About the development of the first fly-eye telescope

Carmelo Arcidiacono; Lorenzo Cibin; Marco Chiarini; Piero Gregori; Demetrio Pitasi; Francesco Cerutti; Cristiano Simonelli; Roberto Ragazzoni

doi:10.1117/12.2562227

13 December 2020 About the development of the first fly-eye telescope

Carmelo Arcidiacono, Lorenzo Cibin, Marco Chiarini, Piero Gregori, Demetrio Pitasi, Francesco Cerutti, Cristiano Simonelli, Roberto Ragazzoni

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Proceedings Volume 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII; 114453B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562227
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The Near-Earth Object Survey TELescope- NEOSTEL telescope is based on the Fly-Eye design developed by OHB-Italia that it is also the prime contractor and the technical coordinator of a multinational consortium that develops and deploys its first unit. The Italian INAF institute supports OHB-Italia in the integration and testing phase of the NEOSTEL telescope within the NEOSTED (Near-Earth Object Survey TElescope Development) program. NEOSTEL is an optical telescope, 1-meter class primary mirror, that splits the image into 16 CCD cameras mounted on as many objectives (Secondary Optics Tubes-SOTs). Each channel optically works as a single unit of a multi-telescope, and it is equipped with a camera. The NEOSTEL CCD camera is under development within the ESA ASTROCAD program. The 1180mm entrance aperture and the performance of the ASTROCAD camera shall allow scanning two-thirds of the visible sky about three times per night, detecting NEOs down to apparent magnitudes 21.5. ESA, in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) identified the location for the installation of the first NEOSTEL prototype on top of the Mount Mufara on the Madonie Chain in Sicily.

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Carmelo Arcidiacono, Lorenzo Cibin, Marco Chiarini, Piero Gregori, Demetrio Pitasi, Francesco Cerutti, Cristiano Simonelli, and Roberto Ragazzoni "About the development of the first fly-eye telescope", Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII, 114453B (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562227

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