"Scope wars: It’s Mauna Kea vs. Chile for the world’s largest telescope" and "Woman astronomer says she is impressed with site"
- Author:
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TenBruggencate, Jan
- Title:
- "Scope wars: It’s Mauna Kea vs. Chile for the world’s largest telescope" and "Woman astronomer says she is impressed with site"
- Periodical:
- The Honolulu Advertiser
Hawaii Tribune Herald
- Year:
- 1988
- Volume:
- V5
- Pages:
- 26
- Subject:
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Mauna Kea
Chile
Telescopes
Telescope site selection
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Mauna Kea Foundation
Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC)
- Summary:
- European Southern Observatory will build four 25.6-foot-diameter telescopes in Chile, called Very Large Telescope. Each mirror will be 7-inch thick, like a soft phonograph record, supported by levers used to change the mirror's shape to compensate for factors that can warp the mirror's surface. On Mauna Kea, Japan's national telescope and US's national telescope, NNTT, are expected to be built in the mid-1990s. Japanese women astronomer, Saeko Hayashi, has been awarded a fellowship by the Joint Astronomy Centre.
- Date:
- February 27, 1988
April 27, 1988
- Collection:
- Akiyama