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The 17 m Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) 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 first gamma-ray source detections.
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Cortina, J. Status and First Results of the Magic Telescope. Astrophys Space Sci 297, 245–255 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-7627-5
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