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	The Pachmarhi telescope array stands at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located at an altitude of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).		The Pachmarhi telescope array stands at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located at an altitude of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).

	==History==		==History==
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	==Telescope==		==Telescope==
	The Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescope is set in an area 80 meter by 100 meter in 5x5 matrix. Each telescope consists of 7 parabolic mirrors each with a diameter of 90 cm. Each telescope is independently steerable on its equatorial mount. It uses the wavefront sampling technique to detect TeV gamma rays.<ref>Bhat P. N. et. ~~all~~, [http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/2176 "Pachmarhi array of Cerenkov telescopes"], Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India, BASI, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 455 - 457</ref>		The Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescope is set in an area 80 meter by 100 meter in 5x5 matrix. Each telescope consists of 7 parabolic mirrors each with a diameter of 90 cm. Each telescope is independently steerable on its equatorial mount. It uses the wavefront sampling technique to detect TeV gamma rays.<ref>Bhat P. N. et al., [http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/2176 "Pachmarhi array of Cerenkov telescopes"], Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India, BASI, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 455 - 457</ref>

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|altitude = 1,075 m (3,527 ft)
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|telescope1_name = High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory
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The '''Pachmarhi Telescope Array''' or '''Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (PACT)''' is an array of 24 telescopes for gamma-ray astronomy. It is located at [[Pachmarhi]] in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is operated by the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]].

==Location==
The Pachmarhi telescope array stands at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located at an altitude of 1,075 m (3,527 ft).

==History==
The array was established in 1986.<ref>PACT power point presentation - HEGRO official presentation</ref>

==Telescope==
The Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescope is set in an area 80 meter by 100 meter in 5x5 matrix. Each telescope consists of 7 parabolic mirrors each with a diameter of 90 cm. Each telescope is independently steerable on its equatorial mount. It uses the wavefront sampling technique to detect TeV gamma rays.<ref>Bhat P. N. et. all, [http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/2176 "Pachmarhi array of Cerenkov telescopes"], Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India, BASI, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 455 - 457</ref>

==See also==
* [[Lists of telescopes]]

==References==
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{{Telescopes and Observatories in India}}
{{Portal bar|India|Astronomy|Stars|Spaceflight|Outer space|Solar System|Education|Science}}
[[Category:Astronomical observatories in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Pachmarhi]]

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