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 Dec 13 2006, 12:41 AM
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http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-46-06.html
57 million euros for a detailed study, construction starting in 3 years.  42m primary  , 6m secondary!  James -------------------- |
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Dec 13 2006, 11:36 AM
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Going from 8.5 and 10 meter segmented and/or monolitihc mirrors to a 100 meter one is too big a jump. The optimum jump is in the 25 to 35 meter range (2.5 x to 3.5 x increase beyond Keck) That would put a 100 meter OWL (*LOVE* that name/acronym) as a reasonable next jump.
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Dec 13 2006, 01:00 PM
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QUOTE (edstrick @ Dec 13 2006, 11:36 AM)  That would put a 100 meter OWL (*LOVE* that name/acronym) as a reasonable next jump. As far as wonderful acronyms are concerned I first came across OWL in an article that also mentioned an even better title - Gigantic Optical Device. |
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Dec 13 2006, 11:47 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 13 2006, 08:00 AM) As far as wonderful acronyms are concerned I first came across OWL in an article that also mentioned an even better title - Gigantic Optical Device. I toyed with designing a Graphic Omniscient Device, once. But no matter what I did, it ended up looking like me...  -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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jamescanvin E-ELT Dec 13 2006, 12:41 AM
dilo "This fast pace has also been possible thanks... Dec 13 2006, 06:32 AM
climber QUOTE (dilo @ Dec 13 2006, 07:32 AM) ... Dec 13 2006, 07:31 AM
DEChengst QUOTE (dilo @ Dec 13 2006, 07:32 AM) I... Dec 14 2006, 07:42 PM dilo QUOTE (DEChengst @ Dec 14 2006, 08:42 PM)... Dec 15 2006, 06:38 AM Roly Is there any practical way to build the E-ELT ... Dec 13 2006, 03:28 PM dilo QUOTE (Roly @ Dec 13 2006, 04:28 PM) Prob... Dec 13 2006, 07:21 PM jamescanvin Personally I'm glad that a 100m OWL is cancele... Dec 14 2006, 08:53 PM climber QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Dec 14 2006, 09:53 P... Dec 15 2006, 10:13 AM edstrick Maybe the next scale instrument will be the BLT (... Dec 15 2006, 11:10 AM dvandorn I will point out that, according to some experts I... Dec 15 2006, 05:42 PM remcook it works in the radio frequencies:
http://en.wiki... Dec 15 2006, 07:35 PM dilo ...and, one day, we will make arrays of thousands ... Dec 16 2006, 07:53 AM karolp I talked on the phone with a friend of mine today ... Dec 18 2006, 01:39 PM ngunn QUOTE (karolp @ Dec 18 2006, 01:39 PM) I ... Dec 18 2006, 03:11 PM monitorlizard I read an article on OWL two or three years ago th... Dec 15 2006, 08:19 PM helvick Optical Interferometry may be hard but there seems... Dec 15 2006, 08:40 PM |
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