Chapters: Large Binocular Telescope, Eastern Arizona College, Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Safford Regional Airport, the Gila Valley Arizona Temple, Sierra Bonita Ranch, Steward Observatory, Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Fort Grant, Arizona, Point of Pines Sites, Mount Graham International Observatory, Roper Lake State Park, Arizona State Prison Complex - Safford, Cluff Ranch Ponds, Riggs Flat Lake, Governor Aker Observatory, Frye Mesa Reservoir, Graham County Courthouse, Buena Vista Hotel (Safford, Arizona). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Large Binocular Telescope - LBT is a joint project of these members: the Italian astronomical community (represented by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF); the University of Arizona; University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, the LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft in Germany (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Landessternwarte in Heidelberg, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Munich and Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn); The Ohio State University; Research Corporation in Tucson. The telescope design has two 8.4-meter (28 ft) mirrors mounted on a common base, hence the name "binocular". LBT takes advantage of active and adaptive optics, provided by Arcetri Observatory. The collecting area is equivalent to an 11.8 meters (39 ft) circular aperture, greater than any other single telescope. Also, an interferometric mode will be available, with a maximum baseline of 22.8 meters (75 ft) for aperture synthesis imaging observations and a baseline of 15 meters (49 ft) for nulling interferometry. The choice of location sparked considerable local controversy, both from the San ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=178235Price:
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