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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. Mauna Kea Observatories. Keck 10m telescopes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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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
