News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Meter Telescope. Parent comment

Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:22PM (#18348551)
Altitude is not everything, and higher altitude does not automatically translate into better performance of the instrument. There are many, many factors that matter, including light pollution, transparency, cloud cover, air turbulence, jet streams, etc.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by bobiverse on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:53PM (#18348750)
A report by the Canadian Astronomical Society (Canada has a ~15% stake) found that with taking all these variables into play, Mauna Kea is still the best site for TMT. See page 35 for the final recomendations: http://casca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CATAC-Report-Fina...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @03:56PM (#18348768)
Of course. I was not saying Mauna Kea is not a good location. I was just saying there is a whole bunch of factors that matter besides altitude.
[ Parent | on HN ]