Here's Looking at You
Just got back from "a trip to Florida":http://www.flickr.com/photos/splunge/sets/72157604057634786/, which included a wonderful stop at "Kennedy Space Center":http://www.flickr.com/photos/splunge/2314713601/in/set-72157604057634786/, so I'm really in the exploration groove.From "BBC News":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7282385.stm:
The world's most powerful optical telescope has opened both of its eyes.Astronomers at the "Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)":http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/lbto/ in Arizona have released the first images taken using its two giant 8m diameter mirrors....LBT has been 20 years in the making but promises to allow astronomers to probe the Universe further back in time and in more detail than ever before."The amount of time and work that was put into this project to reach the point where we are today is immense," said LBT Director Richard Green. "To see the telescope operational with both mirrors is a great feeling."The $120m (£60m) telescope uses two mirrors in tandem to maximise the amount of light it gathers, which allows astronomers to look deep into the Universe....The resolution is 10 times greater than the space-based Hubble telescope, which has a 2.4m (8ft) mirror.
Photo: Marco PedaniQuite exciting, but it didn't strike me as wise to practically advertise the light pollution in the surrounding area.
(There's a more nauseating "larger version":http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/lbto/images/2008/02/080205ae.jpg.)So: Viva Hubble!
Posted on "the Hubble site":http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/13/ on 04 March 2008:Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures.The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The remnant star visible at the center of NGC 2371 is the super-hot core of the former red giant, now stripped of its outer layers. Its surface temperature is a scorching 240,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The world's most powerful optical telescope has opened both of its eyes.Astronomers at the "Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)":http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/lbto/ in Arizona have released the first images taken using its two giant 8m diameter mirrors....LBT has been 20 years in the making but promises to allow astronomers to probe the Universe further back in time and in more detail than ever before."The amount of time and work that was put into this project to reach the point where we are today is immense," said LBT Director Richard Green. "To see the telescope operational with both mirrors is a great feeling."The $120m (£60m) telescope uses two mirrors in tandem to maximise the amount of light it gathers, which allows astronomers to look deep into the Universe....The resolution is 10 times greater than the space-based Hubble telescope, which has a 2.4m (8ft) mirror.
Photo: Marco PedaniQuite exciting, but it didn't strike me as wise to practically advertise the light pollution in the surrounding area.
(There's a more nauseating "larger version":http://medusa.as.arizona.edu/lbto/images/2008/02/080205ae.jpg.)So: Viva Hubble!
Posted on "the Hubble site":http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/13/ on 04 March 2008:Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures.The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The remnant star visible at the center of NGC 2371 is the super-hot core of the former red giant, now stripped of its outer layers. Its surface temperature is a scorching 240,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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