LimerickJim
LimerickJim t1_jefkx3t wrote
Reply to Path forward begins to emerge for Thirty Meter Telescope, which would be larger than any other current optical telescope and would sit atop the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii. by clayt6
This article is about an agreement with the indigenous population to remove several existing telescope sites (these telescopes aren't really needed any more) to place this one. Astronomers at the University of Hawaii had been dicks about the cultural importance of the site until the beginning of these talks during Covid.
LimerickJim t1_jef5jk6 wrote
Yeah that looks like a man karmically cursed with hot daughters
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Reply to comment by TheUmgawa in Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
We don't even know how many arms our galaxy has
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Reply to comment by Bkwrzdub in The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of an empire by egg_static5
Well all of European royalty used purple because the Roman Emperors did for the reasons you outlined
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Reply to comment by Doggleganger in [Schefter] Washington released QB Carson Wentz. by BCLetsRide69
He had that one sprint to the hospital when his wife went into labor during bowl season.
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Reply to comment by 2greenlimes in Snowboarders sue ex-coach, federation, USOPC for sex trafficking. by PrincessBananas85
This. Wherever there are people put in positions of trust around children there will be predators. Be it religions, sports or scouts.
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Reply to comment by zedisbread in Mr. Steal Yo Girl by holdenwook
Theres a glowing exclamation mark over his head
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Reply to comment by swr3212 in Michigan fires Matt Weiss amid computer access crimes investigation. by PrincessBananas85
Nah its called speculation
LimerickJim t1_j2cx5zh wrote
How much yoga mat?
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Reply to comment by brokejetflyer in Path forward begins to emerge for Thirty Meter Telescope, which would be larger than any other current optical telescope and would sit atop the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii. by clayt6
This article actually doesn't provide enough technical information to answer this. I would need to know the operational frequency and the specifics of the telescope lens set up to answer.
The term you want to think about for what this telescope can see is resolution. How small an object can the telescope see through it. This is given in terms of solid angle. The closer an object is (over the minimum resolution distance) the smaller the telescope can resolve. An object in orbit can be size x, an object on the moon has to be larger than x, near mars larger still.
An added complication is brightness and interference. The atmosphere scatters a lot of light coming in so if an object isn't reflecting (or emitting) sufficient light the light that it does reflect will be scattered before it reaches the telescope.
This is further complicated by the sensing frequency. The magnification provided by a telescope is directly related to the wavelength of light that it is built to observe. The simplest designs look in the visible spectrum and your eye is the sensor but there are things you can only see at IR or UV wavelengths. There are stars a 30 m IR scope will see that a 30 m visual spectrum telescope can't.
There are other complications like weather, solar conditions, the lunar calendar etc., that also effect but we tend to focus on "ideal conditions".