Description
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an earth-size virtual telescope that comprises of several telescopes that observe together at mm to sub-mm wavelengths in the mode of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). The EHT is used to image supermassive black holes (SMBH) such as Sagittarius A* and was recently used to image M87, the famous “first image of a black hole” in 2017 which was subsequently unveiled in 2019. Whilst EHT’s antennas are distributed around the globe, none of these antennas are located on the African continent. The Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) will be Africa’s first mm-wave radio telescope and is planned to be built on the Gamsberg Mountain in Namibia. The AMT will have aims to have significant impact on human capacity development in Namibia and Africa.
Additional Information
High-Energy Astrophysics; Astronomy for Development
| Primary Category | Astrophysics & Cosmology |
|---|---|
| Secondary Category | NONE |
| Subgroup categories | Astro&Cosmo—Astronomical instrumentation and infrastructure |
| Did you / will you submit this LOI to another category? | NO |
