500 Photon Detectors (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

500 Photon Detectors

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Iowa State University astrophysicists designed and built four of these cameras for the VERITAS gamma ray telescope system. Each camera contains 500 tube-shaped photo detectors.

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Photo contributed by Frank Krennrich/Iowa State University

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