(30 quotes found)
“I think what really makes this telescope special is its high sensitivity, especially in spectroscopy.”
Klaus Pontoppidan
“The telescope was designed to be very sensitive and have a very clean response to signals from the sky.”
Timothy Robishaw
“The SMA spotted what no single-dish telescope could see.”
Tyler Bourke
“I had a great view, out in my backyard with a couple of telescopes.”
Fred Espenak
“What the crew did was put the turbocharger on this telescope. The Advanced Camera is going to add 10 times the capability to Hubble.”
Garth Illingworth
“We then resorted to watching them through a telescope and marked the places where they landed to pick up sample droppings for viral tests,”
David Allan
“They're good for sweeping around for the comet and actually give you a better view actually than a big telescope.”
Steve Maran
“He called and asked, 'Are you interested?' in getting (the telescope).”
James Hill
“This is due to the fact that the telescope at La Palma has a much bigger mirror. It is far too expensive to bring such large mirrors out into space.”
Paal Brekke
“Even with all our modern telescopes, the professionals can't look at the whole sky at once. But the amateurs are everywhere. With relatively small telescopes, they can see these nearby supernovae, which are very bright - often brighter than their host galaxies.”
John Beacom
