SMA: watching stars form Taiwan's other project, the Sub-Millimeter Array (SMA), actually predates AMiBA. Completed in 2003 by ASIAA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the SMA makes observations on stars 'formation and their late-stage evolution, as well as on the evolution of galaxy clusters, from its 4,205-meter-high perch on Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
先行者── SMA 其實早在 2003 年，中研院天文所就和美國知名的史密松天文台合作，在標高 4,205 公尺的夏威夷大島第一高山毛納基峰，建造全世界首座「次毫米波陣列望遠鏡」，針對恆星形成、恆星末期演化、星系團演化等領域進行研究。