Big Glass. William Schomaker.
by Schomaker, William; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 49Science. Publisher: Astronomy, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomy -- Observations | Gemini North Telescope (Hawaii) | Gemini South Telescope (Chile) | Hobby-Eberly Telescope | Keck Observatory (Hawaii) | Subaru Telescope (Japan) | Very Large TelescopeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For 45 years, the 5-meter (200-inch) Hale Telescope was the mighty king of all ground-based optical telescopes....But late last century, a new generation of Glass Giants began to take root on high and dry mountain peaks. There they scour the sky like visual time machines, opening portals to distant worlds and forgotten eras." (ASTRONOMY) This article discusses new astronomical telescopes that are much larger than the Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain and enable scientists to see much deeper into space.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Big Glass, May 2003; pp. 38-44.
"For 45 years, the 5-meter (200-inch) Hale Telescope was the mighty king of all ground-based optical telescopes....But late last century, a new generation of Glass Giants began to take root on high and dry mountain peaks. There they scour the sky like visual time machines, opening portals to distant worlds and forgotten eras." (ASTRONOMY) This article discusses new astronomical telescopes that are much larger than the Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain and enable scientists to see much deeper into space.
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