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post Dec 28 2007, 09:51 PM
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At over 21 stories high it will be the largest optical telescope of its kind.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/26/b...html?eref=yahoo


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post Dec 28 2007, 10:43 PM
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I wonder how it will compare to the Hubble?
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post Dec 31 2007, 06:33 AM
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I wonder how it will compare to the Hubble?


It never will since it needs to go through our distorted atmosphere and the only way to acheive this is through a laser (focus on atrifical star - laser point focusing) hubble dont have this problem one of the prime reasons for hubble being were it is - i think this telescope is not meant to replace hubble but more to replace one of the now aging 20years+ old telescopes on the ground.
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post Dec 31 2007, 08:41 AM
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It will have Adaptive Optics to overcome atmospheric distortions.


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It will have Adaptive Optics to overcome atmospheric distortions.


Yup they fire a laser to create an artifical star then look at its distortion and the opticic compansats for the distortion, they have a few nothing as big so will bite my lip until i see the images but none have managed to out do hubble so far so fail to see how this one will do it.
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Yup they fire a laser to create an artifical star then look at its distortion and the opticic compansats for the distortion, they have a few nothing as big so will bite my lip until i see the images but none have managed to out do hubble so far so fail to see how this one will do it.


Personally I think huge telescopes on the moon will be the way to go in the future.


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