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Greek Observatory Probes Ancient Star
An image of the enclosure of the new 2.3-m Aristarchos telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory. Credit: P. Boumis, National Observatory of Athens.
Some 2,500 years ago, a Greek astronomer named Aristarchus certainly made some very correct assumptions when he postulated the Sun to be at the center of our known Universe and that the Earth revolved around it. Through this, he also knew that the stars were incredibly far away and now his namesake telescope, the new 2.3 meter Aristarchos, is taking that distant look from the Helmos Observatory, high atop the Peloponnese Mountains in Greece. Its purpose is to determine the distance and evolution of a mysterious star system – one which is encased in an ethereal nebula. (…)
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