On Friday, a demonstration of the functioning of the  180 ton Major Atmosphere Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) gamma-ray telescope was given to media persons at the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) here. This telescope built by ECIL with technology support from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) will be flagged off on Saturday. The MACE telescope will be transported by nearly 50 trucks to its destination at Hanle, Ladakh, which is 2,500 km away from Hyderabad. “Even though the MACE telescope is the second largest in the world, its performance will be comparable to that of the largest one in Namibia,” said Ramesh Koul, head, astro physical sciences division, BARC. The MACE telescope is intended to detect flashes of Cherenkov light. “There ...

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