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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. It's not OverWhelmingly Large by Daath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's O bservatory at W orld L evel...

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  2. I've got your 100 meter Telescope right HERE! by BiggestPOS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seriously, this thing looks sweet. Bigger, better, faster, science moves on!

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  3. Somebody had to say it... by 11-wires · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My telescope is OverWhelmingly Large as well.

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  4. Re:who gives a flying fuck? by dunkerz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    aliens *DO NOT* exist.

    Prove it. In fact, it's recently been *proven* that there is life on Mars.

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