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FlyEye family tree, from Smart Fast Cameras to MezzoCielo

Roberto Ragazzoni1,Carmelo Arcidiacono1,Silvio Di Rosa1,Marco Dima1,Jacopo Farinato1,Demetrio Magrin1,Matteo Simioni1,Simone Zaggia1
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Document details

Publishing year2023 PublisherESA Space Debris Office Publishing typeConference Name of conference2nd NEO and Debris Detection Conference
Pagesn/a Volume
2
Issue
1
Editors
T. Flohrer, R. Moissl, F. Schmitz

Abstract

We developed game-changing concepts for meter(s) class very wide field telescopes, spanning three orders of magnitude of the covered field of view. Multiple cameras and monocentric systems: from the Smart Fast Cameras (with a quasi monocentric aperture), through the FlyEye, toward a MezzoCielo concept (both with a truly monocentric aperture). Mezzocielo (or "half of the sky") is the last developed concept for a new class of telescopes. Such a concept is based on a fully spherical optical surface filled with a low refractive index, and high transparency liquid surrounded by multiple identical cameras. MezzoCielo is capable to reach field of views in the range of ten to twenty thousand square degrees.

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