05-08-2019, 02:46 PM
Nice letter in the Trib today written by Tom Geballe regarding the observatories on MK and the TMT. Tom was my boss for a number of years at UKIRT and responsible for bringing me out to Hawaii.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...r-may-8-5/
"Mr. Belsky and Ms. Akaka are correct in stating that the Event Horizon Telescope, actually a group of telescopes stretching around the globe, was able to image a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy without the TMT. But they are incorrect in suggesting that this shows the TMT is not needed and that existing telescopes will suffice."
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...r-may-8-5/
"Mr. Belsky and Ms. Akaka are correct in stating that the Event Horizon Telescope, actually a group of telescopes stretching around the globe, was able to image a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy without the TMT. But they are incorrect in suggesting that this shows the TMT is not needed and that existing telescopes will suffice."