Date:   June 17, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time:   3:30 pm EDT (refreshments at 3:20 pm)
Place:  Green Bank Auditorium
         (Video: CV-AUD/AOC-AUD)

Speaker:  David Smith, MERLAB

Title:  "Status of the Large Millimeter-wave Telescope (LMT)"

Abstract:
The LMT is a 50m diameter, fully-steerable radio telescope designed
for operation at 1mm wavelengths.  It is located atop Volcan Sierra
Negra in central Mexico (Latitude 19N) and is currently in the late
construction/early commissioning phase.  Current site activities
are focused on preparing for an upcoming holography campaign to
bring the surface to sufficient accuracy to do initial science at
3mm wavelengths.  A description of the design and current status
of the telescope will be presented, as well as the near term
operations plan.

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