Japanese telescope to be sent to Chile observatory

[Judi Lynn]

9:00 pm, February 03, 2018

The Yomiuri Shimbun

A new infrared telescope developed by the University of Tokyo will be set up at the Atacama Observatory in Chile — known as the world’s highest altitude observatory.

The ground-based telescope measures 6½ meters in diameter and 15 meters in height, and is a high-level telescope in the world for observing infrared rays from outer space.

The telescope was unveiled to the media on Jan. 28 at a factory in Harima, Hyogo Prefecture, where it was assembled.

The observatory is located at the summit of 5,640-meter Mt. Chajnantor. Because it is located at such high altitude, where there is less infrared-absorbing moisture, researchers are able to observe infrared rays at wavelengths that would otherwise be impossible to observe on the ground.

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http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004213951



Mt. Chajnantor, in Chile's Atacama Desert, the dryest place on earth, future location of Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun telescope.



Please check these images for more views of this area in Chile's Andes Mountain Range:

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[eppur_se_muova]

1. Wow, 6.5 meters. The Hale 200" is 5.1 meters, for decades the largest useful telescope in the world.

Now a 6.5 m mirror is news only to specialists. Never thought I'd see the day.

(Yes, I know there was a 6 m ( aka 236" ) Soviet telescope, but it was inferior in quality and for years no photos taken by it were ever published. It's been revamped several times, but still suffers from bad siting.)

[Cicada]

2. Id like to see a video about how it is transported

They’re gonna need a hell of a lot of styrofoam peanuts in the box.