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Encyclopedia: James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is a 15-metre submillimetre-wavelength telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. It is the largest astronomical telescope in the world designed specifically to operate in the submillimetre regime (between the far-infrared and the microwave regions of the electromagnetic spectrum). It is used to study our Solar System, interstellar dust and gas, and distant galaxies.

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	(Spanish)	Telescopio James Clerk Maxwell
	(French)	James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

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Mauna Kea Observatory

States James Clerk Maxwell Telescope : Netherlands, United Kingdom W. M. Keck Telescopes : United... Hawai'i itself administers three optical telescopes. There are also two infrared telescopes, ten submillimeter telescopes and one radio telescope. Gemini North telescope is administered by scientists...

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James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell His equations express the basic laws of electricity and magnetism..., England (Europe) James Clerk Maxwell (June 13, 1831 - November 5, 1879) was a Scottish physicist, born... is a mountain range on Venus, Maxwell Montes, named after James Clerk Maxwell also. The James Clerk...

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