Category: News
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Un nuevo supertelescopio illegará al norte de Chile
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in NewsA new super telescope will arrive in northern Chile2025 April 1 – Universidad de Chile A magnificent machine has arrived in our country, designed to operate at submillimeter wavelengths and located in an exceptional location on Chajnantor Hill. The FYST will become one of the most powerful astronomical instruments in the world, thanks to its…
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New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak
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in NewsCornell Chronicle, March 31, 2025 Cornell A&S Communications, March 31, 2025 After a six-week ocean voyage, a week spent outside Chile’s Port of Angamos waiting to offload, and another week trekking through the mountains, the first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more…
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Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is on its way to Chile
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in NewsUniversity of Cologne press release, 21 January 2025
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New telescope to set sail for monthlong journey to Chile
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in NewsArticle by Linda Glaser, Cornell A&S Communications, 21 January 2025 The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor where, at 18,400 feet, it will…
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“Like a time machine”: giant telescope on the way from Wesel to Chile
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in NewsArticle in WDR, 17 January 2025.