Posted on 03/13/2021 4:39:11 AM PST by LibWhacker
It gives liberals heart attacks.
—”Big advances in optics technology in the last couple of decades have made giant ground-based telescopes feasible again. “
Guessing that, they use digital correction to compensate for the earth’s atmosphere?
Used to be an airborne telescope mounted in a 747(?) FLYING AT 40,000 FEET.
STILLING FLYING:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy
It's OK, the RATs are in charge now.
—”I doubt the astronomers will be looking at stars much on a sunny day,”
An eclipse? Yes, stars.
A guy I worked with had a large Dobsonian homebrew and you could view some planets, and the moon during daylight.
Yep. Extremely thin secondary mirror, deformable by thousands of computer-controlled actuators to account for real-time distortions of airflow. Plus, Atacama Desert in Chile has very stable airflows to begin with compared to other places where these telescopes might be built.
High-tech stuff. Here in TX, UT Austin-Astronomy Dept. with its McDonald Observatory is one of the consortium members. They're pretty excited about this project.
Don’t remember all of the names. Was he the guy who polished the mirror? If so then yes.
Allan was the central character in the bestselling Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, the story of Palomar's discoveries. He was a lovely man and a personal friend.
Thanks. I’ll check out that book...sounds interesting.
If you do, and if you consider yourself to be a fervent Christian, then if you will get back to me I will tell you the extremely interesting and well-documented backstory about Allan that permeates that book but which the author failed to explore.
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