killer asteroids

Pan-Starrs - Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System - Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/public/

World's Largest Digital Camera to Watch for Killer Asteroids
PS1 is the first of several telescopes planned as part of the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, or Pan-STARRS.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/100622-science-space-digital-camera-asteroid-telescope/

世界最大のデジカメで小惑星接近を監視- ナショナルジオグラフィック http://www.nationalgeographic.co.jp/news/news_article.php?file_id=20100625003&expand&source=gnews
Largest digital camera hunts killer asteroids - Space.com- msnbc.com
"the telescope's 1,400-megapixel camera is a digital giant, with 1.4 billion pixels spread across 40 centimeters to snap photos of the night sky automatically, night after night, to find potentially dangerous asteroids. "
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37790781/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Asteroid hunters part-blinded by the military -New Scientist
THE first of the asteroid-hunting Pan-STARRS telescopes is now on the lookout for threatening near-Earth objects, but its vision is impaired due to the US military."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627662.800-asteroid-hunters-partblinded-by-the-military.html

Astronomers focus on revealing hidden mysteries of the universe
"Pan-STARRS telescope 1: The Pan-STARRS sky survey telescope in Hawaii. "
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100617075159.htm