Astronomy: Large Binocular Telescope

The Large Binocular Telescope is located at Mount Graham near Safford in the United States. It's fully operational in 2005 and will be one of the most technologically advanced ground-based telescope in the world. The Large Binocular Telescope is unlike any other telescope, because its twin 8,4-meter mirrors will sit on a single mount. The mirrors are much larger and lighter than conventional solid-glass mirrors and will collect more light than any existing telescope. And the telescope is equipped with "adaptive optics," which corrects for atmospheric turbulence that distorts starlight. This allows astronomers to see objects deeper into space than even the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Related subjects >> Mauna Kea Observatory >> Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory >> Official Large Binocular Telescope internetsite

The Large Binocular Telescope in 2004, the two mirrors form one telescope The two mirrors in Milan 2001 < JPG image 800 x 600 pixels >