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To: sig226

Let’s hope the coming Hubble mission is a complete success.
Anybody know what Telescope is in the works that is going to replace the capabilities of this one?
(Meaning the one with the pretty pictures)


14 posted on 02/24/2008 6:53:44 PM PST by mowowie
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15 posted on 02/24/2008 6:57:46 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: mowowie

In the next few years an enormous (16 meter) optical telescope is due to be finished. It will be ground based but will be using some type of adaptive optics to overcome atmospheric distortions.

From what I’ve read it will put anything in existence to shame and is expected to give us our first direct views of some exoplanets.


17 posted on 02/25/2008 5:50:29 AM PST by cripplecreek (Voting CONSERVATIVE in memory of 5 children killed by illegals 2/17/08 and 2/19/ 08)
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