Astrophysical: Sky surveys

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    MASTER Follow-up Observations of LIGO GW170104 Event
    We present the results of MASTER Global Robotic Net optical observations of the LIGO GW170104 error-box during the LIGO/Virgo O2 run. We observed 3421 square...
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    MASTER Optical Observation of LIGO/VIRGO S200224ca Error-box
    We present the results of MASTER Global Robotic Net optical observations of LIGO/Virgo S200224ca error-box (O3 set). We observed 380 square degrees inside the...
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    MASTER Optical Observation of LIGO/VIRGO S200302c Event
    The results of LIGO/Virgo S200302c (O3) error-box optical inspection by MASTER are presented. We observed 4242 square degrees square degrees inside 3σ error box...
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    Optical Identifications of Galaxy Clusters Among Objects from the Second Planck Catalogue of Sunyaev-Zeldovich Sources
    We present the results of optical identifications and spectroscopic redshift measurements for galaxy clusters from the second Planck catalogue of Sunyaev...
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    Optical Identifications of High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters from the Planck Sunyaev-Zeldovich Survey
    We present the results of optical identifications and spectroscopic redshift measurements for galaxy clusters from the second Planck catalogue of Sunyaev...
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    Optical Transients Detected by MASTER during LIGO/VIRGO O2 Set Event
    We present MASTER observations from inspecting the large error-box associated with LIGO/Virgo G270590, and our observational strategy. MASTER observed 6292...
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    Optical Transients Found by MASTER during the Observation of LIGO/VIRGO S200219ac Gravitational-wave Event
    We present the results of MASTER Global Robotic Net optical observations of the region within the LIGO/Virgo S200219ac error-box, triggered during the O3 run...
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    Pan-STARRS Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Event S250818k and the Light Curve of SN2025ulz
    Kilonovae are the scientifically rich—but observationally elusive—optical transient phenomena associated with compact binary mergers. Only a handful of events...
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    Revised Parameter Estimates For The Most Metal-Poor Candidates In SDSS-I And SEGUE
    There are several hundred thousand R = 2000 stellar spectra reported in the final public release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-I) and the continuing...