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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Antarctic Telescope High On Australian New Wishlist

Canberra (SPX) Jun 24, 2005
Astronomers hope to kick-start their long-running push to build a telescope in Antarctica in the latest 10-year plan for Australian astronomy.
A draft version of the so-called decadal plan will be discussed at the annual scientific meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia in Sydney next month.

The proposed 2 metre infra-red telescope was originally scheduled to be completed at Antarctica's Dome C this year. But lack of funds have stalled the project and frustrated astronomers.

More here: www.spacedaily.com/news/telescopes-05x.html

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I'm for any astronomical instrument, but I would really like to see a large optical telescope in visible light in that pristine sky. But financially it would not be cost effective...you know....the six months of sunlight thing.

[Maddad]

And six months of the blackest night sky you can imagine, jewel strewn with more stars, galaxies, and nebulae than you've ever imagined.