India's First Liquid Mirror Telescope Commissioned In Uttarakhand

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: June 04 2022

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India's first liquid mirror telescope has been commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand.
The liquid mirror telescope, which is the largest in Asia, will observe the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids.
The mirror is made up of a thin film of liquid mercury to collect and focus light.
The telescope has been placed at an altitude of 2,450 metres above sea level, at the Devasthal Observatory campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES).
India's first liquid mirror telescope will use mercury as the primary mirror

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India's First Liquid Mirror Telescope Commissioned In Uttarakhand