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New telescope promises to reduce the size and weight of telescopes, yet retain the resolution.

Shrinking the Telescope: The Future of Optical Technology (4min YouTube video)

1 posted on 08/05/2017 2:08:21 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Good concept, but looks like it needs some development enhancement.


2 posted on 08/05/2017 2:14:04 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Swordmaker; humblegunner; 50mm; Salamander; Semper Mark; JoeProBono

Just because it’s kewl - Ping!


3 posted on 08/05/2017 4:06:52 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: LibWhacker

Very nice


5 posted on 08/05/2017 4:23:58 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: LibWhacker

Seems like they could reduce the bulk even more by using a curved sensor array rather than the flat disc they are presently using.


6 posted on 08/05/2017 4:48:08 AM PDT by fso301
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To: LibWhacker

Phones get bigger.
Telescopes get smaller.

Hello, 21st century.


8 posted on 08/05/2017 5:23:38 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: LibWhacker

This is very, very big. Like the transistor, or the laser.


9 posted on 08/05/2017 5:33:17 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: LibWhacker
(Typical disparaging comment:)

"But are the images in color?"

(Reminds me of the first reports of the merits of liquid crystals back in the day of commonplace Nixie tubes for digital numeric displays on electronic instruments. Now, we have high-def LCD TVs lit by LED arrays. Whew!)

10 posted on 08/05/2017 5:37:25 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: LibWhacker

I’d call it a high resolution digital camera, not a telescope.


12 posted on 08/05/2017 6:06:06 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: LibWhacker
Paper microscope
15 posted on 08/05/2017 6:11:41 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: LibWhacker

Just wait until Google sends a spider sensor/network into orbit, aimed right back here on earth.


19 posted on 08/05/2017 7:45:22 AM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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20 posted on 08/05/2017 7:56:52 AM PDT by xp38
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To: LibWhacker

Will this make NASA’s James Webb telescope obsolete before it gets off the ground?


21 posted on 08/05/2017 8:58:34 AM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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