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
ISSN:0004-6337
1521-3994
DOI:10.1002/asna.200410284