MASTER-SAAO: last images and coordinates of PROGRESS M27M

ATel #7475; E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), D. Buckley (SAAO), V. Chazov, V. Kornilov, N. Tiurina, A. Kuznetsov, P. Balanutsa (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI), N. Budnev, O. Gress, K. Ivanov, S. Yazev, V. Poleschuk (Irkutsk State University), A. Tlatov, V. Senik, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station), Yu. Sergienko, V. Yurkov, A. Gabovich (Blagoveschensk State Educational University)
on 5 May 2015; 21:02 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)

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MASTER-SAAO auto-detection system detected Russian Space Ship Progress M27M on 2015-05-05 17:05:52.524 UT.

The position of MASTER-SAAO (K95 observatory) is the following:
LONG 20.810682
LAT -32.379369
Altitude 1760m

PROGRESS M27M astrometrical positions are the following

 
         Date,Time                       Ra           Dec             mag 
 
    2015-05-05.7124134722222222  84.8057334895609 37.4282150664347     9.4 
 
    2015-05-05.7124250462962963  84.9080081171341 37.3756685252052     7.5 
 
    2015-05-05.7133435763888889  95.8331960143204 31.3990586458172    12.3 

Photometry shows fast rotation.

The part of the detection image (5-s exposition) is available at http://www.pereplet.ru/lipunov/images/MASTER_SAAO_ProgresM27M.jpg

The video is available at http://www.pereplet.ru/lipunov/images/PROGRESS_MASTER.gif

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