Thread: Russian Hubble?

Anyone heard anything about this russian hubble telescope?

Any details? Supposedly 1000x sharper.

Originally Posted by tom

Anyone heard anything about this russian hubble telescope?

Any details? Supposedly 1000x sharper.

Check here --> Russian Space Telescope Lifts Off, Will Be Biggest Telescope Ever | Popular Science.

Originally Posted by David E. Eaton Sr.

Check here --> Russian Space Telescope Lifts Off, Will Be Biggest Telescope Ever | Popular Science.

RadioAstron will be able to resolve celestial objects separated by an angle of 7 microarcseconds, which is 10,000 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope, New Scientist notes. Scientists hope it will be able to peer at the event horizon of a black hole at the center of the galaxy M87; study radio waves emitted by water masers, which are clouds of water molecules found in galaxy discs; and study pulsars, among other missions.

Originally Posted by tom

RadioAstron will be able to resolve celestial objects separated by an angle of 7 microarcseconds, which is 10,000 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope, New Scientist notes. Scientists hope it will be able to peer at the event horizon of a black hole at the center of the galaxy M87; study radio waves emitted by water masers, which are clouds of water molecules found in galaxy discs; and study pulsars, among other missions.

According to my calculations that is a resolution of 0.01 mm at a distance of 300 km. If atmosphere wasn't hazy, they could count the hairs on your head. Or see big continents on planets around other stars.

But it's a radio telescope, correct? Not visible light.

Originally Posted by SpaceCadet

But it's a radio telescope, correct? Not visible light.

Right. They're using interferometry with ground based telescopes--the space scope is actually a lot smaller than the ground based ones.

Originally Posted by grapes

Right. They're using interferometry with ground based telescopes--the space scope is actually a lot smaller than the ground based ones.

Here is a pretty nice article:
We're going to see a black hole!!! : Starts With A Bang

Thanks, tom, great article...one normally doesn't 'visualize' an astrophysicist as looking like this --> see url below, near top left side of article....

Originally Posted by tom

Here is a pretty nice article:
We're going to see a black hole!!! : Starts With A Bang

Really ... that is how I normally visualize astrophysicists.

Originally Posted by David E. Eaton Sr.

Thanks, tom, great article...one normally doesn't 'visualize' an astrophysicist as looking like this --> see url below, near top left side of article....