Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
Observatory |
Lick Observatory |
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Location(s) | Mount Hamilton, California, US |
Coordinates |
37°20′36″N 121°38′05″W / 37.343344°N 121.634822°WCoordinates: 37°20′36″N 121°38′05″W / 37.343344°N 121.634822°W |
Telescope style |
Optical telescope |
Diameter |
76 cm (2 ft 6 in) |
Website |
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Location of 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.
Discoveries[1]
Year | Supernovae | Novae | Dwarf Novae | Comets |
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1998 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
1999 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
2000 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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