European mammoth telescope

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in Astronomy |

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European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the final stages of designing the world's largest telescope named; European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). It is a mass 5.000tona telescope consisting of 984 individual computer-controlled mirrors an equivalent mirror diameter 42metra! Adaptive optics, six lasers to create artificial stars to opto-electronic equipment "used my" atmospheric turbulence and neutralize interference will allow this mammoth telescope a hundred times better performance than the latest editions Hubble Space Telescope!
According to the calculations of this device should allow astronomers to see disks around other stars and planets, as well as monitoring activities (detection of stellar spots) on the stars in our galaxy. His resolution will be orders of magnitude to be able to clearly record the individual stars in close GCs even in other galaxies of the local group.
In 2018 this miracle technique would be to start their operational work. A new chapter titled galactic astronomy, archeology will be given the right tools for their work.
Several million has been spent on the different conceptions of the E-ELT's. Ultimately this should be a telescope stand more than a billion euros, which are partly insured funds.
It is interesting to note that all the technology needed to make this telescope did the job for which it is intended at this point does not really exist. They are developed in parallel with razvjem the project. It is ultimately supposed excellence of this system and inevitable problems that will arise during its preparation.
One glance at the problem is negligible and that transported immense thousands and thousands of tons of equipment, high sensitivity to several thousand meters high mountain, not at all associated transport and other infrastructure, which will be located.

Marino Tumpić