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Annual conference on new telescope moves science ahead
More than a hundred people gathered virtually at the end of April for the 2021 annual conference on the CCAT-prime project, which is building the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) in Chile. Despite pandemic challenges, telescope planning, development and construction continues, with “first light” now scheduled for 2023.
Mod-Cam receiver for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope. CCAT Observatory, Inc.
FYST, a powerful, 6-meter-diameter telescope currently being assembled in Germany by Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH, will be installed at an elevation of 18,400 feet just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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December 10, 2020
After more than a decade of design work and planning, groundbreaking for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has begun in earnest. CCAT Observatory, Inc.
Groundbreaking began on Nov. 27 for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope, which will be located at an elevation of 18,400 feet near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
The 6-meter (20-foot) diameter telescope, designed to operate at submillimeter to millimeter wavelengths, will be located at an elevation of 18,400 feet near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The telescope project was formerly known as CCAT-prime.
“We’re really excited to begin all the infrastructure work in Chile to get ready for the telescope,” said Jim Blair, the telescope’s project manager. The official groundbreaking was Nov. 27.