World's largest liquid mirror telescope ready to observe - Space.com

Astronomers must brave a 10-hour drive into the Himalayas to get there.

The world's largest liquid mirror telescope is ready to gaze at the stars. Located at the Devasthal Observatory in India's Himalayas, at an elevation of 8,038 feet (2,450 meters), the four-meter Int… [+2178 chars]

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