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E-Merlin "Super-Telescope" Switched On

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ip-over-avian-carrier-would-have-been-better dept.

Smivs writes to tell us that one of the world's most powerful telescope arrays has been switched on with great success. Seven radio telescopes in the UK have been linked with optical fiber, replacing the older microwave tech that connected them previously. One researcher compared the move to a broadband upgrade from dial-up. Research teams will now be able to do in one day what previously took them three years.

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  1. That was easy by clarkkent09 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Research teams will now be able to do in one day what previously took them three years.

    So they can do 1000 times more just by upgrading the speed of the connection between the telescopes? That's pretty remarkable, why didn't they do it earlier?

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  2. Re:lot-o-data by footnmouth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    the bloke in the office opposite me is a part of this. Trust me, they have the money and the track record to make sure it's done properly.

    and he gets to live and work in Cornwall on big science - I hate him..... :-)

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