New telescope design

[Bobbyoutback]

This could be the refractor of the future :question:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/breakthrough-in-astronomy-first-flat-telescope-lens-captures-color-and-distant-starlight/ar-AA1A2Yf1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=3ee5696b89b54b90f2be6687c74887 dd&ei=136

[KISSMAD]

That is only for flat earthers.
:rofl:

[ALman]

Do flat earth believers still exist. I'd say just look through a telescope.

[Bobbyoutback]

More to this :)

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/126/5/051701/3333379/Color-astrophotography-with-a-100-mm-diameter-f-2?redirectedFrom=fulltext

[ALman]

Very interesting.

[Matthieu]

It's very interesting, I'm curious to see whether they get it to a point where it becomes economically viable

[bojan]

Interesting, but no mentioned images of Moon craters and sunspots anywhere ..
While meta-materials offer a lot of hope, I suspect the resolution of this lens is still not good enough.

[blindman]

So many people, so much wasted time, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

[ChrisD]

These are the images from the Applied Physics Letters journal.

325200

[TrevorW]

Surprised anything will be developed in America in the foreseeable future with the research funding and educational cuts by Trump and Elon Musk DOGE