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  • Hundreds of new galaxies found!

    Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/17/health/south-africa-meerkat-telescope-galaxies/index.html



    Super telescope finds hundreds of previously undetectable galaxies
    By James Griffiths, CNN

    (CNN)A South African radio telescope has revealed hundreds of galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 had been seen before.

    The images, taken by MeerKAT telescope, are an indication of the detail the southern hemisphere's most powerful radio telescope may be able to provide when it is fully operational later this year.

    At present, 16 of MeerKAT's 64 dishes are scanning the skies. As well as its scientific goals, the project serves as a technological demonstration of South Africa's capability to host the Square Kilometer Array, a huge multiradio-telescope project to be built in Australia and South Africa comprising dozens of dishes.

    "Based on the results being shown today, we are confident that after all 64 dishes are in place, MeerKAT will be the world's leading telescope of its kind until the advent of SKA," Professor Justin Jonas, SKA South Africa chief technologist, said in a statement.

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    But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:

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    cool. Were they lost?

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      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
      cool. Were they lost?
      Yeah, sorry about that. I left them in some socks, put the pair in the wash, and ended up losing half of them.
      "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from trolling."

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        Originally posted by TheLurch View Post
        Yeah, sorry about that. I left them in some socks, put the pair in the wash, and ended up losing half of them.


        Lost a few of those eh?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          cool. Were they lost?
          Some body dropped the bag full and they rolled under the bed.

          The new clustered telescopes see further with better resolution.
          Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
          Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
          But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:

          go with the flow the river knows . . .

          Frank

          I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.

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