[SunkenCiv]

Four young stars in the Orion Trapezium cluster 1,350 light-years away are imaged by the LBT. This is the best image ever taken of these stars, which are all tightly located within 1 arcsecond of each other. By comparing this 2.16 micron infrared image to past images of this group over the last 15 years, astronomers can now see the motion of each star with respect to the others. The movements show that the stars in the mini-cluster were born together but will likely disperse as the stars age and interact with each other. (Image: LBT Observatory)

The HR8799 planetary system is seen in two different IR wavelengths -- on the left, in the H band (1.65 microns); and on the right, in a narrow band centered on 3.3 microns which is sensitive to absorption by methane. All four planets are visible. This is the first time the innermost planet, HR8799e, has been imaged at either wavelength. The scale line spans 1 arcsecond. (Image: LBT Observatory)

[GraceG]

Will they have to photoshop out the area in black that surrounds the image and looks like this?

Yes I made a Binocular Joke

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Are the G’s going to be upset that they have been excluded from the telescope’s acronym?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Next thing you know the Large Gigantic Binocular Telescopes (LGBT) will demand the right to marry each other.

[Vince Ferrer]

The telescope the environmentalists couldn’t kill. Or in Obama speak, “If the Republicans were around when this telescope was proposed, we’d be feeding squirrels on Mt. Graham.”

[GATOR NAVY]

And here I used to think I had a set of big binos using these

I did occasionally try to use them for stargazing. Needless to say, if there was any ship's motion (almost inevitable at sea), it was a matter of catching glimpses of the object as it went rushing through the field of view.