University of Michigan: DESI Opens Its 5,000 Eyes to Capture the Colors of the Cosmos
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
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- U-M builds critical component of instrument to investigate dark energy
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A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky to capture the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light.
It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic . . .
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- U-M builds critical component of instrument to investigate dark energy
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A new instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona aimed its robotic array of 5,000 fiber-optic "eyes" at the night sky to capture the first images showing its unique view of galaxy light.
It was the first test of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic . . .