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The Astrophysics group makes use of a wide variety of instrumentation, from the telescope on the roof of the Hicks building to the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma.

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HiPERCAM mounted on the world's largest telescope, the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC

HiPERCAM

Quintuple-beam high-speed astronomical imager, currently installed on the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias, La Palma.

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ULTRACAM, a high-speed, three-channel CCD camera, currently installed on the 3.5m New Technology Telescope, Chile

ULTRACAM

High-speed, three-channel CCD camera, currently installed on the 3.5m New Technology Telescope, Chile.

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ULTRASPEC, a high-speed frame-transfer electron-multiplying CCD camera, currently installed on the 2.4m Thai National Telescope

ULTRASPEC

High-speed frame-transfer electron-multiplying CCD camera, currently installed on the 2.4m Thai National Telescope.

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Professors Vik Dhillon and Dave Petley with other attendees standing in the GOTO dome on La Palma.
Professors Vik Dhillon and Dave Petley with other attendees standing in the GOTO dome on La Palma. Image courtesy of Antonio González/IAC.

Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

Set of wide-field telescopes on a single mount to identify optical counterparts to gravitational wave events, at Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma.

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pt5m, a robotic 0.5m telescope on La Palma for atmospheric turbulence profiling and transient astronomy

pt5m

Robotic 0.5m telescope on La Palma for atmospheric turbulence profiling and transient astronomy.

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The 0.4m Meade LX200-ACF Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on the Hicks Observatory, Sheffield

Hicks Observatory

0.4m Meade LX200-ACF Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at the University of Sheffield.

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ROSA, a 0.25m Meade LX200-ACF telescope at the University of Sheffield

Robotic Observatory for Sheffield Astronomy (ROSA)

0.25m Meade LX200-ACF telescope at the University of Sheffield.

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