Located at the University of Arizona,
the LBT is a large optical/infrared telescope that utilizes two, 8.4 meter
diameter mirrors. It ranks amont the world's most advanced telescopes. Using
adaptive optics, LBT has imaged planets outside our solar system and peers back
toward the beginning of time. [Research supported by National Science Foundation
grant AST 09-08816.]
(Date of Image: September 2007)
Credit: C.S. Kochanek, K.Z. Stanke, J.L.
Prieto, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University; Large Binocular
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