Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope

Local nameHeinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope
LocationArizona

The Submillimeter Telescope, formerly known as the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, is a submillimeter wavelength radio telescope located on Mount Graham, Arizona, US. It is a 10-meter-wide parabolic dish inside a building to protect it from bad weather. The building front doors and roof are opened when the telescope is in use. The telescope's construction was finished in 1993. Along with the 12 Meter Telescope on Kitt Peak, this telescope is maintained by the Arizona Radio Observatory, a division of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona.

The dryness of the air around and above Mount Graham is important for extremely high frequency radio and far-infrared observations - a region of the spectrum where the electromagnetic waves are strongly attenuated by any water vapor or clouds in the air.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz_Submillimeter_Telescope

Official Website http://aro.as.arizona.edu/

Address 85552, United States

Coordinates 32°42'5.736" N -109°53'28.653" E

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