MASTER explained
MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of Telescope-Robots[1]) is a International network of Russian fully robotic telescopes in five Russian sites, and in South Africa, Argentina,Mexica and the Canary Islands.
It is intended to react quickly to reports of transient astronomical events. It started its development in 2002 and it is in fully autonomous operations since 2011.
On 17 August 2017, an autonomous MASTER telescope in Argentina successfully recorded a collision of neutron stars some 130 million light-years away.[2]
Types of observed objects
Master is designed to search for optical transients and successfully discovers them. These include:
- GRB
- Supernovae
- Kilonova
- Novae
- Asteroids, including potentially dangerous ones
- Сataclysmic variables
- Optical orphan flares
- Comets
Main discoveries
- Independent discovery of kilonova on August 17, 2017
- Detection of optical polarization of gamma-ray bursts' prompt radiation[3]
- Observation of the brightest gamma-ray burst in history[4] *
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Notes and References
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