I-European Southern Observatory (ESO) yethule izithombe ezimangalisayo zengqikithi yokufiphala kwelanga okwenzeka ngoJulayi 2 kulo nyaka.
Isamba sokufiphala kwelanga sidlule e-ESO's La Silla Observatory eChile. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lesi sigameko sezinkanyezi senzeke ngonyaka wamashumi amahlanu womsebenzi we-observatory eshiwo - iLa Silla yavulwa emuva ngo-1969.
Ngo-16:40 ngesikhathi sasendaweni saseChile, iNyanga yasitha iLanga: ukufiphala kwelanga okuphelele kwabonwa emgqeni ongamakhilomitha angu-150 enyakatho yeChile. Isigaba esiphelele sokusitheka kwelanga sathatha cishe imizuzu emibili.
Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi iLa Silla inezibonakude ezimbili ezikhiqiza kakhulu zamamitha ama-4 emhlabeni. Lena i-New Technology Telescope (NTT) engamamitha angu-3,58, eyake yaba yisibonakude sokuqala emhlabeni esinesibuko esikhulu esilawulwa ngekhompiyutha (i-active optics).
Ithuluzi lesibili i-ESO's 3,6-metres telescope, okwamanje esebenza kanye nomzingeli we-exoplanet othuthuke kakhulu emhlabeni, ithuluzi le-HARPS.
Source: 3dnews.ru