Discovery Channel Telescope Announced

[arwalden]

Coming Soon... SciFi Channel's Mission To Mars?
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Discovery Channel Telescope Announced
Construction Is Expected to Begin on the $30 Million Telescope in Fall 2004

Source: Discovery Channel and Lowell Observatory
http://www.azreporter.com/news/spacenews/news/dctelescope.html

Flagstaff, Ariz. -- Today, Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications, Inc., announced their collaboration to build a $30 million telescope that will significantly impact the exploration of our solar system and the universe beyond.

The Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) – designed exclusively for Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. – will be among the most sophisticated ground-based telescopes of its size. The four-meter telescope will have a significantly wider field of view than any currently existing telescope of its size, giving it the unprecedented ability to survey the sky at nearly eight times the capacity of the largest existing survey telescope. In this wide-field mode, the DCT’s ability to perform deep imaging surveys of the night sky will be unmatched. This versatile telescope can be quickly converted to its alternative optical configuration, allowing it, unlike other pure survey telescopes, to be highly effective during bright phases of the moon. Once operational, the DCT also will have real-time capability, allowing the images acquired by the telescope to be simultaneously broadcast to people around the world.

[Book Lover]

1. Yay! One more eye

looking up into the sky :-) I wonder why DC partnered with Lowell. I mean, no conspiracy here, I just wonder...

[mhr]

2. Which Corporation Owns Discovery Channel - NBC?

eom

[cprise]

3. Discovery Channel?

Will I be able to see lions and alligators with it, killing their prey and knashing their teeth?