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PRIME

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'''Overview'''
 
PRIME is a 1.8-m diameter wide field telescope with a near IR (to H-band) prime focus camera giving a 1.13° x 1.13° field of view. In addition there will be a fibre-fed high resolution spectrograph, SAND, which will cover 900-1200Å at R ~ 55000.
'''Specifications:'''
 
diameter = 1.8-m
f/ratio (prime) = f/2.3
'''Science Drivers:'''
 
microlensing detection in the Galactic bulge (50% time) to search for exoplanets
exoplanet transits
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