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Abstract: IceAct is an array of compact imaging air Cherenkov telescopes acting as a sub-detector of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The telescopes are optimized to operate in the harsh environmental conditions of the geographic South Pole. Since 2019, the first two IceAct telescopes have been operating in a stereoscopic configuration in the center of IceCube’s surface detector, IceTop, which has resulted in three years of data in a coincident data configuration. Presently, IceAct is undergoing a field of view upgrade to a fly’s eye configuration, as a prototype for operations with IceCube-Gen2. In this IceAct-Fly’sEye upgrade, each original upward-facing telescope will be surrounded by six new telescopes, each angled off the zenith, which will expand the field of view from ∼12◦ to ∼36◦. Here, we will review the performance and detector operations of the telescopes since 2019, and discuss plans for the IceAct-Fly’sEye upgrade.
