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100 Meter OWL Telescope Project
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.
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!