Astronomy Research at the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory

马萨诸塞大学的五学院射电天文台由一群科学家和工程师组成，他们共同支持毫米波天文学的研究项目。FCRAO计划强调三个主要领域：(1)天文研究；(2)先进仪器的开发；(3)培养观测天文学和天文仪器专业的研究生和本科生。FCRAO正在与墨西哥国家天文光学电子研究所（INAOE）合作，在墨西哥建造一个直径50米的大型毫米望远镜（LMT）。建成后，它将成为世界上同类望远镜中最大的。该合同将支持关键人员和学生在未来三年内完成LMT的调试工作，包括开发和测试新仪器，以利用LMT的短1毫米波长的工作波长。

The Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at the University of Massachusetts consists of a group of scientists and engineers working together in support of a research program in millimeter-wave astronomy. The FCRAO program emphasizes three principal areas: (1) astronomical research; (2) development of state-of-the-art instrumentation; and (3) training of graduate and undergraduate students in observational astronomy and astronomical instrumentation. The FCRAO is participating with the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica, y Electronica (INAOE) in the construction, in Mexico, of a 50m diameter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). The LMT, when completed, will be the largest telescope of its kind in the world. This award will support key personnel and students working toward completion and commissioning of the LMT over the next three years, including development and testing of new instrumentation to take advantage of the short 1mm-wavelength operating wavelength of the LMT.