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It was my understanding that Hawaii is one of the two best places in the world for ground based telescopes though? I'm not refuting you, just interested in you
by Timpy 7y ago
It was my understanding that Hawaii is one of the two best places in the world for ground based telescopes though? I'm not refuting you, just interested in your insights. Wouldn't the light pollution in Spain have a noticeable effect?
- PopePompus 7y agoThe Spanish site that the TMT is considering is in the Canary Islands, far from mainland Spain. Like Mauna Kea, that site has several large observatories on it already. Like Mauna Kea, it's in the northern hemisphere (which the TMT wants) but not too far north. It is an excellent site, but it is at a lower elevation than Mauna Kea, with somewhat poorer seeing. Since 2015 it has been clear to many of us who watched the protests that year and the endless public meetings which followed, that the TMT could not be built in Hawaii. Still, I've been astonished this week by how massive the protest has been, and how feeble the state response has been.