The Status of VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the status of the field of very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, as of early 2006. The paper is based on the Rapporteur Talk given at the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Pune, India (ICRC 2005). It covers astrophysical results from observations made by high-energy and very high-energy telescopes operating at photon energies above 1 GeV. The majority of recent observations in this field have been made by ground-based telescopes using the atmospheric Cherenkov or air shower techniques.