India sets up world's first liquid mirror telescope for astronomy
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India has set up its first-ever 'liquid mirror telescope' at Devasthal Obsevatory in Uttarakhand. The largest International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) of Asia has been installed at a height 2,450 metres. The ILMT at the Devasthal Observatory campus which is owned by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) is the world's first liquid-mirror telescope to be commissioned for astronomy.