Category: Telescopes
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Next-generation U.S. Radio Telescope Development Begins – National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Planning has started on the next generation of The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). NRAO and AUI are launching development of a new radio-telescope system with the advanced capabilities to answer critical scientific questions of the coming decades. Source: public.nrao.edu/news/next-generation-radio-telescope/
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New Technology Telescope bathed in red
Rear view of New Technology Telescope (NTT) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, located on the outskirts of the Chilean Atacama Desert, 600 km north of Santiago de Chile. Inaugurated in 1989, the 3.58-metre NTT was the first telescope in the world to have a computer-controlled main mirror. This mirror is flexible; in a process called adaptive optics, its…
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Astronomers, billboard companies clash over signs that shine
Light pollution. Groan. Astronomers, billboard companies clash over signs that shine PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has long been a haven for astronomers who take advantage of its mountain peaks and vast stretches of dark, desert sky to gaze at stars… Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3473592/Astronomers-billboard-companies-clash-signs-shine.html
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Telescope sizes over the years.
Amazing comparison of the growth in telescope sizes over the years.
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Gemini Planet Imager First Light!
Gemini Planet Imager First Light! Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) was designed, built, and optimized for imaging faint planets next to bright stars and probing their atmospheres. It will also be a powerful tool for studying dusty, planet-forming disks around young stars. It is the most advanced such instrument to be deployed on the 8-meter Gemini…
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Ad for the Celestron 10 and Celestron 22!
Old magazine ad for the Celestron 10, Celestron 16 and Celestron 22. And I thought lugging my Celestron C14 around was a pain!
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36″ Refractor User Guide
For those who want to see how to drive a big, but manually controlled telescope, here’s the user guide for the 36″ Lick Refractor
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GS-880 10 inch Dob review – from 2002!!!
NOTE: This review was published on my original site back in June 2002 – leaving it here with the original date, pics and text – plus for my now adult children to see some old photos of themselves! ================================================= So, how much telescope does $1000 buy you these days? How does a metal tubed 10″…