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JCMT opens new eyes on the Universe

Nāmakanaui, a three-band submillimetre receiver, is currently being commissioned on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, report Instrumentation Specialists Izumi Mizuno and Chih-Chiang Han.

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Fig. 1: The Nāmakanui instrument with its three inserts that operate at around 86, 230 and 345 GHz.

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Mizuno, I., Han, CC. JCMT opens new eyes on the Universe. Nat Astron 5, 331–332 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01324-0

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