Asia’s largest 4-metre liquid mirror telescope inaugurated in Uttarakhand | India News

In another scientific milestone for India, Asia’s largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) was inaugurated at Devasthal in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
After inaugurating the telescope in the presence of Uttarakhand governor Lt. Gen Gurmeet Singh (Retd), Union science & technology and space minister Jitendra Singh said, “Today’s landmark event places India at a different and a much higher level of capabilities to study the mysteries of the skies and astronomy, and to share the same with the rest of the world.”
The telescope is located at an altitude of 2,450 metre on…

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