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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. Let the hubble come down.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm not trying to troll, but if we can get such great pics from the surface the hubble serves no real purpose anymore. Let it de-orbit and wait for its replacement(scheduled for 2009, AFAIK).

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