The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is the largest astronomical telescope in the world. The Observatory houses the 15 meter in diameter telescope, which is specifically designed to operate at submillimeter wavelength region of the spectrum. This telescope is used to study our solar system, interstellar dust and gas, and distant galaxies. It is located on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, with an altitude of 4092 meters above sea level.
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- Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA-25 meters)
- Submillimeter Array (SMA- 8×6meters)
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT-15 meters)
- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO-10.4 meters)
- Gemini Northern Telescope – 8.1 meters
- Subaru Telescope – 8.2 Meters
- W. M. Keck Observatory (Keck I and Keck II-10 meters)
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT-3.8 meters)
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT-3.6 meters)
- NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
- University of Hawaii (UH)-2.2 Telescope
- University of Hawaii (UH)-Hilo 24 Telescope
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