06-09-2016, 07:09 PM
TMT was looking at Atacama before Hawaii. They are now looking at India and the Canary islands, as well as looking back at Atacama.
The Giant Magellan telescope 25 meters has already started construction at Atacama. It will be 10 times more powerful than Hubble and Hubble is already resolving the Universe after it was only 400 million years old.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/a...-universe/
Construction has also started on the European Extremely Large Telescope 39 meters at Atacama. This has more than 30% more mirror area than TMT, will cost half as much and will see first light in 2024, probably 3 to 4 years before TMT if it got approved immediately. That isn't going to happen.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/e...telescope/
These largest optical telescopes are going to be able to see almost to the beginning of the universe. The irony is visible light didn't start until the universe was about 300 million years old, so looking at it when it was younger is going to be darkness until just after the beginning and that will be cosmic microwave background radiation.
It's all good, James Webb gets launched in 2018 and that will be about 7 times more powerful than Hubble. All the data is starting to be streamed, so it is available on the street a few hours after imaging has been processed. The data falling from the heavens abounds, TMT in Hawaii or TMT in Atacama. The astronomy jobs for locals thing never panned out, and it never will.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
The Giant Magellan telescope 25 meters has already started construction at Atacama. It will be 10 times more powerful than Hubble and Hubble is already resolving the Universe after it was only 400 million years old.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/a...-universe/
Construction has also started on the European Extremely Large Telescope 39 meters at Atacama. This has more than 30% more mirror area than TMT, will cost half as much and will see first light in 2024, probably 3 to 4 years before TMT if it got approved immediately. That isn't going to happen.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/e...telescope/
These largest optical telescopes are going to be able to see almost to the beginning of the universe. The irony is visible light didn't start until the universe was about 300 million years old, so looking at it when it was younger is going to be darkness until just after the beginning and that will be cosmic microwave background radiation.
It's all good, James Webb gets launched in 2018 and that will be about 7 times more powerful than Hubble. All the data is starting to be streamed, so it is available on the street a few hours after imaging has been processed. The data falling from the heavens abounds, TMT in Hawaii or TMT in Atacama. The astronomy jobs for locals thing never panned out, and it never will.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*