Gattini-IR

Gattini-IR is a survey telescope that observes in the near-infrared and started operation at the Palomar Observatory in late 2018.[1]

It is planned to survey the entire accessible sky every night.[2] It has a 2048x2048 sensor, and will observe in the J band (1.25um) infrared.[2] Each nights images will be sensitive down to magnitude (MAB) 16.4, and by stacking a weeks images should be sensitive to MAB 17.5.[2]

See also

References
  1. Australian, US astronomers combine to produce new infrared telescope Oct 2018
  2. Unveiling the Dynamic Infrared Sky with Gattini-IR Aug 2016


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