AMiBA
The Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, also known as the Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, is a radio telescope designed to observe the cosmic microwave background and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: radio telescope
- Also known as: “AMIBA” and “Yuan-Tseh Lee Array”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and Mauna Loa Observatory.
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory is a solar observatory located on the slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawai'i in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Built in 1965, the MLSO is operated by the High Altitude Observatory, a laboratory within the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and is situated on property managed by the Mauna Loa Observatory. Mauna Loa Solar Observatory is situated 150 metres southwest of AMiBA.
Mauna Loa Observatory
Photo: Ivtorov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mauna Loa Observatory is an atmospheric baseline station on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaiʻi, located in the US state of Hawaii.
High Altitude Observatory
Building
The High Altitude Observatory is a laboratory of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. HAO operates the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory on Hawaii and a research institute in Boulder, Colorado. High Altitude Observatory is situated 160 metres southwest of AMiBA.
AMiBA
- Categories: radio telescope, radio interferometer, and cosmic microwave background experiment
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.53622° or 19° 32′ 10″ northLongitude
-155.57532° or 155° 34′ 31″ westOpen location code
73F6GCPF+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 505868468OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1094807
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“AMiBA” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مصفوفة أميبا”
- Bengali: “আমিবা”
- Chinese: “宇宙微波背景輻射陣列”
- Chinese: “宇宙微波背景辐射阵列”
- Dutch: “AMiBA”
- French: “AMiBA”
- French: “Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy”
- French: “Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy”
- Irish: “AMiBA”
- Italian: “AMiBA”
- Italian: “Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy”
- Polish: “AMiBA”
- Swedish: “AMiBA”
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