mynameismy111 t1_j28al9o wrote
Reply to comment by nova9001 in China reveals ambitious plans for Asia's largest optical telescope | The new telescope will have an aperture of 19.7 feet (6 meters) by 2024 while its mirror will be expanded to 26.2 feet (8 m) by 2030. by chrisdh79
It's just the China vs the world part that felt off, the telescope is nice, but it's not a world beater
8 meters.... I mean 😂
nova9001 t1_j28ik99 wrote
You know the article is written by the author right? He/she is the one pumping it up. There's only one short sentence where the official announcement was made its really a simple sentence.
mynameismy111 t1_j28k41r wrote
I know but Im just excited about the
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwhelmingly_Large_Telescope
which was intended to have a single aperture of 100 meters in diameter.
Instead the biggest in 2027 will be 40 meters
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
The observatory aims to gather 100 million times more light than the human eye, 13 times more light than the largest optical telescopes existing in 2014, and be able to correct for atmospheric distortion.
It has around 256 times the light gathering area of the Hubble Space Telescope and, according to the ELT's specifications, would provide images 16 times sharper than those from Hubble.
Author has a big single lens, but man will it be small compared to everything already under construction.
Nearest peer ready 2023 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory
Directish comparison https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/elt_giant_optical_telescopes_infographic.jpg
For fun if u got this far: https://xkcd.com/1294/
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