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OWL telescope.

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: o-owl01-00003

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 20 cm

Concept of a giant, next generation optical and near-infrared telescope, dubbed OWL for for the eponymous bird's keen night vision, and for OverWhelmingly Large.
With a diameter of 100 meter, OWL would combine unrivalled light gathering power with the ability to resolve details down to a milli-arc second.

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2004 - ASTRONOMY - CAR - CHILE - ILLUSTRATION - OBSERVATORY - OWL - TELESCOPE -