Telescope Array Project

Telescope Array Project
A view of the Black Rock Mesa FD site with the doors open
Location(s)Millard County, Utah
Coordinates39°17′49″N 112°54′31″W / 39.2969°N 112.9086°W / 39.2969; -112.9086
Altitude1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Built2003–2007
First light2008 
Websitewww.telescopearray.org
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The Telescope Array project is an international collaboration involving research and educational institutions in Japan, The United States, Russia, South Korea, and Belgium. The experiment is designed to observe air showers induced by ultra-high-energy cosmic ray using a combination of ground array and air-fluorescence techniques. It is located in the high desert in Millard County, Utah, United States, at about 1,400 meters (4,600 ft) above sea level.