PROMPT and FOLLOW UP OBSERRVATIONS OF THE GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
by
MASTER
Mobile Astronomical System of the TElescope-Robots

SCINTIFIC GROUP

During about 30 years astrophysicists tried without any success to solve one of the most mysterious problems -- problem of nature of Gamma Ray Bursts. Dozens of space experiments, dozens of dozens of theoretical papers just were fogging the situation. Only recently, in spring 1997, it becomes clear that we deal with the most huge and powerful phenomenon in the Universe.

Professor Vladimir Lipunov

First observations of the GRB050824

Fig by MDM-teamGCN Circ 3907

Optical afterglow GRB030329 (first image in Europe - 5 h after GRB)

Our GCN Circ publications on optical observations of GRB:

  • 14 Jun 2010: GRB 100614A: MASTER-Kislovodsk alert observations
    26 sec after Notice time. There is no OT brighter 20.9 m.

  • 26 May 2010: GRB 100526A: MASTER-Blagoveshchensk alert observations
    26 sec after Notice time. There is no OT brighter 18.2 m.

  • 14 May 2010: GRB 100514A: MASTER-Ural alert observations
    25 sec after Notice time. There is no OT brighter 17.0 m.

    GRB 100418A (GCN 10633) - 21 sec after Notice time. We do not see OT brighter 14.5 mag in XRT error box.

    GRB 100413A (GCN 10582) - Two MASTER robotic telescopes (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, testing telescopes) located at Baykal-Tunka and Blagoveschensk was responted to the GRB 100413A (Swift Bat alert, Holland et al, GCN CIRC 10581) 32 sec after Notice time and 65 s after the GRB time. We do not see OT brighter 17.0 mag in XRT error box.

    INTEGRAL Alert n. 5995 (A0535+26 and LS V +44 17) (GCN 10576) - 16 sec after Notice time and 35 s after the GRB time and 36 sec after Notice time and 55 s after the GRB time.

    INTEGRAL Alert n. 5995 (A0535+26 and LS V +44 17) (GCN 10576) - 16 sec after Notice time and 35 s after the GRB time and 36 sec after Notice time and 55 s after the GRB time.

    INTEGRAL Alert n. 5995 (A0535+26 and LS V +44 17) (GCN 10575) - 25 sec after Notice time and 101 s after the GRB time.

    INTEGRAL Alert n. 5995 (A0535+26 and LS V +44 17) (GCN 10571) - 19 sec after Notice time and 1820 s after the GRB time.

    GRB 100319A (GCN 10527) - 64 sec after Notice time and 78 s after the GRB time. We do not see OT brighter 16.0 mag in XRT error box.

    GRB 100302A (GCN 10463) - 51 sec after Notice time. We do not see OT brighter 18.5 mag in XRT error box.

    GRB 100206A (GCN 10391) - Blagoveschensk was responted 73 sec after first Notice. The image limit from Very Wide Filed Camera ~11.5.

    GRB 100131A (GCN 10393) - Blagoveschensk was responted 76 sec after first Notice.The limit of the main telescope images is aboute 15 mag (unfiltered).

    GRB 100122A (GCN 10354) - Blagoveschensk was responted 30 sec after first Notice time. The limit of the main telescope images is aboute 17 mag (unfiltered).

    GRB 091130B (GCN 10216) - 40 sec after Notice time. We do not see OT brighter 15 mag in BAT error box.

    GRB 091130 (GCN 10213) - 23 sec after Notice. We do not see OT brighter 14 mag in BAT error box.

    GRB 091127 (GCN 10203) - MASTER early optical transient polarimetry We see bright OT! 9 sec after Notice time.

    GRB 091020 (GCN 10052) - MASTER optical transient polarimetry We see OT! We have 130 images with 180 sec synchronous exposition each and 19.5 magnitude limit during ~4 hours in two polarization.

    GRB 090820 (GCN 9830) - MASTER-Net optical polarization observations We took 1300 images with 5 sec exposition in different polarizations. Individual images have limiting magnitudes~11.

    GRB 090715B (GCN 9681) - Robot do not detect OT with limit 20

    GRB 090528B (GCN 9468) - MASTER-II Kourovka optical limit Robot do not detect OT with limit: R>19.0 V>18.1

    GRB 090424 (GCN 9065) | (GCN 9252)- Prompt optical observations of the GRB 090424 No optical emission brighter 10.0

    GRB 090328B (GCN 9065) - Prompt optical observations of the GRB 090320B No optical emission brighter 9.1

    GRB090320B (GCN 9038) - Prompt optical observations of the short GRB 090328B No optical emission brighter 11.0

    GRB090305B (GCN 9004) - Prompt optical limit of the short GRB.

    GRB081130B (GCN 8585 | GCN 8597) - Prompt optical limit

    GRB081102 (GCN 8516 | GCN 8471 | GCN 8464) - Prompt(!) optical limit,

    GRB 080822B(GCN8123)Optical limit 18.8

    GRB080205(GCN7261)

    GRB070223(GCN6131) The first image was starting 1 s after notice arrivel time and 491 s after and the GRB time.

    GRB070219(GCN6113) The first image was at 76 s after the GRB time.

    GRB061213 (GCN 5915 | GCN 5914 | GCN 5913) - 303 s after GRB time ,

    GRB061002(GCN5677) The first image was at 97 s after the GRB time.

    GRB060929(GCN5657) The first image was at 39 s after notice time and 42 s after the GRB time.

    GRB060929(GCN5657) The first image was at 39 s after notice time and 42 s after the GRB time.


    Discovery of Optical Flare in GRB060926

    GRB060926 (GCN 5901 | GCN 5632 | GCN 5619 | GCN 5613) - 76 s after GRB time (first image in Word), first minutes OT decay. Discovery of the optical flare.

    GRB060712(GCN5303) The first R image was at 2006-07-12 21:10:32 UT, 72 s after notice time and 212 s after the GRB time. The robot not find OT-candidate in error box brighter then 14.5 (s/n=3)

    GRB060502b(GCN5056) The first image was at 2006-05-02 17:25:50.11 UT, 69 s after the GRB time on the bright evening sky. The first images with more or less good limit was at 82 min after the GRB time at high air mass. The unfiltered image is calibrated relative to USNO A2.0 (0.8 R + 0.2 B). The robot not find OT-candidate in error box brighter then 16.0 (s/n=5) at Swift XRT position.

    GRB060427B(GCN5032) Triangulated short GRB. We start at 18.5 h after the GRB time.

    GRB060427(GCN5020) The first image was at 2006-04-27 18:18:07 UT, 09:13:33.47 after the GRB time The unfiltered image is calibrated relative to USNO A2.0 (0.8 R + 0.2 B). The robot not find OT-candidate in error box (V. Mangano et al. GCN5010) brighter then 17.5 (s/n=3).

    GRB060425(GCN5080 |GCN5056 | GCN5026 | GCN5008) New MASTER survey method

    GRB060319(GCN4892 | GCN4888) 88 s after notice time and 170 after the GRB time, The limit of sum of first 10 best images is about 19.5 (s/n=3).

    GRB060213(GCN4765 | GCN4767) IPN triangulation, our upper limit is 17.5m, 2days 7h 17min after GRB time.

    GRB060211.7(GCN4741) Upper limit is 14.5m, it's snowing, cloudy

    GRB060209A(GCN4718) upper limit is about 15.8m 235s after the GRB time

    GRB060124 (GCN 4572 ) - upper limit is about 14.4 m 96 min after the GRB time

    HETE Alert 4006 (GCN 4549 ) - MASTER promt optical limit time

    GRB06011A (GCN 4485 ) - Optical limit 16.0 130 s after the GRB time 130 s after the GRB time

    GRB051103 (GCN 4206 |GCN 4198 ) - 2 days 10:30:03.215 after the GRB time. OT limit and host galaxy candidates. Upper limit 18.5 m (first observation).

    GRB051028 (GCN 4182 |GCN 4173 | GCN 4171) - 2h 46m after GRB time upper limit (first observation).

    GRB050824 (GCN 3869 |GCN 3870 | GCN 3883) - 764 s after GRB time (first image in Word), discovery of the OT decay.

    GRB050410 (GCN 3221) >18.5 m > 5 h after Swift GRB trigger time

    GRB050126 (GCN 2988) >17m between 2.8h and 3.8h after Swift GRB trigger time

    GRB050408 (GCN 3188) > 14.7 1h 09m after GRB Time

    GRB050316 (GCN 3108) MASTER before, simultanious and follow up optical

    GRB050316 (GCN 3106) > 18.0 103 s after GRB time

    GRB050126 (GCN 2986) >15m at 2.8h after Swift GRB trigger time

    GRB05017 (GCN 2954) >19m at between 2h and 4h after Swift GRB trigger time (first Swift GRB with X-ray promt observation)

    GRB05017 (GCN 2953) >17m at 2h after Swift GRB trigger time (first Swift GRB with X-ray promt observation)

    GRB041016 (GCN 2816) At 12h 22m after HETE GRB trigger time We did not find new stars up to 17m.

    GRB041015 (GCN 2810) At 4h 15m after INTEGRAL GRB trigger time We can not find new stars with respect to DSS2 red images (R<21m)

    GRB041006 (GCN 2773) -At 4h 30m after HETE GRB trigger time

    GRB040929 (GCN 2755) -At 5h 10m after INTEGRAL alert 1991

    GRB040924 (GCN 2738) - OT decay. We conclude that OT proposed by Fox and Moon can be real optical emission from GRB040924.

    GRB040924 (GCN 2737) - MASTER Optical observations after 5.3 h.

    GRB040827 (GCN 2676) - possible OT at 5.9 h after INTEGRAL alert.

    GRB040825A (GCN 2660) - 16.8h after HETE alert.

    GRB040825B (GCN 2659) - 4-th sec After HETE alert.

    GRB040624 (GCN 2616) - optical observation after 0,48d.

    HETE Alert 3259 (SGR1806-20, GRB040528) (GCN 2608) - 10 min after trigger time.

    HETE Alert 3274 (SRG1806-20, 040529) (GCN 2605) - 58 s after trigger time.

    HETE Alert 3163, 3167 (040414) (GCN 2269) - 85 s after trigger time.

    GRB040308 (GCN 2262) - 48 h after trigger time. OT limit 21.2m . See jpg.

    GRB030913 (GCN 2394 | GCN 2385)

    GRB030601 (GCN 2262)

    GRB030418 (GCN 2158)

    GRB030416 (GCN 2154)

    GRB030414 (GCN 2157)


    Light curve of GRB030329

    GRB030329 (GCN 2091 |GCN 2035 | GCN 2002)

    GRB030328 (GCN 2103)

    GRB021219 (GCN 1770)

    Important References:

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