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Article: NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEDICATE NEW TELESCOPE AT BIG BEAR SOLAR OBSERVATORY ON OCT. 3, 2009
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- September 30, 2009
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NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 29 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they might have dreamed possible about the Sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of ground-based and space-based instruments. All the more reason for the excitement on Oct. 3, 2009 when NJIT formally dedicates the new solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), CA.
Noted NJIT solar astronomer Philip R. Goode led the remarkable five-year project to build the world's largest aperture (1.6-meter) solar telescope. This instrument will be the pathfinder for future even larger ground-based telescopes ...