Mobile Astronomical System of TElescope-Robots
MASTER-OAFA Argentina
Started on 10 Feb 2012
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA) , Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas, de la Tierra y del Espacio (ICATE), National University of San Juan, Moscow Union "Optic",
Latitude = -31o 48'.135 N; Longitude = -69o 19'.586 E; Altitude = ~2430 m

MASTER Global Robotic Net

MASTER-OAFA telescope independently discovered GW170817 Kilonova MASTER OTJ130948.10-232253.3/SSS17a on August 17, 2017 and localized LIGO/Virgo gravitational-wave burst in a huge error box.
Main papers:
1) "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger" Abbott, B. P. et al. ApJL, 848, 2, L12, 2017.
2) "MASTER Optical Detection of the First LIGO/Virgo Neutron Star Binary Merger GW170817" Lipunov, V. M. et al. ApJL, 850 , 1, L1, 2017

2020 September 20 09:46:20 UTC

MASTER-OAFA PI: Prof.Vladimir Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU)

MASTER-OAFA Team: Dr. Ricardo Podesta, Dr. Carlos Lopez, Federico Podesta, Carlos Francile (OAFA), Dr. Hugo Levato, Carlos Saffe (ICATE)

Weather & Roof status Web-camera 1 Web-camera 2 
Sky   Dew   Amb        Status
-33.3 -9.7  3.6   Cloudy Calm Dry
Last socket data obtained:
Direct: 20.09.20 at 09:45:13 UTC
Reserv: 20.08.02 at 09:31:05 UTC
Sun Alt: -9 deg
Web-camera North Web-camera North
Last images
Last image (center 256x256)
(22h 07m 32.0s , -80d 05m 58s)
2020-09-20 09:46:17.S		Last image (center 256x256)
(22h 07m 32.0s , -80d 05m 58s)
2020-09-20 09:46:19.S

Database area (collaborators only)

SummProcessing * Single sets * Single images

MASTER, OAFA 2012