Ixesha elininzi kubonisiwe ukuba, ngaphandle kwento yokuba Utyalomali lunokuba sesothusayo njengolo lusidibanisayo namhlanjeInyaniso kukuba iziphumo ezifunyenwe kwilizwe le-astronomy zisinceda kakhulu ukuba sazi indawo esisingqongileyo ngcono, ngakumbi kwixesha eliphakathi nelide, ukuqonda ixesha elide ngalo lonke ixesha ukuba iteleskopu enje isebenze .
Kude kuyo yonke le nto, inyani yeyokuba umhlaba we-astronomy unethamsanqa kuba oko sele kuqalile ukwakhiwa kwalowo ubhaptizwa njengo Isibonakude esikhulu seMagellanIsixhobo esiya kuba sikhulu kwaye sinamandla kwihlabathi xa sele sisungulwe kwangaphambili 2024. Esi sixhobo, njengoko bekutshiwo zizazi ngeenkwenkwezi ezininzi, siza kuvumela iingcali ukuba zifunde indalo yonke yakudala kwaye zikhangele iimpawu zobomi bomhlaba ongaphandle komhlaba.
Ukuba akukho kulibaziseka kwiprojekthi, i-Giant Magellan Telescope kulindeleke ukuba ivulwe ngo-2024
Ukuya kwinkcukacha ezithe kratya, njengoko kwaqinisekiswa ngelo xesha, le teleskopu inkulu kwaye inamandla iya kwakhiwa ngaphakathi kwezixhobo ze Ukuqwalaselwa kweLas Campanas, isakhiwo esiseNtlango yaseAtacama (eChile). Ukulungiselela le nto, iprojekthi yokwakha kuye kwafuneka iyilwe ngokungqinelana nesixhobo esinjalo, esiya kuthi ekugqibeleni senze indawo ngaphakathi kwesixhobo esinobunzima bokugqibela obuya kuba ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-900, ubunzima obukhokelele abasebenzi ukuba kufuneka bembele umngxunya. ngaphezu kweemitha ezisi-7 ubunzulu.
Njengomnye wabo banoxanduva lokwakha i-Giant Magellan Telescope uphawule ngokusemthethweni:
Ukufeza le projekthi, kuya kufuneka ukudala isakhiwo telescopic ngentsimbi ubunzima bayo buya kuba malunga 1.000 iitoni. Esi sakhiwo siza kubekwa ngaphakathi kwindawo evaliweyo eya kuthi ibenamabakala angama-22 ukuphakama kunye neemitha ezingama-56 ububanzi.
I-Giant Magellan Telescope iya kuba yeyona inkulu kwaye inamandla kwihlabathi
Ngokubhekisele kuyilo lwayo, ukunceda izazi ngeenkwenkwezi ukuba zifunde indalo iphela, kuyilwe iteleskopu entsha yomgangatho izipili ezisixhenxe eziyi-8 ezinesiqingatha seemitha ububanzi, nganye inobunzima obusondele kakhulu kwiitoni ezingama-20. Umsebenzi odibeneyo wazo zonke ezi zipili uya kubonelela ngendawo yokuqokelela ukukhanya malunga nobukhulu benkundla yebhasikithi.
Ukongeza koku kungasentla, iteleskopu nayo Ndiza kuba 'ngokukhanya okuguqukayo' ngokusekwe ekusetyenzisweni kwenkqubo ye-laser yokulinganisa ubugqwetha obubangelwa ngumoya woMhlaba. Esi sixhobo siya kulungisa olo longenelelo kwaye sivelise imifanekiso ebukhali kunye necacileyo. Ngokusekwe koko kwapapashwa kwi iphepha lewebhu yeprojekthi:
Izipili zeGiant Magellan Telescope ziya kuqokelela ukukhanya ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye iteleskopu eyakhekileyo eMhlabeni kwaye isisombululo siya kuba sesona sizuzekayo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ukuba sibeka oku ngokwembono yomzuzwana, olu qikelelo lubonisa ukuba imifanekiso ethathwe yile teleskopu iyakuba yiyo Ukufikelela kumaxesha ali-10 acace gca kunalawo anikezelwa yiHubble Space Telescope ukusuka kwi-NASA.
Esi iya kuba sesinye sezixhobo eziza kusinceda sazi ukuba sisedwa okanye asikho kwindalo iphela
Uluvo emva kokwakhiwa kweteleskopu yezi mpawu kukuphuhlisa isixhobo esinamandla esiza kuba kukunceda kufundo lweenkwenkwezi ezikummandla wendalo onzulu, nangona ingadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuyileni umbuzo malunga nokuba ingaba bunjani ubomi eMhlabeni. eyedwa kwindalo iphela okanye hayi.
Ngale ndlela, iGlass Magellan Telescope kufuneka ilandele indlela efana naleyo ye-NASA's Kepler, efanayo nalapho kuye kwafunyanwa amawaka exoplanets amatsha. Umahluko phakathi kwezi zimbini ufumaneka kwiingxelo ezenziwe ngu UPatrick McCarthy, inkokeli yeprojekthi:
Njengoko iplanethi igqitha phambi kwenkwenkwezi yayo, iteleskopu enkulu emhlabeni, enjengeGiant Magellan Telescope, inokusebenzisa umboniso ukukhangela iminwe yemolekyuli kwimozulu yesijikelezi-langa.