Comments on: The World's Most Powerful Telescope Sees First Light

By: bob

bob — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:46:57 +0000

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By: slavik

slavik — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:08:30 +0000

If anyone is still checkin this site…
zoom in the first telescope as much as you can, get it clear, put another telescope in front of it. the same way you can do that with 2 binoculars to get even closer to an object. it gets a little blurry and hard to find the second image but as scientists I bet you can clear up the images

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:17 +0000

I saw the LBT on TV. I was wondering if the images would be in 3rd dimension since if you look into a regular telescope it is in a 2 dimension image but when you look into a pair of binoculars would you not get a better dimension of space images since it is two lenses working simultaneously.

By: Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts

Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:26:56 +0000

[...] The World's Most Powerful Telescope Sees First Light March 10th, 2008 | Category: Astronomy, Contributors First light is a big deal. That's when a new observatory opens up for the first time and gathers light on its detectors. It's even a bigger deal when the world's most powerful telescope sees the night sky for the first time. Astronomers get ready for the Large Binocular Telescope. (moreâ€¦) [...]

By: tacitus

tacitus — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:52:21 +0000

Because they are too far apart. The mirrors in the Binocular Telescope are mounted on the dsame frame right next to each other, the Keck scopes are 85 meters apart. They can be used together as an interferometer, but the set up is a lot more complicated and while it is great for some types of observations, they can't be used in the same way as the Binocular Telescope to create sharper images.

By: Molecular

Molecular — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:02:56 +0000

Finally!!, in a very brief period of time we will actually be able to look directly at planets beyond our solar-system, rather than relying on techniques that just merely detect their presence.

I can't imagine the astonishment when we discovery the first blue planet that is similar to Earth.

By: TROY

TROY — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:13:15 +0000

I HAVE TOURED THE VLT ESO IN CHILE ON PARDINAL (not sure of spelling) MTN. IT IS IN FACT 4 TELESCOPES INTERCONNECTED

By: david antonelli

david antonelli — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:30:43 +0000

I have personally followed the progress on the LBT for 5 years. Finally our patience will be rewarded! One functioning mirror is something , but now that both are working together, my enthusiasm has doubled ! Watch closely,folks, this is going to be spectacular !!

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Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:04:12 +0000

[...] The World's Most Powerful Telescope Sees First Light (Universe Today) First light is a big deal. That's when a new observatory opens up for the first time and gathers light on its detectors. It's even a bigger deal when the world's most powerful telescope sees the night sky for the first time. Astronomers get ready for the Large Binocular Telescope. [...]

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By: alphonso richardson

alphonso richardson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:03:26 +0000

nice work! pretty good image. I'm looking forward to many more……………..

By: baley

baley — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:37:54 +0000

AFAIK the overall size of the Keck observatory is bigger [2 telescopes 10m each]and the VLT (European South Observatory in cile ) is even bigger ( 4 telescopes of 8.4m ).

By: Don Alexander

Don Alexander — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:33:20 +0000

A bit strange to be talking of "first light for the LBT" when a bunch of science papers have already appeared on results derived with one mirror…

Note that there is a good reason for shooting NGC 2770: two supernovae at the same time!! It's the two white stars on the galaxy, one lower left of center, the other in the top right tip. The latter was discovered right upon explosion due to an X-ray flare detected by Swift.

@Alonso Garcia: Keck can work as an interferometer, but LBT has both mirrors on one beam, which makes it much easier to switch them together.

By: Alonso Garcia

Alonso Garcia — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:02:26 +0000

Why the keck telescopes doesnt act in the same way?

By: David

David — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:01:47 +0000

I Would be happy with 120 mm. binoculars! LOL!

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:40:39 +0000

Wow! That's a quality first light image…