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Showing posts with label Cerro Armazones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cerro Armazones. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Chile With The Biggest Telescope In The World

The South American country of Chile is about to get the worlds biggest telescope. The Cerro Armazones mountain will be the new place for the telescope. In order to build a house around the telescope the top of the mountain will have to be blasted away using explosives.
The telescope has  a 39-metre mirror and the astronomers are going to call it The world’s biggest eye on the sky.They say it will help advance the studys of planets and stars.

                             

I wish I had this telescope in my backyard at home!