The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, or CTAO, is a multinational project to build a new generation of ground-based gamma-ray instruments in the...
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under construction nearby: the southern part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array gamma-ray telescope (not owned by ESO) will be sited in the grounds 10 km...
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E.S.S. and VERITAS with the next-generation gamma-ray telescope, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently under construction. HAWC and LHAASO are...
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IACT (redirect from Imaging air Cherenkov telescope)
Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes (MAGIC), First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT), and Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)...
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Neutrino detector (redirect from Neutrino telescope)
watch for the Cherenkov radiation emitted when an incoming neutrino creates an electron or muon in the water. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory was similar...
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The Cherenkov Array at Themis (CAT) was an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) for detection of very-high-energy gamma rays (~200 GeV to a few...
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of water-Cherenkov detectors and fluorescence telescopes, covering the area of 10,370 km2—3.3 times larger than Auger South. The observatory was named...
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de Canarias and Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory signed an agreement to host Cherenkov Telescope Array’s northern hemisphere array at the ORM. In...
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Astronomical interferometer (redirect from Telescope array)
interferometer or telescope array is a set of separate telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas that work together as a single telescope to provide...
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The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) was a neutrino telescope that was located beneath the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. In 2005...
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of the telescopes was moved to a new position, making the array symmetric and increasing its sensitivity. List of astronomical observatories Whipple...
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VERITAS (redirect from Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System)
(Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is a major ground-based gamma-ray observatory with an array of four 12 meter optical reflectors...
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Water Cherenkov High Energy Stereoscopic System High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector MAGIC (telescope) MARIACHI Pierre Auger Observatory Project...
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HEGRA (category Gamma-ray telescopes)
which stands for High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy, was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA...
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this sense, IceCube is more similar to Cherenkov telescopes like the Pierre Auger Observatory (an array of Cherenkov detecting tanks) than it is to other...
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short tons) of water. The pools will contain 12 telescopes to capture high-energy photons. Cherenkov radiation detectors are used. Research teams from...
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observatories such as transportable telescopes or instrument packages. For large observatories with numerous telescopes at a single location, only a single...
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Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment or High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (also known as HAWC) is a gamma-ray and cosmic ray observatory located on...
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contrast to the South Pole neutrino telescopes AMANDA and IceCube, ANTARES uses water instead of ice as its Cherenkov medium. As light in water is less...
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Gamma-ray astronomy (redirect from Gamma-ray telescope)
inaccessible regions. The ground-based Cherenkov Telescope Array project, a next-generation gamma ray observatory which will incorporate many of these improvements...
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A solar telescope or a solar observatory is a special-purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths...
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Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA), High Resolution Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detector, the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array Project that appeared...
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High Energy Stereoscopic System (redirect from HESS telescope)
Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays in the photon...
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Milagro (experiment) (category Telescope stubs)
ground-based water Cherenkov radiation telescope situated in the Jemez Mountains near Los Alamos, New Mexico at the Fenton Hill Observatory site. It was primarily...
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compete with dedicated EAS arrays. The first detection method in the second category is called the air Cherenkov telescope, designed to detect low-energy...
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airborne, ground-based, and underground-based. Many modern telescopes and observatories are located in space to observe astronomical objects in wavelengths...
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robotic telescopes at observatories observing cosmic ray (Pierre Auger Observatory, Cherenkov Telescope Array). Astronomy portal List of telescope types...
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KM3NeT (redirect from Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope)
Neutrino Telescope, or KM3NeT, is a European research infrastructure located at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. It hosts water Cherenkov neutrino...
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High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), and the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The SWGO...
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the CHARA array and the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer which may consist of up to 10 optical telescopes. If outrigger telescopes are built...
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