Submitted by M416_Lover t3_yex3pj in space
danielravennest t1_iu5it63 wrote
Reply to comment by DarthBrooks69420 in 3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023 by M416_Lover
The Moon is a lousy place for a telescope. Dust on the lunar surface is electrostatically charged and sticks to everything. Some of it is broken glass shards, and also scratches things. During the day the Moon gets to the boiling point of water, and at night to far below zero, so thermal expansion will warp the optics.
Open space is better for telescopes.
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