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GCN Circular 42346

Subject
GRB 251018A: MASTER OT detection
Date
2025-10-18T07:51:23Z (2 days ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov@xray.sai.msu.ru>
Via
email
 V. Lipunov, I.Panchenko, A.Kuznetsov, G.Antipov, P.Balanutsa, E.Gorbovskoy,
 K.Zhirkov,  N.Tiurina, A.Sankovich, Ya.Kechin,  Yu. Tselik, M.Shilova, A.Chasovnikov, V.Topolev,
 V.Senik, D.Vlasenko, V.Shumkov, K.Vetrov, P.Rudominskaya (Lomonosov MSU, SAI, Moscow),
 R.Podesta, C.Francile,  F. Podesta, E. Gonzalez (OAFA, San Juan  Uni.,Argentina);
 D.Buckley, (SAAO, South Africa)
 O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU, Irkutsk),
A.Sosnovskij (CrAO RAS),
 A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo  Observatory),
 A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity),
 V.M.Pillet, R.Rebolo Lopez (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain),
 L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino  Alvarez,J.Martinez,A.R.Corella,L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro  Astrophysic Observatory, Mexico)


 The MASTER-OAFA robotic telescope of  MASTER Global Robotic Net [1-4]
 started Fermi (GCN 42342) and Swift  GRB 251018A (Gupta et al. GCN 42343, Trigger time 2025-10-18 03:12:02UT)
105s after notice time (141s after trigger time) at 2025-10-18 03:14:24 UT (Lipunov et al. GCN 42344, cover map and OT https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3017251

There is MASTER OT J184810.01-370141.6,detected since first image (03:14:24) with m_OT=16.5 at 2025-10-18 03:16:46 (unfiltered, automatically calculated)
This OT was discovered by Swift-UVOT (Gupta et al. GCN 42343) and observed by TRT (S.Y.Fu et al. GCN 42345) at the same time.

Observation and reduction will be continued.


[1] Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L
[2] Lipunov et al. 2022, Universe, Vol. 8(5), id.271
[3] Lipunov et a. 2019, ARep, vol.63, 293
[4] Lipunov V., Kornilov V., Gorbovskoy E., Tiurina N., Kuznetsov A.
 2023,  Astronomical Robotic Networks and Operative Multichanel Astrophysics,Lomonosov MSU PRESS, 591pp.
http://www.pereplet.ru/lipunov/625.html#625


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