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The New Galileos

The New Galileos: Episode 2: The Large Binocular Telescope

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Episode 2: The Large Binocular Telescope

The Large Binocular Telescope

BBC Radio 4 - The New Galileos, The Large Binocular Telescope

Andrew Luck-Baker meets the scientists behind the Large Binocular Telescope.

Andrew Luck-Baker finds out about the world's largest telescope, the Large Binocular Telescope, which is nearing completion on a mountain top in Arizona.

The world's largest telescope is nearing completion on a mountain top in Arizona. With the combined power of its two giant mirrors, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) will image the Universe in greater detail than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Andrew Luck-Baker talks to the astronomers who expect to see planets orbitting and being born around distant stars with the telescope. He also meets the technologists who designed and constructed the revolutionary observatory, and visits the spinning furnaces in which the 8.4 meter diameter mirrors were made. 

The LBT is a trail blazer for astronomical technologies in the next generation of super-massive telescopes.
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Andrew Luck-Baker meets today's telescope builders and astronomers

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