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Home	/uploads/2018/12/16/PAN001_sunset.png	landing-page			description heading link thumbnail Due to the simplicity and low cost a PANOPTES "unit" can be built quickly and easily by students or amateur scientists. PANOPTES is designed from the ground up to be a citizen science project which will involve the public in all aspects of the science, from data acquisition to reduction. An entire exoplanet finding telescope can be built for about $5000 USD. Overview page label href about.md What is PANOPTES? /about image border /uploads/2018/12/16/pan-logo-no-title.png false description heading link thumbnail The philosophy behind the PANOPTES hardware and software design is to use as many commercial off the shelf (COTS) parts as possible as these are generally inexpensive and easily acquired. In addition, the PANOPTES design is kept as simple as possible as this makes the build process easier and means that the final product is more reliable. Software / Hardware page label href instructions.md Get Building! /instructions/ image border /uploads/2018/12/16/20180822_092718.jpg true heading description icon link thumbnail Community The PANOPTES community spans the world, from the founding members in Hawai'i to designers, builders and scientists in Europe, Australia, and North and South America. We're looking forward to our members in Africa and Asia! We use a variety of means to communicate, including a Google Group for announcements and a forum for discussions. /uploads/2018/12/18/IMG_20160604_132450 (1).jpg page label href contact.md Join Us! /contact/ image border /uploads/2018/12/18/IMG_20160604_132450 (1).jpg true		A citizen science project that aims to make it easy for anyone to build a low cost, robotic telescope that can be used to detect transiting exoplanets.	text href	true	false	text href Visit our Community Forum! https://forum.projectpanoptes.org	true	false	image caption /uploads/2018/12/20/OrionRegion.jpg M42 - Orion Region image caption /uploads/2018/12/16/PAN001_sunset_banner.png PAN001 on Mauna Loa image caption /uploads/2018/12/16/IMG_20160430_140820.jpg Hawaii AstroDay 2016	false	true