80 Telescopes (APOD 2009 April 3)

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:25 pm

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090403.html
I started watching the web cast and had trouble backing out! I hope it was just a glitch.

Orin

aristarchusinexile · Post by **aristarchusinexile** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:49 pm

I have a vague, uneasy feeling this photo is a composite.

Indigo_Sunrise · Post by **Indigo_Sunrise** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:02 pm

Who cares if it's a composite? The description and the included links are what you (viewers/readers in general, not you specifically) should be following/perusing.

aristarchusinexile · Post by **aristarchusinexile** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:17 pm

Indigo_Sunrise wrote:Who cares if it's a composite? The description and the included links are what you (viewers/readers in general, not you specifically) should be following/perusing.

Well, don't you think apod should clearly identify the composites so we'll know they're not genuine, like this one for instance?
I mean, I don't like guesswork.

starnut · Post by **starnut** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:17 am

aristarchusinexile wrote: Well, don't you think apod should clearly identify the composites so we'll know they're not genuine, like this one for instance?
I mean, I don't like guesswork.

Well, it is obviously a composite, so why point out the obvious in the explanation? No guesswork needed!

Gary

apodman · Post by **apodman** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:24 am

The composite is centered on the Galapagos Islands, an obvious reference to the evolution of the telescope.

The distortion of the dishes is cool. It looks like the clay sagged before they got them into the kiln. The curved Hubble should prove useful in capturing light rays that have been bent by strong gravitational fields. Each observatory dome appears to have received a head upgrade, too.

aristarchusinexile · Post by **aristarchusinexile** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:43 pm

starnut wrote:
aristarchusinexile wrote: Well, don't you think apod should clearly identify the composites so we'll know they're not genuine, like this one for instance?
I mean, I don't like guesswork.
Well, it is obviously a composite, so why point out the obvious in the explanation? No guesswork needed!

Gary

What's obvious about it? 8)

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