The World's Largest Telescope Dedicated to Studying the Sun
Department:
Astrotech
Teaser:
The 4 meter diameter Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) located on Haleakala Mountain on the island of Maui is the largest solar telescope ever built. It will go into service later this year.
Source:
SkyandTelescope.com's Most Recent News Stories Download time: Feb 11 2010 10:59 AM ET
Towering over the island of Maui is Haleakal?, a 10,023-foot-high dormant volcano whose dramatic summit caldera draws 1.3 million tourists per year. As these visitors take in the breathtaking vista, they can't help but notice the compound of large observatories nearby — testimony to the summit's superb conditions for astronomy.
In Hawaiian culture, Haleakal? is also revered as the sacred "House of the Sun." So it's seemingly fitting that later this year astronomers hope to being construction of the world's largest and most powerful observatory dedicated to the study of our star: the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope.
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