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5 months ago

a screenshot of some text from the wikipedia page for the hubble space telescope . the text reads as such :

"Within weeks of the launch of the telescope, the returned images indicated a serious problem with the optical system. Although the first images appeared to be sharper than those of ground-based telescopes, Hubble failed to achieve a final sharp focus and the best image quality obtained was drastically lower than expected."

a screenshot of some text from the wikipedia page for the hubble space telescope . the text reads as such :

"Instead, the fact that the mirror had been ground so precisely to the wrong shape led to the design of new optical components with exactly the same error but in the opposite sense, to be added to the telescope at the servicing mission, effectively acting as "spectacles" to correct the spherical aberration."

today i learnt hubble was accidentally launched with bad eyesight and had to be given glasses

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17776 queued up 17776 hubble this is one of my favorite fun facts its perfect comedy blind space telescope i mean the real hst as well unfortunately this is my blog and i am dedicated to spreading the satellite propaganda

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