Gigantic telescope starts in space - in the footsteps of the big bang!

Gigantic telescope starts in space - in the footsteps of the big bang!

researchers and engineers have developed an impressive high technology telescope on the Lower Rhine, which is supposed to make the moments of birth of the first galaxies visible after the Big Bang. After eight years of hard work, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (Fyst), which is to become the second highest telescope in the world, will soon be transported by ship to Chile. There in the Atacama desert, at a breathtaking 5,600 meters, it is put into operation. The project engineer Ron Higgins from the University of Cologne emphasizes the extraordinary importance of the location, since only a few telescopes worldwide are able to capture the wave length areas that are necessary for the research, such as submillimeter radiation from dust and molecular clouds, the black holes and galactic structures. This was also the explanation of Dominik Riechers, a leading astrophysicist at the University of Cologne, who works closely with the project. See more on this groundbreaking development on krone.at .

a technically demanding undertaking

The impressive technical features of the telescope are also remarkable: two huge, six meter -tall mirrors are the heart of the instrument and will make a decisive contribution to looking deep into the universe. The engineers and scientists are pleased that they were able to test the conditions in Germany intensively before the telescope reaches its final location. The arrival time in Chile is plans for March and will then transport the individual parts via a mountainous unpaved road inside the desert. Klaus Willmeroth, the project manager, underlines the enormous challenges that the extreme conditions bring with them at 5,600 meters. "The preparations here were essential to ensure that we are ready when the telescope can finally take its recordings," says Willmeroth. The first pictures from the depth of the universe are to arrive at the end of 2025 or in early 2026, which is the hope of groundbreaking knowledge about the Big Bang, as already from faz.net/aktuell/welke/eleskop-vom-niederrhein-soll-in-chile-aeltes-licht-diversums-110236257.html"> FAZ.net reports.