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CACTUS

Field	Value
name	CACTUS
caption	Solar II collector (prior to Observatory use)
organization	University of California, Davis
location	Daggett, California, US
coords
altitude	610 m
established	2001-2004
closed	2005
telescope1_name	Solar 2 ACT
telescope1_type	Čerenkov air shower

CACTUS (Converted Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Using Solar-2) was a ground-based, Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) located outside Daggett, California, near Barstow. It was originally a solar power plant called Solar Two, but was converted to an observatory starting in 2001. The first astronomical observations started in the fall of 2004. However, the facility had its last observing runs in November 2005 as funds for observational operations from the National Science Foundation were no longer available. The facility was operated by the University of California, Davis but owned by Southern California Edison.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515110355/http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA4989 |archive-date=2009-05-15 |url-status=dead It was demolished in 2009.

The central observation tower of the CACTUS observatory

The main CACTUS observatory tower, as reflected in mirrors.

References

"History of Solar Two".
[http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/bang-7374-daggett-going.html Going out with a bang. bang, daggett, going - Top Story - Desert Dispatch] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-18)

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