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ground-based matching Hubble power
Where are some of the ground-based telescope complexes that are beginning to
match Hubble's resolution and light gathering, especially in the visible bands? Non-space astronomy has been making major advances in the past twenty years, diminishing Hubble's early advantage -- exactly where is that happening? Jim O joberg at houston.rr.com |
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JimO wrote:
Where are some of the ground-based telescope complexes that are beginning to match Hubble's resolution and light gathering, especially in the visible bands? Non-space astronomy has been making major advances in the past twenty years, diminishing Hubble's early advantage -- exactly where is that happening? Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, for one: see http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/geninfo/about.html. -- Odysseus |
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Besides Keck in Hawaii, there's Paranal in Chile.
http://www.eso.org/projects/vlt/ Where are some of the ground-based telescope complexes that are beginning to match Hubble's resolution and light gathering, especially in the visible bands? Non-space astronomy has been making major advances in the past twenty years, diminishing Hubble's early advantage -- exactly where is that happening? Jim O joberg at houston.rr.com |
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