asteroid-wildcat
06-18-2010, 12:01 AM
This new hardware is going to find a lot of objects of interest.
"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. It will be sleuthing not just for 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/
Pan-STARRS site - What an amazing camera this thing has...
http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/public/home.html
"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. It will be sleuthing not just for 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/
Pan-STARRS site - What an amazing camera this thing has...
http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/public/home.html