This is a short (10-min) full dome planetarium show which introduces the high energy universe that gamma-ray astronomy probes, and then describes the next generation telescope for the field – the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
This show was written and produced at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) during the lock down and is designed for the public. It has yet to be shown in our Dome,...
In a collaboration between astroparticle physicists, animation artists from the award-winning Science Communication Lab, and musician Carsten Nicolai (a.k.a. Alva Noto), two cosmic particle accelerators have been brought to life: the massive binary star Eta Carinae, and the exploding star, which resulted in the gamma-ray burst GRB190829A. For Eta Carinae, the computer-generated images are...
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the first ground-based gamma-ray observatory and the world’s largest and most sensitive instrument for the exploration of the high-energy Universe. Not only will it break new ground in our understanding of the Universe, it will be the first of its kind to be open to the world-wide astronomical and particle physics communities as a...