(Vatican Telescope named L.U.C.I.F.E.R)- Its one of the most powerful and advanced telescopes in the world. The Large Binocular Telescope, or LBT, perched atop the Mount Graham International Observatory in southeastern Arizona, contains an immensely powerful tool that allows astronomers to observe the faintest and most distant objects in the heavens. Those objects can be detected with the help of LUCIFER -a beastly set of super-cooled, near-infrared cameras also known as Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research. The first camera, LUCIFER I, was fitted to the telescope in 2010. According to some reports, LUCIFER II was installed as early 2013.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:35:07 +0000