Getting a Clear View.(astronomers search the heavens at Hawaii's Mauna Kea observatory)

Science News | March 4, 2000| | Copyright

A good telescope gets even better

Last December, astronomers commanded the world's biggest telescope, perched near the windswept summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, to gaze deep into the Andromeda galaxy. The W.M. Keck II Telescope had studied the galaxy, one of our nearest neighbors, many times before, but now the stakes were higher. The 10-meter instrument had recently been outfitted with a rapidly adjustable mirror designed to minimize the distortions imposed by Earth's turbulent atmosphere. If the new system worked, astronomers would see details no ground-based ...

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