The Submillimeter Array consists of eight 6-meter diameter radio telescopes arranged as an interferometer for submillimeter wavelength observations. It is the first purpose-built submillimeter interfe
The Submillimeter Array
An SMA receiver insert, covering frequencies from 194 to 240 GHz. The large cryostat in each antenna can house up to eight inserts.
The Submillimeter Array at night in 2015, lit by flash
The Array under construction in 2002
The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory was a 10.4-meter diameter submillimeter wavelength telescope situated alongside the 15-meter James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at Mauna Kea Observatories. Beginning i
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory.
The CSO site after the telescope and dome were removed, and the site was restored.