The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile's Andes Mountains — and it's finally open

[Admin]

A new Japanese observatory built high in the Chilean Andes mountains promises fresh views of the early universe.

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[billslugg]

A well run campaign to site the telescope. They went in early, met with the locals/indigenous peoples, got all their needs met. Everything else fell into place. It's called "laying a good foundation".

 

[Helio]

This looks like a JWST, Jr. on Earth, is it not?

 

[MikeMc]

This looks like a JWST, Jr. on Earth, is it not?

Well I don’t know what it looks like but both telescopes have a 6.5 m primary mirror. I guess Jr. in the sense that JWST is much higher up, so it can see further back in time due to less interference.

 

[Helio]

Well I don’t know what it looks like but both telescopes have a 6.5 m primary mirror. I guess Jr. in the sense that JWST is much higher up, so it can see further back in time due to less interference.

Yep, the latter point makes it a Jr. I assume it’s IR spectral sensitivity is about the same, but perhaps I’m wrong.