![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to discovering millions of asteroids, some of which might pose a danger to Earth, PS1 will collect data to be analyzed by Hawaii astronomers and an international consortium. ![]() Once the telescope is operational, the PS1 survey will survey the whole sky every few days to find celestial objects that change or move. Each night PS1 will produce about 2000 gigabytes of data, most of which will be sent by optical fiber to be analyzed at the Maui High Performance Computing Center in Kihei. This camera will contain 1.4 billion pixels-about 300 times more than is found in a typical commercial digital camera. What will make PS1 unique is that it will be equipped with the world's largest digital camera, which is currently under construction at the UH Institute for Astronomy's Manoa headquarters. The telescope‘s mirror is only 71 inches in diameter, much smaller than the twin Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, whose mirrors are nearly 400 inches each. Institute for Astronomy Director Rolf Kudritzki described the dedication of PS1 as "a historic event, since Pan-STARRS is the most important University of Hawaii telescope project in 30 years." PS1 achieved "first light" in late June, when engineers obtained test images of a number of stars. The telescope is a prototype for the larger Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, or Pan-STARRS, telescope scheduled to start scanning the skies for "killer asteroids" in 2010. Scientists from several countries have been involved in the science definition phase of the DKIST.The University of Hawaii's newest telescope, called PS1, was dedicated on Friday, June 30, 2006, in a ceremony on the summit of Haleakala. University of Rochester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Colorado at Boulder’s Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy University of Chicago’s Department of Mathematics University of California San Diego’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Southwest Research Institute’s Instrumentation and Space Research Division Princeton University’s Plasma Physics Laboratory Montana State University’s Department of Physics Michigan State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observing the specific fingerprints of hundreds of atoms and ions throughout the solar surface and atmosphere will help us explain the dynamic nature of the Sun’s behavior.Ĭalifornia Institute of Technology’s Laboratories of Applied Physics, Bellan Plasma GroupĬalifornia State University at Northridge’s Department of Physics and Astronomy Not only do the world-class instruments and optical assembly allow spectacular imagery, but also have incredible spectroscopic capabilities. The Inouye Solar Telescope reveals features three times smaller than anything we can see on the Sun today, and does so multiple times a second. Focusing on small observing changes, the cutting-edge instrument suite gathers unprecedented images from the Sun’s surface to the lower solar atmosphere. The Inouye’s 4-meter mirror provides views of the solar atmosphere like we’ve never seen before. A combination of an off-axis design, to reduce scattered light, and cutting edge polarimetery produces the first ongoing measurements of the magnetic fields in the Sun’s corona. With a focus on understanding the Sun’s explosive behavior, observations of magnetic fields are at the forefront of this innovative telescope. It’s currently the largest solar telescope in the world. Inouye Solar Telescope is a four-meter solar telescope on the island of Maui, Hawai’i. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. ![]()
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