Observatory · United States (Louisiana)
LIGO Livingston
Observatories
Overview
LIGO Livingston in Louisiana is the second US LIGO detector; together with LIGO Hanford it detected the first gravitational waves from merging black holes.
Observing bands
Knowledge connections
- Operated byNational Science Foundation
- Built byCaltech/IPAC
- ObservesGravitational waves
- ObservesMulti-messenger astronomy
- Discovery facility forThe First Detection of Gravitational Waves
- MeasuresGravitational Waves
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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