This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Flyeye telescope. Illustration of the automated flyeye telescop
This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Flyeye telescope. Illustration of the automated flyeye telescope being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to locate asteroids and comets that might impact the Earth (near-Earth objects, NEOs). The telescopes would be used for nightly sky surveys as part of a network that would completely scan the sky. The telescope splits the image into 16 smaller subimages (similar to how a fly's eye works). Such telescopes provide a very large field of view, about 13 times the diameter of the Moon as seen from the Earth. A single 1-metre mirror passes light to a beam splitter with 16 facets, and then to 16 separate cameras. The telescopes are being constructed by a multinational consortium, and are expected to begin operating around 2019 to 2020. It is now known as NEOSTEL (Near Earth Object Survey TELescope). Image published in 2017.
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