Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope project
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Indian astronomers had worked closely with Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez on the design of back-end instruments and possible science prospects of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project being installed at Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
What is TMT?
The saga of the TMT began in 2003 when a nonprofit partnership was formed between universities in California and counterparts in Japan, China, India, and Canada.
The Thirty Meter Telescope is a new class of extremely large telescopes that will allow us to see deeper into space and observe cosmic objects with unprecedented sensitivity.
With its 30 m prime mirror diameter, TMT will be three times as wide, with nine times more area, than the largest currently existing visible-light telescope in the world.
This will provide unparalleled resolution with TMT images more than 12 times sharper than those from the Hubble Space Telescope.
It will observe wavelengths ranging from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared
Who is building TMT?
The Thirty Meter Telescope is being designed and developed by the TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO).
The TIO is a non-profit international partnership between:
The California Institute of Technology
The University of California
The National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope project
Context:
Indian astronomers had worked closely with Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez on the design of back-end instruments and possible science prospects of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project being installed at Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
What is TMT?
Who is building TMT?