Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope

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ground-based gamma-ray telescope imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope

The Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC) is a ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope system in the Canary Islands designed to detect very high-energy gamma rays from cosmic sources.

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Label	Occurrences
MAGIC telescopes	1
Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ground-based gamma-ray telescope ⓘ imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope ⓘ
collaborationType	international collaboration ⓘ
consistsOf	MAGIC-I NERFINISHED ⓘ MAGIC-II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
dataUsedFor	searches for dark matter signatures ⓘ study of cosmic particle accelerators ⓘ tests of fundamental physics ⓘ
detects	Cherenkov light from air showers ⓘ
energyRange	very high energy gamma rays above about 50 GeV ⓘ
fieldOfView	a few degrees ⓘ
hasAcronymMeaning	Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapability	fast repositioning for gamma-ray burst follow-up ⓘ
hostInstitutionSite	Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias site at Roque de los Muchachos ⓘ
locatedIn	Canary Islands ⓘ Roque de los Muchachos Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	La Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ
MAGIC-I_firstLight	2003 ⓘ
MAGIC-I_startOfOperations	around 2004 ⓘ
MAGIC-II_startOfOperations	around 2009 ⓘ
mirrorDiameter	17 m ⓘ
numberOfTelescopes	2 ⓘ
observatoryAltitude	about 2200 m ⓘ
observes	Galactic Center region NERFINISHED ⓘ active galactic nuclei ⓘ binary systems ⓘ gamma-ray bursts ⓘ pulsars ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ
operatedBy	MAGIC Collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalStatus	operational in the 21st century ⓘ
partOf	ground-based very high energy gamma-ray observatories ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	detection of very high-energy gamma rays ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	astroparticle physics ⓘ gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ
shortName	MAGIC NERFINISHED ⓘ
similarTo	H.E.S.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ VERITAS NERFINISHED ⓘ
telescopeType	single-dish Cherenkov telescope ⓘ
usesTechnique	imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique ⓘ

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Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System → relatedTo → Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope ⓘ

Roque de los Muchachos → hasTelescope → Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: MAGIC telescopes