39: Ridiculously Large Telescopes
Jun 30, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 39
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Episode description
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Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.
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Things we talk about in this episode:
A good video about the GMT from National Geographic
The plain old Magellan Telescope
SALT, the South African Large Telescope
The European Extremely Large Telescope
The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (now cancelled)
Making Magellan Mirrors (video)
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