Large telescope to AlbaNova

The dome crowning the AlbaNova University Center has long been lacking a large telescope. This is now about to change. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has donated 2.4 million SEK to be used for a telescope with a diameter of around 1 meter. The telescope will be used both for astronomical observations and to measure air pollution using laser echoes. Naturally, there is no comparison with instruments such as the Very Large Telescope in Chile, which is regularly used by Swedish astronomers. But the new AlbaNova telescope will be used to develop new instruments and for educational purposes.