Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: DESI Opens Its 5,000 Eyes to Capture the Colors of the Cosmos
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona has aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky and captured the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light.
It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, known as DESI, with its nearly complete complement of components. The long-await . . .
A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona has aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky and captured the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light.
It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, known as DESI, with its nearly complete complement of components. The long-await . . .