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Asia's largest liquid mirror telescope launched in Uttarakhand

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Asia's largest four-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is now operational in Devasthal in Uttarakhand. The telescope will be ​useful ​for ​gravitational ​lensing ​studies ​and for the identification of ​celestial ​objects ​such as asteroids, ​supernovae, and space debris. The telescope is situated at an altitude of 2,450 meters and is maintained by the Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES).