1996 Press Releases
- 10/21/96: Dedication of KAIT, Lick Observatory's New Robotic Supernova Seeking Telescope
- 8/29/96: Lick Observatory Celebrates James Lick's 200th Birthday
1996 Press Releases
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Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope, KAIT, recently completed and dedicated at Lick Observatory. This new telescope is programmed to search the sky robotically every night to find new supernovae. Left photo: UCB Professor Alex Filippenko, principle investigator for the KAIT, poses with the new telescope. Right photo: KAIT in action inside its dome, as dusk falls on Mt. Hamilton. UCO Press Release ArchivesHave a press release you'd like to see on these pages? Email it to webeditor@ucolick.org |