Evryscope

Evryscope

Evryscope

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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]

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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.

The Argus Array Pathfinder a technological successor with 38 camera will start operations in October 2022 at North Carolina with hopes of paving the way for definite Argus Array with a total of 900 cameras by 2025 which should replace the CCD technology with MOSFET detectors.[3][4]

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    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. Vol. 9145. pp. 91450Z. arXiv:1407.0026. Bibcode:2014SPIE.9145E..0ZL. doi:10.1117/12.2057031.
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    Law, Nicholas (2018-10-27). "Northern Evryscope deployed!". The Evryscope. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
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    "All-seeing telescope will snap exploding stars, may spy a hidden world". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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    "The Argus Array". The Argus Array & the Evryscopes. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
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