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Telescope Will Have Images 10X Sharper Than Hubble

Posted by timothy on from the projections-of-grandeur dept.

jangobongo writes "After a 20 year struggle, the University of Arizona's $120 million Large Binocular Telescope was dedicated last week. This unique telescope will have twin 8.4-meter (27.6 foot) mirrors that sit on a single mount. Using methods similar to a medical CAT scan, a technique of "tomographic" image reconstruction will be used to produce pictures 10 times sharper (example) than the Hubble Space Telescope for a fraction of its $2 billion dollar cost."

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  1. Re:Hubble Comparison? by nwbvt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you for some reason under the impression that the sole purpose of the Hubble is to be a large object orbiting Earth?

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  2. Re:Why? by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

    "theres not air in space..."

    But there's an Air in Space Museum?

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  3. sooooo.... by Anubis350 · · Score: 5, Funny

    but as an astronomer,

    so, you took up space in college eh?

    /me ducks

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