MASTER (Mobile Astronomical System of Telescope-Robots) is a Russian network of automated telescopes in five Russian cities, and in South Africa, Argentina and the Canary Islands.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 August 2017, an autonomous MASTER telescope in Argentina successfully recorded a collision of neutron stars some 130 million light-years away.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of astronomical observatories
• List of astronomical societies
• Lists of telescopes

Notes

External links

• Official website

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