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The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) as a Variability Time Machine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Joël Poels
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
Ermanno Borra
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Laval University, Canada
Paul Hickson
Affiliation:
Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UBC, Canada
Ram Sagar
Affiliation:
Dept of Astronomy, ARIES, Nainital, India
Przemyslaw Bartczak
Affiliation:
Dept of Astronomy of A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Ludovic Delchambre
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
François Finet
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
Serge Habraken
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
Jean-Pierre Swings
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
Jean Surdej
Affiliation:
AEOS, University of Liège, B-4000, Sart Tilman, Belgium email: poels@astro.ulg.ac.be
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During the year 2012 the International Liquid Mirror Telescope (a collaboration between astronomical institutions in Belgium, Canada, India and Poland) wil see first light. The instrument will provide substantial, in-depth sky coverage and make an unprecedented number of nightly observations.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012