How do you use the new telescope?

[kittenshark134]

Title says it all. Please help.

[internetrules]

what telescope?

[Aerdna]

You can put everywhere you like it, it gives you science, but in order to be effective you need to put it in a Solar Orbit. Now, I have to try it by myself (orbiting the Sun) and I have accepted a contract that asked to use it, so it will be a surprise.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by internetrules:

what telescope?

The Sentinel Infared Telescope, it was added when they made the Asteroid Day mod officially part of the game.

[EvilTarium]

Where is the unlock for it, i do not see it in the tree?

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by Evil713:

Where is the unlock for it, i do not see it in the tree?

The "Science Tech" node.

Along with the:
Surface Scanning Module
M700 Survey Scanner
Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer

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put it on a probe in an orbit between eve and kerbin and turn it on. it will start spotting more asteroids in the kerbin orbit area in line with itself and kerbol (the sun).
Doesnt really serve a great purpose other than having more detectable asteroids around.
The more you have the faster your contracts to spot X many asteroids will be completed though

Oh and it does this when you are not using the ship so you can just advance time in space centre and it will still keep spotting

[Manwith Noname]

I've not used so I'm curious. Does it just do the same thing as the tracking center where it finds unknown objects you need to click on and identify or does it automatically make those asteroids known items?