G'Day IIS folks
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This week we enabled one of our advanced drivers the opportunity to strive for something unheard of. And he did it! Breaking a record in amateur astronomy.
Dr Sasse captured Quasar J1148+5251 on a 17" telescope. Reaching out to the edge of the observable universe!
As far as we know, after much research, Dr Christian Sasse and the new G17 telescope in Spain have broken the record for amateur astronomy; the most distant amateur observation ever achieved on a truly accessible, amateur sized telescope.
- to 12.79 billion yight years (quasar)
- z=6.41
We amateurs are getting to places never dreamed of before.
See more on this news and images
Here.
Cheers!