The Large Millimeter Telescope status

F. Peter Schloerb; Luis Carrasco; Grant W. Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.461134

4 February 2003 Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) status

F. Peter Schloerb, Luis Carrasco, Grant W. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 4837, Large Ground-based Telescopes; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461134
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We present a summary of the Large Millimeter Telescope Project and its present status. The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) in the USA and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE) in Mexico to build a 50m-diameter millimeter-wave telescope. The LMT is being built at an altitude of 4600 m atop Volcan Sierra Negra, an extinct volcanic peak in the state of Puebla, Mexico, approximately 100 km east of the city of Puebla. Construction of the antenna is now well underway, and it is expected to be completed in 2004.

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F. Peter Schloerb, Luis Carrasco, and Grant W. Wilson "Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) status", Proc. SPIE 4837, Large Ground-based Telescopes, (4 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461134

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