The observatory is at a
dark site 12km from Woomera, a desert town...
Some Photos of the CANGAROO 3.8m Cherenkov telescope.
The observatory is at a
dark site 12km from Woomera, a desert town...
Now you can see the 3.8m dish in
an alt-azimuth mount...
An electronics hut is on the
right of the telescope. The 3.8m telescope is covered with a shed (left)
to protect sulight, wind etc. during daytime and moonlit period.
The 3.8m telescope on a alt-azimuth
mount is an ex-lunar-ranging telescope used in Dodaira observatory
of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Now the sky is
getting darker and we will soon start to prepare observation...
see more in TITech (Kakimoto Lab.) CANGAROO cite.
see more in TITech (Watanabe/Tanimori Lab.) CANGAROO cite.