The Master Mobile Astronomical System. Optical Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts

The operating principles of the telescope-robot system MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of Telescopes-Robots, http://observ.pereplet.ru), designed to search for fast transient phenomena in the optical range, are described. The robot-telescope includes the following: a Richter-Slefogt telescope wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Astrophysics 2005-07, Vol.48 (3), p.389-399
Hauptverfasser:	Lipunov, V M, Kornilov, V G, Krylov, A V, Borisov, G V, Kuvshinov, D A, Belinski, A A, Gorbovskoy, E S, Antipov, G A, Tyurina, N V, Vitrischak, V M, Potanin, S A, Kuznetsov, M V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astrophysics Cameras Design and construction Gamma rays Technology application Telescope Telescopes
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Zusammenfassung:	The operating principles of the telescope-robot system MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of Telescopes-Robots, http://observ.pereplet.ru), designed to search for fast transient phenomena in the optical range, are described. The robot-telescope includes the following: a Richter-Slefogt telescope with D=355 mm, F/D=2.4, a Richter-Slefogt telescope with D=200 mm, F/D=2.4, a Flugge telescope with D=280 mm, F/D=2.5, a TV camera with a field of 20x40 degrees, and three CCD cameras. A German mount with a slew rate of 8 deg/s is used. MASTER obtains images down to 19m in a field of 6 square degrees in a 1.5 minute exposure. We present some observations of the optical afterglow of cosmic gamma-ray bursts. MASTER was the first system in Europe to record optical emission from GRB030329.
ISSN:	0571-7256 1573-8191
DOI:	10.1007/s10511-005-0038-z