The world's first liquid telescope for astronomy is now in India. How does it differ? - Interesting Engineering

India launches its first liquid-mirror telescope for astronomy, which is Asia's largest and the only one of its kind operational in the world.

India's first liquid-mirror telescope, which also happens to be Asia's largest telescope, stared into the vast expanse of sky for the first time from an altitude of 2,450 meters in the Himalayas. Ne… [+5790 chars]

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