Universe Today Podcast

842: Liquid Mirror Telescope with Dr. Paul Hickson



June 14th, 2022  •  50 mins 34 secs  •  Download (26.6 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp

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Dr. Paul Hickson is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hickson is overseeing a team that built a telescope out of liquid mercury in India. The International Liquid Mirror Telescope is 4 meters across and built on top of a 3,000-meter mountain in India. This will prove the technology and allow for larger and larger liquid mirror telescopes on Earth (and eventually in space).