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First Liquid Mirror Telescope

June 7 , 2022 822 days 820 0
  • The first liquid mirror telescope in the country and the largest in Asia was commissioned atop Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand.
  • This will now keep a watch on the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids.
  • The Indian Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) will help in surveying the sky.
  • It makes it possible to observe several galaxies and other astronomical sources.

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