Tag: Submillimeter Waves
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China Builds High-Precision Telescope for Universe Study
China’s Ambitious Telescope Project In an exciting development for astronomy, China is constructing the Xue-Shan-Muchang Telescope (XSMT) at an extraordinary altitude of 4800 meters in Qinghai province, near the city of Delingha. This remarkable facility, with a diameter of 15 meters, is set to be completed by the end of 2027. Designed to study the…
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China’s New Telescope on the ‘Roof of the World’ to Study the Universe
Introduction to the XSMT Telescope China is set to revolutionize the field of astronomy with the construction of the Xue-Shan-Muchang Telescope (XSMT), a cutting-edge submillimeter telescope. This effort aims to deepen our understanding of the universe by exploring phenomena that traditional optical telescopes cannot grasp. Located at an elevation of 4,800 meters in the Qinghai…