The VLT Observes Comet LINEAR's "Shower"

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday August 8, 2000 @05:35AM from the cool-vision dept.

mindpixel writes "Two nights ago, while operating the VLT (the world's largest optical telescope), we got a call into the control room asking us to follow up the Hubble's imaging of Comet Linear a few days prior. As soon as we got the coordinates, I pointed the telescope at the very fast moving comet and started taking pictures. They came in quickly, and they were awesome! We couldn't believe the detail we were getting. The comet was completely shattered. Even in the unprocessed images we were able to count nine mini-comets. Six minutes ago, they released it The VLT Observes Comet LINEAR's "Shower")"

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Re:ALREADY slashdotted? by Silver+A · 2000-08-08 01:01 · Score: 5

Does the slashdot editorial staff give any warning to sites they're about to feature, maybe giving them a chance to put up a mirror? Some sites are pretty immune to the Slashdot Effect, but lots aren't. Andover may even want to look into providing mirror space, maybe with an andover ad (like geocities or xoom), as a possible way of reducing the disruption of the Slashdot effect.