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Large Binoccular Telescope Successfully Achieves First Light
by bucy at 1:42 pm EDT, Oct 28, 2005 |
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) partners in the U.S.A., Italy and Germany are pleased to announce that they chieved "First Light" on Oct. 12, 2005. These exceptional images were obtained with one of the telescope's two primary mirrors in place and are being released today on the World Wide Web, http://www.lbto.org.
The image is stunning. |
Large Binoccular Telescope Successfully Achieves First Light
by Lost at 1:53 pm EDT, Oct 28, 2005 |
Peter A. Strittmatter, president of the LBT Corp., said, "This is a momentous occasion not only for the LBT partners but also for the international astronomical community. These first images far exceed our expectations and provide a glimpse of the unparalleled observational power the LBT will provide. We are extremely excited by the prospect that we can now observe the Universe from the earliest epochs of galaxy formation as well as provide major new capabilities for the study of exo-solar planets and the possibility of life outside our solar system."
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