[en] During the year 2012 the International Liquid Mirror Telescope (a collaboration between astronomical institutions in Belgium, Canada, India and Poland) will see first light. The instrument will provide substantial, in-depth sky coverage and make an unprecedented number of nightly observations.
Research Center/Unit :
AEOS University of Liège, Dept of Physics; Laval University, Canada; Dept of Astronomy, ARIES, Nainital, India; Dept of Astronomy of Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Poels, Joël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Borra, Ermanno; Dept. of Physics, Laval University, Canada
Hickson, Paul; Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UBC, Canada
Ram Sagar; Dept of Astronomy, ARIES, Nainital, India
Bartczak, Przemyslaw; Dept of Astronomy of A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Delchambre, Ludovic ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Finet, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Swings, Jean-Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)
Surdej, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Language :
English
Title :
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) as a Variability Time Machine
Publication date :
2011
Event name :
New Horizons In Time-Domain Astronomy, IAU Symposium 2011
Event date :
from 19-09-2011 to 23-09-2011
Audience :
International
Main work title :
New Horizons In Time-Domain Astronomy, IAU Symposium No. 285, 2011
