Next-generation facility · Under construction
Cherenkov Telescope Array
The next-generation ground-based observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays, an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes being built across two sites — one in the northern hemisphere on La Palma and one in the southern hemisphere in Chile — to catch the faint blue flashes that gamma rays make in the atmosphere. The largest such observatory ever built.
Highlights
- ›Two array sites, north and south, for all-sky gamma-ray coverage
Facilities, methods & instruments
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGamma-ray
- Associated withMulti-messenger astronomy
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).