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Gattini-IR is a survey telescope that observes in the near-infrared and started operation at the Palomar Observatory in late 2018.[1]

It is planned to survey the entire accessible sky every night.[2] It has a 2048x2048 sensor, and will observe in the J band (1.25um) infrared.[2] Each nights images will be sensitive down to magnitude (M_AB) 16.4, and by stacking a weeks images should be sensitive to M_AB 17.5.[2]

See also

• Infrared astronomy
  • Hubble WFC3, J-band near-IR
  • James Webb Space Telescope, near to far-IR
• List of telescope types

References

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