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    New Telescope design could Capture Distant Celestial objects with Unprecedented Detail

    March 20, 2020, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    A new multi-field hypertelescope design could image multiple stars at once with high resolution. Hypertelescopes use large arrays of mirrors with space between them. The multi-field design could be incorporated into the hypertelescope prototype being tested in the Alps (pictured).
    Credit: Antoine Labeyrie, Collège de France and Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur

    Researchers have designed a new camera that could allow hypertelescopes to image multiple stars at once. The enhanced telescope design holds the potential to obtain extremely high-resolution images of objects outside our solar system, such as planets, pulsars, globular clusters and distant galaxies.

    “A multi-field hypertelescope could, in principle, capture a highly detailed image of a star, possibly also showing its planets and e...

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