Astronomy's last frontier makes home on Mauna Kea
- Author:
- Weber, Carol Banks
- Title:
- Astronomy's last frontier makes home on Mauna Kea
- Periodical:
- Building Industry
- Year:
- 1995
- Volume:
- 41
- Pages:
- 85
- Subject:
- Smithonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Submillimeter Array (SMA) Astronomical observatories Mauna Kea
- Summary:
- This document describes the design and construction of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array. This array of six moveable, six-meter-diameter antennas would serve as a single telescope that would be sensitive to submillimeter radiation. This would be a $40 million joint venture of the Smithsonian Observatory and Harvard Observatory.
- Label:
- Mauna Kea - Astronomy
- Collection:
- Periodicals