Evryscope
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| Part of | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Mount Laguna Observatory  |
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| Location(s) | United States of America, Chile |
| Coordinates | Cerro Tololo: 30°10′04″S 70°48′19″W / 30.167778°S 70.805278°W Mount Laguna: 32°50′33″N 116°25′41″W / 32.84250°N 116.42806°W |
| Telescope style | optical telescope |
The Evryscopes are a set of rapid-cadence, gigapixel-scale telescopes. Each instrument contains an array of up to 24 camera units, each consisting of a 6.1 cm (2.4 in) telescope (85 mm Rokinon DSLR lens) paired to a thermoelectrically cooled astronomical CCD. The camera units are arranged around a solid fiberglass structure to form a continuous field of view of 9216 sq. deg.[1]
The first instrument (Evryscope-South) was deployed in May 2015 to Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, where it is co-located with the PROMPT Telescopes.[1] The second instrument (Evryscope-North) was deployed in October 2018 to Mount Laguna Observatory.[2]
Evryscope-South is funded by NSF/ATI and NSF/CAREER and was designed and built at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] Evryscope-North is funded in collaboration with San Diego State University.
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References[]
- ^ a b c Law, Nicholas M; Fors, Octavi; Wulfken, Philip; Ratzloff, Jeffrey; Kavanaugh, Dustin (2014). "The Evryscope: the first full-sky gigapixel-scale telescope". Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V. Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V. 9145. pp. 91450Z. arXiv:1407.0026. Bibcode:2014SPIE.9145E..0ZL. doi:10.1117/12.2057031.
- ^ Law, Nicholas; deployed!, 2018 (2018-10-27). "Northern Evryscope deployed!". The Evryscope. Retrieved 2019-03-06.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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- Astronomical observatories in Chile
- Optical telescopes
- Buildings and structures in Coquimbo Region
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill