July 4th, 2004, 01:15 AM
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Re: OT: Hubble rulez !
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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
So it seems to me that a space telescope with filtering would be even better.
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I think he meant just that the atmosphere of the Earth distorts the images, which is why ground based ones have been no good (compared to Hubble). Now that computers can take care of the distortion, a single telescope on the ground is just as good as one in space.
[ July 04, 2004, 00:18: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ] |