The Planetary Society - Harvard Optical SETI Telescope

Check out the night sky over the OSETI Observatory!

SkyCam (as of 2009-06-26 00:27:09.958591)

On nights when we are observing, SkyCam, pointed to the south will display a 90 by 150 degree view of the sky above Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, MA. At other times, SkyCam displays the last image captured before the roof was closed, or just the underside of the 4-ton roof.
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Where is the telescope pointed now?

Where have we looked so far?

Since beginning observations in April 2006 the telescope has surveyed most of the observable sky at a maximum sensitivity of 100 photons per square meter. It is now conducting a second survey at a sensitivity five times greater -- 20 photons per square meter.

The light red stripes indicate areas that have already been observed once, at the preliminary lower sensitivity, and bright red stripes designate areas that have been observed more than once. Most of these regions were observed initially at the lower sensitivity, more recently at the higher one. As the new survey proceeds, a growing portion of the map will be marked with bright red.

The dark bands at the top and bottom are declinations that cannot be viewed by the telescope. The Milky Way is shown in blue. Click on the image to get the full size view.
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