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Megatelescopes
To see deeper into space, we will need much bigger telescopes.
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As astronomy seeks to find and study distant planets and peer further and more accurately into space and time, the limitations of ground based telescopes, especially optical telescopes, represents our largest barrier. Today we will examine what those limitations are, and ways to make vastly more enormous telescopes and arrays.
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Credits:
Megatelescopes
Season 4, Episode 19
Writers:
Isaac Arthur
Mark Warburton
Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Producer:
Isaac Arthur
Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier
Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Luca DeRosa
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara (Rapid Thrash)
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Narrator:
Isaac Arthur
Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa lucaderosa2@live.com
Music:
Stellardrone, "Billions And Billions" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Aerium, “Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, “Time Slip" https://soundcloud.com/lombusmusic
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory Of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "Light Years" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
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