Mauna Kea backers lead race for biggest telescope
- Author:
-
Thompson, Larry
- Title:
- Mauna Kea backers lead race for biggest telescope
- Periodical:
- The Honolulu Advertiser
- Year:
- 1984
- Volume:
- V4
- Pages:
- 9
- Subject:
-
Mauna Kea
Telescopes
Keck Observatory
University of California
National New Technology Telescope
- Summary:
- Two groups of astronomers race to build the next biggest optical telescope. One is led by Jerry Nelson of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California planning to build a segmented 10-meter telescope (TMT) and the other is led by Roger Angle of University of Arizona planning to build a single piece large telescope. The two groups are also neck and neck in the race to build a federal funded 15-m National New Technology telescope.
- Date:
- April 4, 1984
- Collection:
- Akiyama