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 ## Summary
 
-Telescopy aims to simulate images of astronomical objects observed with visual 
+ScopeSim aims to simulate images of astronomical objects observed with visual 
 and infrared instruments. It does this by creating models of the optical train 
 and astronomical objects and then pushing the object through the optical train. 
 The resulting 2D image is then broadcast to a detector chip and read out into a