Location

The ASTRI Mini-Array site is located in the island of Tenerife (Canarias, Spain) at coordinates 28o 17’ 60.00’’ North -16o 30’ 20.99’’ West and at an altitude of approximately 2370 m a.s.l.

The image shows the ASTRI Mini-Array layout at the Teide Observatory

The final layout of the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Teide Observatory is shown in the Figure above where the final positions for the 9 telescopes, the position of the two meteorological towers, the position of the LIDAR, the position of the transformer station and that of the local control room and of the data centre are highlighted.

The area where the telescopes are being installed will cover a rectangular strip of approximately 650 meters in length and 270 meters in width corresponding to a surface of about 17 hectares.

The position of the telescopes and their spacing has been analysed using Monte Carlo simulations. The simulations show that a symmetric layout with a spacing of about 250 meters yields the better compromise between a very good performance at high energies (>10 TeV) and a good sensitivity at lower ones.

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