Ua hōʻike aku ka European Southern Observatory (ESO) i nā kiʻi kupanaha o ka nui o ka pō ka lā i hana ʻia ma Iulai 2 o kēia makahiki.
Ua hala ka pōloli lā a pau ma ka ESO's La Silla Observatory ma Chile. He mea kupanaha ua hana ʻia kēia hanana astronomical i ka makahiki kanalima o ka hana o ka observatory i ʻōlelo ʻia - ua wehe ʻia ʻo La Silla i ka makahiki 1969.
Ma ka hola 16:40 o ka manawa Chile, ua uhi ka Mahina i ka Lā: ua ʻike ʻia ka pohā o ka lā ma loko o kahi 150-kilomita ma ka ʻākau o Chile. ʻElua mau minuke ka lōʻihi o ka manawa o ka pō.
Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia aia ʻelua ʻelua o nā telescope papa 4-mika maikaʻi loa o La Silla ma ka honua. ʻO kēia ka 3,58-mika New Technology Telescope (NTT), i kekahi manawa i lilo i ka telescope mua loa o ka honua me kahi aniani hoʻokele kamepiula (active optics).
ʻO ka lua o ka mea hana, ʻo ia ka telescope 3,6 mika o ESO, e hana pū ana me ka mea hahai holoholona exoplanet kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo ka mea kani HARPS.
Source: 3dnews.ru