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Six Optical Telescopes Combined Into One

Posted by timothy on from the increasing-the-odds dept.

00Paddy writes: "Starstuff.org reports on how astronomers successfully combined the light from six independent telescopes to form a single, high-resolution image of a distant multiple-star system using interferometry techniques. The combined telescopes gives a effective mirror diameter of 430 meters, much bigger than any single mirror could be made. This technology will lead to images of sunspots of distant stars and maybe images Jupiter-sized planets orbiting distant stars."

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  1. Has to be said by SubscriptionTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a (beowulf) cluster of telescopes combining.....

    Oh wait....