Teleskope – Von der Wüste bis ins All (taz-newspaper article)
Ständig werden neue Teleskope gebaut. Aber warum stehen so viele in der chilenischen Wüste? Und gibt es nicht schon zu viel Lichtverschmutzung? (Ruth Lang Fuentes)
The “Kölner Stadtanzeiger” writes about FYST’s transport to Chile
https://www.ksta.de/koeln/koeln-teleskop-in-chile-soll-daten-aus-5600-metern-hoehe-liefern-1019639 Figure: The FYST telescope parts being transported through the Atacama desert (Copyright: Ludolf Dahmen, UzK)
FYST in the German Television: Riesenteleskop aus Duisburg in der Atacamawüste angekommen (WDR, 15.05.2025)
FYST assembly in Chile
FYST has reached its final destination on top of the Cerro Chajnantor! A film crew from the German television ZDF came along for the recent transport of CCAT/FYST in Chile from the harbor to the mountain. The Broadcast is embedded in our CCAT-documentary page: https://sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de/info/background/#ccat On April 19, 2025, the delivery of FYST to the …
New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled at its destination in the Atacama Desert. Planned to take up operations in April 2026, it will be able to look all the way back to the Big Bang, revealing new details about star and galaxy formation. After a six-week ocean voyage, a week …
Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is on its way to Chile
Photo credit: Jana BauchArticle: https://www.uni-koeln.de/en/university/news/news/news-detail/fred-young-submillimeter-telescope-fyst-is-on-its-way-to-chile On 17 January, the telescope started its journey from the port of Wesel via Antwerp to its new location in Chile. With a novel optical design with 2 mirrors of diameter of six metres, innovative instruments and unique site, it will be one of the most powerful survey telescopes in the …
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CompositesWorld: Airborne completes final delivery of CFRP mirror structures for Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
The magazin CompositesWorld reports about the completion and structures of the FYST telescope by Airborne, featuring an off-axis Crossed-Dragone design, consisting of a parabolic primary mirror and a large concave secondary mirror, both with a diameter of roughly 6 meters. This creates a high-throughput, wide field-of-view telescope capable of mapping the sky rapidly and efficiently: https://www.compositesworld.com/news/airborne-completes-final-delivery-of-cfrp-mirror-structures-for-fred-young-submillimeter-telescope photo: Jana Bauch (UzK)video: …
Präsentation des Fred Young Submillimeter Teleskops (FYST) – Dominik Riechers (04.04.24, Xanten)
Pressemitteilung der Universität zu Köln: Am 04. April 2024 wurde das neue Fred Young Submillimeter Teleskop (FYST) in Xanten am Niederrhein präsentiert. Begleitet von Vorträgen zu den wissenschaftlichen und technischen Hintergründen konnten sich die Teilnehmer*innen bei einer Bewegungsdemonstration und in Führungen einen Eindruck von dem neuartigen Teleskopdesign machen. Das FYST ist ein hochmodernes Teleskop, dessen Spiegeldurchmesser …