Source : Hawaii University , http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT/public/images/telescope/panorama_snow.jpg
Mauna Kea Observatory
origin : NASA , http://ki.jpl.nasa.gov/images/keckTwilight-med.jpg
Occupying a vast 500 Acre on Hawaii ’s Big Island , the Mauna Kea Observatory is currently the world ’s largest array of optical , infrared , and submillimeter astronomical equipment . fuse , the light - gathering ability of the telescopes on MKO is sixty time keen than the Hubble Space Telescope . Mauna Kea houses more telescopes than any other single mess peak observation tower .
reference : NASA , http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0902/MKMilkyWaypan_pacholka_600WPAP.jpg
Source: Hawaii University, http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/UKIRT/public/images/telescope/panorama_snow.jpg
Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA)
Source : Babak Tafreshi , http://i.space.com/images/i/17962/wW4/milky-way-alma-1920.jpg?1338410902
The Atacama Large Millimeter / sub - millimeter Array incorporate a amount of 66 radio scope and is located in Northern Chile ’s Atacama Desert . Started in 1997 as a collaborative labor among American , European and East Asian facilities , ALMA hop to provide selective information on the early creation as well as star and satellite formation .
author : Wikimedia , http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/ALMA_Prototype-Antennas_at_the_ALMA_Test_Facility.jpg
Source: NASA, http://ki.jpl.nasa.gov/images/keckTwilight-med.jpg
Yerkes Observatory
reference : Flickr , http://www.flickr.com/photos/petergiordano/7818016290/
Founded in 1897 by George Ellery Hale , the Yerkes Observatory bills itself as “ the birthplace of innovative astrophysics ” . It bring its name from financier Charles T. Yerkes , who originally concur to pick the bill for just the scope but was finally convinced by Hale and University of Chicago president William Rainey Harper to put up the money for the observation tower as well . It be him almost $ 300,000 .
author : University of Chicago , http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/img/yo_2.jpg
Source: NASA, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0902/MKMilkyWaypan_pacholka_600WPAP.jpg
Source: Babak Tafreshi, http://i.space.com/images/i/17962/wW4/milky-way-alma-1920.jpg?1338410902
Source: Wikimedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/ALMA_Prototype-Antennas_at_the_ALMA_Test_Facility.jpg
Source: Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/petergiordano/7818016290/
Source: University of Chicago, http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/img/yo_2.jpg
