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CCAT Observatory A new submillimeter telescope at an exceptional site The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope FYST will be a 6meter diameter telescope in Chiles Atacama Desert at an elevation of 5600 meters 18400 feet above sea level. The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope FYST will be a 6meter 20 feet diameter telescope designed to operate at submillimeter to millimeter wavelengths and located at an exceptional site at 5600 meters 18400 feet on Cerro Chajnantor overlooking the ALMA array. The novel optical design of FYST will deliver a highthroughput widefield of view telescope capable of mapping the sky very rapidly and efficiently. The high precision surface and superb site will allow routine access to the 350 micron observing window during the best weather conditions operations at 200 microns will be possible.