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by stan
Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:13 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.
Replies: 5
Views: 676

Re: “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.

Don't look at Vega, you might burn your eyeball. I'm still waiting for somebody to convert Arecibo to a 300-meter optical telescope. After that, hypertelescopes? See http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2012/03/26/astronomers-build-hypertelescope-in-southern-french-alps/ Good question, who kno...
by stan
Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:06 am
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.
Replies: 5
Views: 676

Re: “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.

Deane Clark wrote:39 meters. Almost 8 times the size of Palomar. Holy crap!
Holy crap is right.

...images 15 times sharper than Hubble.
by stan
Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:48 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: Hidden Universe
Replies: 0
Views: 270

Hidden Universe

I was checking out the ESO site the other day a came across this http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1329/. Very cool. It would be nice if it came to the Science Museum, but who knows. Call me crazy, but I'm considering driving down to Kansas just to see it.
by stan
Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: Forum Help, Comments
Topic: Where is the best place..
Replies: 2
Views: 4625

Re: Where is the best place..

Ok, thanks.
by stan
Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:11 pm
Forum: Forum Help, Comments
Topic: Where is the best place..
Replies: 2
Views: 4625

Where is the best place..

To post stuff that doesn't seem to fit anywhere? Like this http://hiddenuniversemovie.com/