The JCMT celebrates 25 years on top of the world
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 03:00
in Astronomy & Space
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, is celebrating its 25th birthday this week. It first turned its dish to the heavens this week in 1987, and now, a quarter of a century later, the JCMT continues to lead the world in submillimetre astronomy.