The telescope, which came online in October 2006, is currently the world's only single-platform array working at millimeter wavelengths. Taking advantage of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect, AMiBA is using observations of high red-shift galaxy clusters and cosmic background radiation to explore the primordial and early structure of the universe, and its later evolution.
這座望遠鏡甫於 2006 年 10 月啟用，是目前世界首座活動平台式的毫米波望遠鏡，可藉由觀測宇宙微波背景輻射，及背景輻射間和星系團間的訊號差異，進一步探索宇宙起源、形成及演化過程。