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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.

It is planned to survey the entire accessible sky every night. It has a 2048x2048 sensor, and will observe in the J band (1.25um) infrared. 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.

See also

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

References

1. Australian, US astronomers combine to produce new infrared telescope Oct 2018
2. ^ Unveiling the Dynamic Infrared Sky with Gattini-IR Aug 2016

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