Pan-STARRS, short for the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, is an astronomical survey based at the Haleakala Observatory on Maui in Hawaii and run by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. It uses wide-field telescopes with very large digital cameras to scan the whole visible sky repeatedly, looking for objects that move or change in brightness. Its main goals include detecting asteroids and comets that could threaten Earth, and it has found large numbers of near-Earth objects. In 2017 it discovered the first known interstellar object passing through the Solar System, which was named 'Oumuamua. Its huge catalogue of images and stars is used for research in many areas of astronomy.
Before and after
- 14 November 2005Construction of Taipei 101
- 19 November 2005Haditha massacre
- December 2005Discovery of HD 189733 b
- from 27 December 2005 to 15 April 2008Premiere of Ben 10
- 2006Founding of Pan-STARRS
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
- 2006Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- 2006Rise of Pirate Party
- 2006Event Horizon Telescope
More in Universe & space
- 4 October 1957Launch of Sputnik 1
- 22 October 1969Discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
- 14 September 1974Discovery of Leda
- 28 July 1989Discovery of Galatea
- 19 January 2006Launch of New Horizons
- 26 June 2012Discovery of Styx
The era
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