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The H.E.S.S. Project
an Array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
 http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/hn_overview.htm (http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/hn_overview.htm)

H.E.S.S. is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays in the 100 GeV energy range. The name H.E.S.S. stands for High Energy Stereoscopic System, and should also remind of Victor Hess, who received in 1936 the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of cosmic radiation.  The instrument allows to explore gamma-ray sources with intensities at a level of a few thousandth parts of the flux of the Crab nebula. H.E.S.S. is located in Namibia, near the Gamsberg, an area well known for its excellent optical quality.
The first of the four telescopes of Phase I of the H.E.S.S. project went into operation in Summer 2002; all four were operational in December 2003, and were officially inaugurated on September 28, 2004.

 
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/physics/hessp.htm (http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/public/physics/hessp.htm)   
This is interesting because of among many findings
HESS J1616-508 Likely Powered by Young Pulsar PSR J1617-5055 
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=41250