Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
- Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) is an automated telescope used in the search for supernovae.
The KAIT is a computer-controlled reflecting telescope with a 76 cm mirror and a CCD camera to take pictures. It is located at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California.
KAIT can take close to 100 images per hour and observe about 1000 galaxies a night. Starting with 20 supernova discoveries in 1998, KAIT discovered 40, 38, 68, 82, 95, 83, 82 and 84 (2006) supernovae in the following years.
External links
* [http://astron.berkeley.edu/~bait/kait.html KAIT Home page]
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