MAGIC

MAGIC

Teleskop MAGIC
Organisasi	MAGIC collaboration
Tempat	La Palma, Canary Islands
Wavelength regime	gamma rays
Completion date	2004
Webpage	http://wwwmagic.mppmu.mpg.de/ Diarsipkan 2008-09-06 di Wayback Machine.
Physical characteristics
Telescope style	reflector
Garis tengah	17 m
Collecting area	240m2
Panjang fokus	f/D 1.03
Mounting	metal structure
Dome	none

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) adalah sebuah teleskop yang terletak di Roque de los Muchachos Observatory di La Palma, Canary Islands. Dengan large mirrored dish bergaris tengah 17 meter dan luas permukaan 240 meter persegi, ia dapat mendeteksi sinar kosmik (lihat radiasi Cherenkov) dan dibuat untuk mendeteksi sinar gamma.

Mulai mengumpulkan data pada 2004, MAGIC adalah kelanjutan dari percobaan HEGRA.

Institusi yang bekerja sama

During foggy nights, the laser reference beams of MAGIC's active control can be seen

• Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, University of Barcelona
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
• University of California, Davis, USA
• Universidad Complutense, Madrid
• Division of Experimental Physics, University of Lodz
• Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, Munich
• Physics Department, Università di Padova and INFN sez. di Padova, Italy
• Space Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Afrika Selatan
• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Siena and INFN sez. di Pisa, Italy
• Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia
• Tuorla Observatory, Pikkiö, Finland
• Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Udine and INFN sez. di Trieste, Italy
• University of Würzburg
• Yerevan Physics Institute, Cosmic Ray Division, Jerewan
• Institute for Particle Physics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
• Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain

Pranala luar

• (Inggris) MAGIC Telescope webpage Diarsipkan 2008-09-06 di Wayback Machine.
• (Inggris) MAGIC webpage at La Palma