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High Definition Space Telescope with starshade

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: e-sou05-50001

Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 27 cm

The High Definition Space Telescope is almost twice the size of a tennis court. By using a football-field-sized shade to block the light from distant stars, the HDST could directly observe exoplanets;

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Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - CORONOGRAPH - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HDST - HIGH DEFINITION SPACE TELESCOPE - ILLUSTRATION - NEW WORLDS - OCCULTER - SPACE - STARSHADE -