Re: Hubble beaten by ground based adaptive optics

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:36:24 GMT

In article <1107051069.512974.97130@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
 <sawlake-gg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The debate on saving Hubble may take a new turn -- Ground based
>telescopes with adaptive optics are out-doing the aging Hubble...

It's not news that they can outdo Hubble in some respects, especially when
raw light-gathering power is important (since some of those scopes have an
order of magnitude more mirror area).

Hubble continues to be superior -- and likely to stay that way -- in other
respects, such as ultraviolet performance and dark sky background. 

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