Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
(CSO)
(10.4 meter submillimeter telescope in Hawaii)
The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO)
is a 10.4 meter submillimeter telescope
at Mauna Kea Observatories, Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
The telescope was built in 1985, operating until 2015
when operation was according to a deal to allow the
Thirty Meter Telescope to be built at MKO.
The CSO is slated for dismantling.
Among its instruments:
- MUSIC - Multiwavelength Submillimeter Inductance Camera
- SHARC II - Submillimeter High Resolution Camera
- SHARP - SHARC II polarimeter.
- MAKO - 350μm camera.
- Z-Spec - broadband grating spectrometer.
- ZEUS-2 - long slit echelle grating spectrometer.
Past instruments:
(telescope,reflector,ground,submillimeter,Hawaii)
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltech_Submillimeter_Observatory
http://cso.caltech.edu/
Referenced by pages:
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)
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