telescope reflector
Second lift of radio telescope dish a success
PENTICTON - No dishes were damaged this morning as National Research Council engineers and staff transferred an 8.7 tonne telescope reflecter dish. The dish was brought to the South Okanagan conservatory in October via helicopter, but high pressure winds damaged the dish causing setbacks. Research engineer Gordon Lacy worked on getting the dish back to...
Observatory takes second run at installing new telescope reflector
PENTICTON — After a failed first attempt, researches will try a second time to put in place a 200-square-metre telescope reflector for some serious star gazing. The National Research Council of Canada first tried to install the reflector — which looks similar to a satellite dish — in October, 2013, but heavy winds damaged it...