Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope

The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) is an automated telescope used in the search for supernovae.

The KAIT is a computer-controlled reflecting telescope with a 76 cm mirror and a CCD camera to take pictures. It is located at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California.

KAIT can take close to 100 images per hour and observe about 1000 galaxies a night.

Discoveries^[1]

Year	Supernovae	Novae	Dwarf Novae	Comets
1998	20	4	2	1
1999	40	1	7	1
2000	38	2	0	0
2001	68	3	0	0
2002	82	2	0	0
2003	95	5	0	0
2004	83	0	0	0
2005	82	0	0	0
2006	84	0	0	0
2007	69	0	0	0
2008	77	0	0	0
2009	54	0	0	0
2010	51	0	0	0