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Large Binocular Telescope releases first images

BBC: Astronomers at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona have released the first images taken using its two giant 8m diameter mirrors.

Large Binocular TelescopeLBT has 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. The detailed pictures show a spiral galaxy located 102 million light-years away from the Milky Way. LBT has been 20 years in the making but promises to allow astronomers to probe the Universe further back in time and in more detail than ever before.

see also World's strongest telescope at full power in Arizona (USA Today) and Arizona Telescope Sees Deep into the Cosmos (NPR)

Posted by Physics Today on March 11, 2008 4:16 PM |

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