The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-meter telescope located at the Devasthal Observatory in Nainital, India. It is Asia’s largest liquid mirror telescope
The ILMT is the first liquid mirror telescope designed for astronomical observations. It has a rotating mirror made of a thin layer of liquid mercury to collect and focus light. The telescope is designed to survey the strip of the sky passing overhead each night. It will help astronomers detect transient objects such as: Supernovae, Gamma-ray bursts, Gravitational lenses, Space debris, Asteroids.
The ILMT is located at an altitude of 2450 meters. It is housed at the Devasthal Observatory campus of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES). ARIES is an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
ILMT is a 4-m diameter zenith-pointing telescope located at Devasthal Observatory in Nainital, India. It is entirely dedicated to conduct photometric/astrometric direct imaging surveys. Astronomers hope that ILMT will help them detect many new transient objects such as supernovae of gamma-ray bursts.
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) was commissioned in Uttarakhand, India. The telescope was inaugurated by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh
The newly built International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) in India has identified its first supernova—designated SN 2023af. The finding, reported November 8 on the pre-print server arXiv, proves that ILMT may be capable of detecting hundreds of new supernovae in the coming years.
SN 2023af is an unidentified supernova discovered by the newly constructed International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) in India. The discovery was made during the commissioning phase of the ILMT.
The supernova was discovered on January 2, 2023 at 21:52:51.744. It was further monitored with the ILMT and DOT facilities.
The reporting group for SN 2023af is XOSS. (All article source google)
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