Caltech Submillimeter Observatory

decommissioned radio telescope in Hawaii, USA
Organization radio_telescope Q1027482
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Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hawaii County[1]
  • Country: United States[2]
  • Instance of: observatory[3]
  • Operator: California Institute of Technology[4]
  • Inception: 1985[5]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2015[6]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Mauna Kea[7]
  • Service entry: 1986[8]
  • Parent organization or unit: California Institute of Technology[9]
  • Significant event: construction[10]
  • Official website: http://www.submm.caltech.edu/cso/[11]
  • Participant in: Event Horizon Telescope[12]
  • Short name: CSO[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 13,570 feet[14]
  • Diameter: 10.4 m[15]
  • Wavelength: 1300 micrometre[16], 350 micrometre[17], 850 micrometre[18]

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