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Our telescopes (Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes) can only work on Earth as we use the atmosphere as detector medium. Space based telescopes can simply not be
by maxnoe 6y ago
Our telescopes (Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes) can only work on Earth as we use the atmosphere as detector medium.
Space based telescopes can simply not be build large enough no matter how cheap some tons to LEO will get.
- aeternum 6y agoDoes Earth have the optimal atmosphere for this technique? How about putting telescopes on other planets with atmosphere?
- lostmsu 6y ago> Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes can only work on Earth as we use the atmosphere as detector medium. Considering their operating principle, are they actually affected by satellites?
- maxnoe 6y agoYes, every foreign light source is disturbing. We measure down to single photons in nanosecond timescales and a mag 3 or brighter satellite moving through the field of view is definitely not a good thing.