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12, Feb, 2012

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Large Binocular Telescope Lbt	A telescope consisting of two 8.4-metre 27.5-foot mirrors on a single mount, to be constructed at the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona. The project is a collaboration between the University of Arizona and the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory in Florence, Italy. The binocular arrangement will give the telescope a light-gathering power equivalent to a single 11.8-metre 39-foot mirror, and a resolution corresponding to a 23-metre 75.5-foot telescope.

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Large Binocular Telescope Lbt

A telescope consisting of two 8.4-metre 27.5-foot mirrors on a single mount, to be constructed at the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona. The project is a collaboration between the University of Arizona and the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory in Florence, Italy. The binocular arrangement will give the telescope a light-gathering power equivalent to a single 11.8-metre 39-foot mirror, and a resolution corresponding to a 23-metre 75.5-foot telescope.