A 50-meter-diameter (164 ft.) millimeter-wave telescope – the world's largest for use in this region of the spectrum. It is designed to operate mainly at wavelengths of 0.85 to 4 millimeters. The Large Millimeter Telescope is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Instituto Nacional de Astrof�sica, �ptica, y Electr�nica (INAOE) in Mexico. Built at a cost of $120 million, it stands at an altitude of 4,580m (15,026ft), on the summit of Sierra Negra, Mexico's fifth highest peak – an extinct volcano in the state of Puebla. The LMT was inaugerated by Mexican President Vicente Fox in November 2006 and is scheduled to begin scientific operations in 2008.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT)
A 50-meter-diameter (164 ft.) millimeter-wave telescope – the world's largest for use in this region of the spectrum. It is designed to operate mainly at wavelengths of 0.85 to 4 millimeters. The Large Millimeter Telescope is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Instituto Nacional de Astrof�sica, �ptica, y Electr�nica (INAOE) in Mexico. Built at a cost of $120 million, it stands at an altitude of 4,580m (15,026ft), on the summit of Sierra Negra, Mexico's fifth highest peak – an extinct volcano in the state of Puebla. The LMT was inaugerated by Mexican President Vicente Fox in November 2006 and is scheduled to begin scientific operations in 2008.
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