1. Caucasian Mountain Observatory SAI MSU
Ready to observe LIGO/Virgo public alerts
43°44'10" N, 42°40'03" E, 2112m a.s.l.
30 km south of Kislovodsk city
~ 80 km from intnl. A/p MinVody (MRV)
Kornilov V et al PASP 126, 482

2. 2,5-m alt-azimuthal telescope (SAGEM/REOSC, France)
D=2,5 m
Corrected FOV ~40’’, nm
80% of light concentration in ~0,3”
Cassegrain + 4 Nasmyth foci, 2-3 min switching time
Slewing speed 3 deg/s
ASTRONIRcam IR camera (1024х1024, micron) + low-resolution spectrograph (slit ”,R=1500); J, H, Ks, H2, Br Gamma, Kcont, CO, FeII, CH4 on, CH4 off, polarizer 0°, polarizer 90°.
Optical camera 4k х 4k CCD (UBVRI + SDSS, OIII, SII etc.)
Speckle-polarimeter + Andor iXon 897 (speckle interferometry, polarimetry, fast micron).
Forthcoming in 2018:
Two-channel low-res. spectrograph ( А, А, R ~ 2500, slit 186”)
60-cm RC automatic direct drive telescope
Potanin et al 2017
Ast Rep 61, 715