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100 Meter OWL Telescope Project

Posted by michael on from the they-do-it-with-mirrors dept.

mindpixel writes: "The European South Observatory (my employer) is getting VERY serious about building the OWL (OverWhelmingly Large) 100 meter telescope. Check out this new site dedicated to the project. You can see some cool diagrams of what the OWL telescope will look like and some simulated images here." For more about telescopes of unusual size, you might read McKinstry's interview last year.

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  1. complaint from the cleaning staff... by jeko · · Score: 2, Funny
    The article mentions that the current theoretical upper limit for one solid mirror would be about 140 meters in diameter.

    Do these maniacs have any appreciation for how much Windex and how many paper towels they're talking about?

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    He put his boots up on the table and made a face. "The sig," he smirked. "You can waste your life in search of the sig."
  2. Nomenclature... crazy. by SouperMike · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everytime you read about the newest development in telecscope technology, it's given an outrageous name describing how large it is. I remember when the Very Large Telescope, or VLT, came about. Now we have OverWhelmingly Large? This is complete craziness. We've got Large, Very Large, OverWhelmingly Large, and the ultimate which will probably never be developed, My Penis!