Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope at Whipple Observatory in Arizona (IMAGE)

Cherenkov Telescope Array

Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope at Whipple Observatory in Arizona

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On Jan. 17, 2019, a prototype telescope proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) was unveiled in a special inauguration event at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) in Amado, Ariz. A dual-mirrored Medium-Sized Telescope, the SCT is proposed to cover the middle of CTA's energy range (80 GeV - 50 TeV).

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Amy Oliver, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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