Evryscope hardware arrives

The Evryscope "mushroom" arrives at UNC Chapel Hill.
The Evryscope “mushroom” arrives at UNC Chapel Hill.

The Evryscope hardware is arriving at UNC Chapel Hill, and we are starting integration of the subsystems into the array. The next step will be full-up testing of the whole telescope.

AAS presentations from the Evryscope team

Octavi Fors (software lead) and Jeff Ratzloff (mechanical design).
Octavi Fors (software lead) and Jeff Ratzloff (mechanical design lead).

Tuesday talk & posters:

202.07. The Evryscope: the first full-sky gigapixel-scale telescope

Nicholas M. Law; Octavi Fors; Jeffrey Ratzloff; Philip J. Wulfken

258.06. Mechanical design for the Evryscope: a 10,000-sq-deg FoV, gigapixel-scale telescope

Jeff Ratzloff; Nicholas M. Law; Octavi Fors Aldrich; Philip J. Wulfken

258.07. Image Quality of the Evryscope: Method for On-Site Optical Alignment

Philip J. Wulfken; Nicholas M. Law; Octavi Fors Aldrich; Jeff Ratzloff

 

Wednesday talk & posters:

332.09. Targeted-mode pipeline for the Evryscope: 10,000-sq.deg. FoV gigapixel telescope

Octavi Fors Aldrich; Nicholas M. Law; Philip J. Wulfken; Jeffrey Ratzloff