1. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 1 Modern Telescopes Best to surf the web Recommend search engine:www.google.com Select search for images or websites Search for telescopes or observatories by name This power point summarizes some of the important new telescopes

2. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 2 Mauna Kea Observatories

3. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 3 Keck 10m telescopes

4. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 4 Subaru Telescope

5. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 5 Subaru 8-m telescope

6. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 6 Gemini North and South

7. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 7 Gemini North

8. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 8 ESO:VLT (4 x 8m)

9. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 9 Paranal, Chile

10. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 10 Arecibo (www.naic.edu)

11. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 11 GBT – Green Bank Telescope (www.nrao.edu)www.nrao.edu

12. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 12 Very Large Array (www.nrao.edu)

13. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 13 VLBA (www.nrao.edu)www.nrao.edu

14. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 14 Halca-Space VLBI

15. Boomerang April 2000

16. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 16 Made in Taiwan ! SMART-1 on Mauna Kea Chungshan/ARL CSBC Gigantex ASIAA NTU/AMI/ECE NTHU/MRC SAO (USA) NRO (Japan)

17. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 17 AMiBA Specifications 19-element (0.3/1.2m) Platform mounted (6m) Dual-channel 85 - 105 GHz HEMTs at 20K Full polarization capabilities 2’ highest resolution 44’ / 11’ FOV  T = 7  K in 1 hour Site: Mauna Loa

18. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 18 Proto-type coming together

19. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 19

20. AS NTU Introductory Atronomy Spring 2002 1 MAR. 2002 20 Site of AMiBA