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2018-12-22 05:56:46 +0000	faq	name questions Questions about the Project question answer What does the name mean? The name is a [backronym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym) which references [Argus Panoptes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes), a mythical creature of ancient Greece with the ability to see in all directions at all times. Our ambition is to build a collaborative, world-wide network of observatories that will survey the night sky for nearby exoplanets. question answer What is Project PANOPTES? PANOPTES (Panoptic Automated Network of Observatories for a Public Transiting Exoplanets Survey) is a citizen science project which aims to build a worldwide network of low cost, robotic telescopes used to detect transiting exoplanets.	false

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