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The MAGIC telescopes, located at Observatorio El Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Spain) are two Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes observing the Very High Energy (VHE) gamma rays. They are run by an international collaboration composed of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-31 Oscar Blanch , Julian Sitarek

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov telescope) is presently the largest ground-based gamma ray telescope. MAGIC has been taking data regularly since October 2004 at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ciro Bigongiari

MAGIC is a system of two 17-m diameter Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, located at an altitude of 2200 m in Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary island of La Palma, exploring the gamma-ray sky above a few tens of GeV and up to tens…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 S. Mangano

The MAGIC telescope with its 17m diameter mirror is today the largest operating single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). It is located on the Canary Island La Palma, at an altitude of 2200m above sea level, as part of the Roque…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Hendrik Bartko

The MAGIC telescope, with its 17-m diameter mirror, is currently the largest single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope. It is located on the Canary Island of La Palma, at an altitude of 2200 m above sea level, and is operating since 2004.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Barbara De Lotto

MAGIC is a single-dish Cherenkov telescope located on La Palma (Spain), hence with an optimal view on the Northern sky. Sensitive in the 30 GeV-30 TeV energy band, it is nowadays the only ground-based instrument being able to measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Javier Rico , Robert Wagner

With its diameter of 17m, the MAGIC telescope is the largest Cherenkov detector for gamma ray astrophysics. It is sensitive to photons above an energy of 30 GeV. MAGIC started operations in October 2003 and is currently taking data. This…

The MAGIC telescope with its 17m diameter mirror is today the largest operating single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). It is located on the Canary Island La Palma, at an altitude of 2200m above sea level, as part of the Roque…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 H. Bartko

The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) experiment is an array of two 17-meter telescopes located in the Canary Island of La Palma that observes the very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sky in stereoscopic mode since 2009.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Ulisses Barres de Almeida

The 17 m MAGIC Cherenkov telescope for gamma ray astronomy between 30 and 300 GeV started operations in its final configuration in October 2003 and is currently well into its calibration phase. Here I report on its present status and its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Cortina

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located on the canary island of La Palma. They provide the lowest energy threshold among existing instruments of the kind, reaching down to 50 GeV in standard trigger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 S. Klepser

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescopes are designed to measure Cherenkov light from air showers initiated by gamma rays in the energy regime…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-01 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksic , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , M. Barcelo , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra Gonzalez , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , M. Bitossi , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , R. Cecchi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , D. Corti , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , A. Dettlaff , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , D. Fidalgo , D. Fink , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. Garcia Lopez , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , G. Giavitto , N. Godinovic , A. Gonzalez Munoz , S. R. Gozzini , W. Haberer , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , J. M. Illa , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , M. L. Knoetig , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , J. L. Lemus , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. Lopez , R. Lopez-Coto , A. Lopez-Oramas , A. Lorca , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , M. Negrello , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribo , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rugamer , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , J. Schlammer , S. Schmidl , T. Schweizer , A. Sillanpaa , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , L. A. Tejedor , P. Temnikov , T. Terzic , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , P. Vogler , H. Wetteskind , M. Will , R. Zanin

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. With 17m diameter mirror dishes and ultra-fast electronics, they provide an energy threshold as low as 50 GeV for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Daniel Mazin , Diego Tescaro , Markus Garczarczyk , Gianluca Giavitto , Julian Sitarek

MAGIC is a single-dish Cherenkov telescope located on La Palma (Spain), hence with an optimal view on the Northern sky. Sensitive in the 30 GeV-30 TeV energy band, it is nowadays the only ground-based instrument being able to measure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Javier Rico

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) is a system of two 17 meters Cherenkov telescopes, sensitive to very high energy (VHE; $> 10^{11}$ eV) gamma radiation above an energy threshold of 50 GeV. The first telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Tibolla

MAGIC is one of the main instruments for exploring the galactic gamma-ray sky from ground in the energy range of 50 GeV - 50 TeV. It consists of two 17 m diameter imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes located at the Roque de los…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-18 M. López

A project to construct a 17 m diameter imaging air Cherenkov telescope, called the MAGIC Telescope, is described. The aim of the project is to close the observation gap in the gamma-ray sky extending from 10 GeV as the highest energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Magnussen

The 17m Imaging Air shower Cherenkov Telescope MAGIC (Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands) has recently entered its commissioning phase. One of the main goals of the MAGIC telescope project is to provide an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dominik Elsaesser , Karl Mannheim

The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) Telescope collaboration is constructing a large Cherenkov telescope (17 m diameter) for the exploration of the gamma-ray energy regime above 10 GeV with high sensitivity. One of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Petry

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located at the Canary Island of La Palma, designed to observe gamma rays with energies above 50 GeV. Recently it has undergone an upgrade of the camera, digital trigger and…

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