Mobile Astronomical System of TElescope-Robots
MASTER-SAAO (South Africa, Sutherland )
South African Astronomical Observatory
Latitude = -32o 22' 49" N; Longitude = 01h 23m 14.66s E (127o 28' 55" E); Altitude = 1760 m
MASTER-IIm, FOW=8 square degrees, twin D=400mm, F=1000 + MASTER VWF-2:Very Wide Field Cameras (FOVmax = 2*18*24 ~ 1000 square degrees, Time resolution up to 150 ms, 4 CCD 11 Mpix with limit magnitude 14m on 5 sec. exposure, and ~10.5m with 0.15 sec

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MASTER II

The Head of MASTER-SAAO is: Professor Vladimir Lipunov, SAAO collaborator is Dr.David Buckley .

2026 January 07 03:35:56 UTC

Weather & Roof status Web-camera 1 Web-camera 2 
Sky  Dew Amb Wind
-14 +10  +13  15.0
Last socket data obtained:
Direct: 26.01.07 at 03:35:15 UTC
Reserv: 26.01.07 at 03:35:34 UTC
Sun Alt: 0 deg
Robot is ON Head is ON
Mount is  (45 OK  STATUS=READY SLEWSTATUS=False TRACKINGSTATUS=False
) Planner is ON
STATUS=PARKED
host = 192.168.201.1 , port = 38381host = 192.168.200.1 , port = 38380
Cameras
id OK/Error Status Count
1 OK READY 0
2 Error unknown unknown


Web-camera South Web-camera North
Last image EAST Last image WEST
Last image (center 256x256)
(00h 00m 00.00s , +00d 00m 00.0s)
2023-11-27 09:12:06.S		Last image (center 256x256)
(00h 00m 00.00s , +00d 00m 00.0s)
2022-11-28 18:29:53.S
Last image WFC 1 Last image WFC 2
Last image (center 256x256)
(00h 00m 00.00s , +00d 00m 00.0s)
2026-01-07 03:30:31.S		Last image (center 256x256)
(00h 00m 00.00s , +00d 00m 00.0s)
2026-01-07 03:35:43.S

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