Paul F. Dietz wrote:

Jim Kingdon wrote:

And as for being better than Hubble, I'm sure it depends on what you
are doing. It won't do Ultraviolet, I'd be fairly confident in
saying. There are plenty of telescopes which are just as good, or
better, than Hubble at some things. There aren't any which match all
of its capabilities.


The HST also has a darker background, since it doesn't have to
contend with airglow (granted, that's reduced during the antarctic
winter.)


Maybe they intend to use the Antarctic ozone hole to let it get at least
some UV coverage.

Pat