Telescope Upgrade Produces Stunningly Clear Views of Space

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ack

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Great stuff. My Canon is also like that... Pfff!
 

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I was thinking; if the Earth's atmosphere act as a dirty lense, an opaque cataract, a toxic and polluted ozone layer, how can they see clearly in space? Would it be best to build a telescope in a space station way above Earth? I know...the high costs and travelling expenses.

Chile must be one clean place on the planet to have that VLT.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope

Anyway, I Googled ...
° https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/telescopes/a25676/astronomers-sun-massive-telescope/
 

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Stats: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/elt/

 

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Thanks Al,
Fascinating info... extraordinary to see how beautiful Neptune really is.
 

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