Table 1.
Features of existing and future wide and narrow field telescopes.
| Telescope | # Apertures | Aperture | Field of view | # Pointings for | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (per telescope) | 100 deg2 | ||||
| (m) | (deg2) | ||||
| Wide field telescopes | |||||
| ASSASN-1 | 4 | 0.14 | 4.5 | 23 | 1 |
| ATLAS | 2 | 0.5 | 29 | 4 | 2 |
| DECam | 1 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| Evryscope | 27 | 0.061 | 8660 | N/A | 4 |
| GOTO | 4 | 0.4 | 5 | 20 | 5 |
| MASTER WFC | 16 | 0.082 | 24 | 5 | 6 |
| PANSTARRS-1 | 1 | 1.8 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
| BlackGEM (*) | 4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 38 | 8 |
| LSST (*) | 1 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 11 | 9 |
| ZTF | 1 | 1.2 | 47 | 3 | 10 |
| Narrow field telescopes | |||||
| BOOTES | 5 | 0.6 | 0.16 | 625 | 11 |
| Liverpool Telescope | 1 | 2 | 0.076 | 1315 | 12 |
| Watcher | 1 | 0.4 | 0.16 | 625 | 13 |
Notes. The number of pointings is calculated based on the coverage of a square 10 × 10 deg2 region with tiles that don’t overlap. (*)Denotes future telescopes.
References. (1) Kochanek et al. (2017); (2) Tonry et al. (2018); (3) DePoy et al. (2008); (4) Law et al. (2015); (5) Dyer et al. (2018); (6) Lipunov et al. (2017); (7) Denneau et al. (2013); (8) Bloemen et al. (2015); (9) Ivezić et al. (2019); (10) Bellm et al. (2018), Graham et al. (2019), Masci et al. (2018); (11) Castro-Tirado et al. (2012); (12) Steele (2004); (13) French et al. (2004).
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