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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on June 17, 2010, 04:37

Title: Fully Functional Pan-STARRS is now Panning for Stars, Asteroids and Comets
Post by: sam on June 17, 2010, 04:37

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There's a new eye on the skies on the lookout for 'killer' asteroids and comets. The first Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System) telescope, PS1, is fully operational, ready to map large portions of the sky nightly, making it an efficient sleuth for not just potential incoming space rocks, but also supernovae and other variable objects

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/06/16/fully-functional-pan-starrs-is-now-panning-for-stars-asteroids-and-comets/


-- you should look at the article just to see the fantastic picture of that telescope above the clouds... why did I become a radio astronomer again!!

Title: Re: Fully Functional Pan-STARRS is now Panning for Stars, Asteroids and Comets
Post by: Clive on June 17, 2010, 08:24

OMFG!  I want one!   ;D