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Antarctic Ground Telescope

Post by dougettinger » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:16 pm

I heard rumors that the USA government constructed and is now operation a large ground telescope facility near the South Pole of Antartica. Does anyone know if this rumor is true? Thanks.

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Re: Antarctic Ground Telescope

Post by bystander » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:28 pm

http://pole.uchicago.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole_Telescope
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Re: Antarctic Ground Telescope

Post by dougettinger » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:12 pm

Bystander, thank you for the reference. I was unaware of this mission. This telescope is on the trail of Dark Energy and the first 100 million years of this universe.

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