Antarctica Is the Best Place On Earth for a Telescope, Is Also the Hardest Place to Put a Telescope

Antarctica Is the Best Place On Earth for a Telescope, Is Also the Hardest Place to Put a Telescope
By Andy Tomaswick

Twinkling stars might make for spectacular viewing on a hot summer’s night, but they are an absolute nightmare to astronomers. That twinkling is caused by disturbances in the Earth’s atmosphere, and can wreak havoc on brightness readings, a key tool for astronomers everywhere.  Those readings are used for everything from understanding galaxy formation to the …

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August 7, 2020 at 08:27AM
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