Modern Telescopes

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Modern Telescopes

• Best to surf the web

• Recommend search engine:www.google.com

• Select search for images or websites

• Search for telescopes or observatories by name

• This power point summarizes some of the important new telescopes

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Mauna Kea Observatories

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Keck 10m telescopes

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Subaru Telescope

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Subaru 8-m telescope

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Gemini North and South

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Gemini North

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ESO:VLT (4 x 8m)

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Paranal, Chile

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Arecibo (www.naic.edu)

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GBT – Green Bank Telescope (

www.nrao.edu)

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Very Large Array (www.nrao.edu)

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VLBA(www.nrao.edu)

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Halca-Space VLBI

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BoomerangApril 2000

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Made in Taiwan !SMART-1 on Mauna Kea

Chungshan/ARL CSBC Gigantex ASIAA NTU/AMI/ECE NTHU/MRC SAO (USA) NRO (Japan)

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AMiBA Specifications • 19-element (0.3/1.2m)• Platform mounted (6m)• Dual-channel 85 - 105 GHz

HEMTs at 20K• Full polarization

capabilities• 2’ highest resolution• 44’ / 11’ FOV T = 7 K in 1 hour• Site: Mauna Loa

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Proto-type coming together

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Site of AMiBA