The Weizmann Astrophysical Observatory is located near Kibbutz Ne'ot Smadar in the south of Israel. The observatory hosts several telescopic systems:

 

* The Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST) - An under-construction, high-grasp survey telescope with 48 telescopes 28-cm wide-field telescopes of 12 mounts. LAST currently includes 32 telescopes and deployment of all 48 telescopes are planned for mid-2023.

 

* The Multi-Aperture Spectroscopic Array (MAST) - A planned multiple telescope array that feeds high-throughput spectrographs.

 

* The Fast Astronomical Survey Telescope (FAST) - A 55-cm Schmidt telescope equipped with a fast imaging camera.

 

* The Pan-chromatic Array for Survey Telescopes (PAST) - A planned broad-band, photometric follow-up telescope array.

 

The observatory is studying Transients, Exoplanets, and Solar System objects.

 

32 LAST telescopesThe observatory from above