<![CDATA[Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love]]>Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e422d228-9572-4c78-9f19-10fcaa8d4d8e/design-brief-for-the-new-ctao-telescope-array-appears-to-be-make-them-look-like-implausible-props-from-a-sci-fi-movie-and-i-am-in-loveRSS for NodeThu, 29 Oct 2026 23:39:16 GMTSun, 18 Oct 2026 19:50:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:20:51 GMT]]>@jonty Death Beams from Mars!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/nichni/statuses/117468957993774530https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/nichni/statuses/117468957993774530Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:20:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:17:39 GMT]]>@jonty Ah dang! The laser beams reflected right back at the laser beam focuser thing and burnt it right up.

KIDDING!

could happen in a movie.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/117468945437019505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/117468945437019505Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:47:50 GMT]]>@jonty "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floofy.tech/users/basil_hare/statuses/117468828167528950https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floofy.tech/users/basil_hare/statuses/117468828167528950Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:35:39 GMT]]>@jonty in the bottom one I thought I saw a dinosaur and I was like wow they made a dinosaur solar cooker

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/babble_endanger/statuses/117468780243865680https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/babble_endanger/statuses/117468780243865680Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:21 GMT]]>@jonty wait, that one looks like it's made of square panels instead. Alt text says hexagonal. (Still very cool.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/iris/statuses/117468759441386519https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/iris/statuses/117468759441386519Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:28:18 GMT]]>@jonty that thing is bonkers

https://www.ctao.org/emission-to-discovery/telescopes/lst/

45 meters tall and 100 tons, moves between any two sky points in 20 seconds!

#science

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.falkensweb.com/users/falken/statuses/01M5AK9Z128TF4SX7FCG9G7MF4https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.falkensweb.com/users/falken/statuses/01M5AK9Z128TF4SX7FCG9G7MF4Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:23:36 GMT]]>@jonty Just don't aim that thing at Alderaan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/rodneylives/statuses/117468732863108809https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/rodneylives/statuses/117468732863108809Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:23:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:17:24 GMT]]>@jonty One of my neighbors whe I was a teen had access to a really high end 6 axis CNC and made a laser collimator which I used to focus my homemade 8" telescope. Shit was so cool and saved me sooo much time. If I ever make a telescope again, the collimation process is going to be part of the design from the start.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cararemixed/statuses/117468708527179909https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cararemixed/statuses/117468708527179909Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:31 GMT]]>@boxly @jonty 🥳

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/queekusme/statuses/117468669641288075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/queekusme/statuses/117468669641288075Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:07 GMT]]>@queekusme @jonty on it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468668083301087https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468668083301087Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:02 GMT]]>@whitequark According to the description it was just a really foggy night!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/jonty/statuses/117468667756952075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/jonty/statuses/117468667756952075Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:07:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:03:05 GMT]]>@jonty serious Death-Star vibes, but very cool! 😬

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.exile.social/users/nflux/statuses/01M5AHVSA4QYZVMVN2594DHR6Ehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.exile.social/users/nflux/statuses/01M5AHVSA4QYZVMVN2594DHR6EMon, 19 Oct 2026 17:03:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:57:39 GMT]]>@jonty Oh hell yea!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/blake/statuses/117468630853869611https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/blake/statuses/117468630853869611Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:57:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:53:29 GMT]]>@jtruk @jonty haaa

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/117468614445516575https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/gsuberland/statuses/117468614445516575Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:53:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:50:02 GMT]]>@jonty long exposure shot right

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/117468600871518936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/117468600871518936Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:50:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:30:42 GMT]]>@lpbkdotnet@mstdn.social @jonty@chaos.social i think you could make do with just 1 laser by using diffraction gratings to split it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/asj1bzi9oeth02myhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/asj1bzi9oeth02myMon, 19 Oct 2026 16:30:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:21:20 GMT]]>@boxly @jonty "yes!" 😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lpbkdotnet/statuses/117468252108177348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lpbkdotnet/statuses/117468252108177348Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:21:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:20:56 GMT]]>@lpbkdotnet @jonty I'm not sure if that is something to mitigate or take advantage of

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468250560786691https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468250560786691Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:20:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:19:22 GMT]]>@boxly @jonty that would be amazing!

Also, serious death-ray potential if it's as sunny as it was this year

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lpbkdotnet/statuses/117468244406993147https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lpbkdotnet/statuses/117468244406993147Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:19:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:18:58 GMT]]>@jonty someone needs to do this as an installation for EMFCamp28, this is cool as fuck!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/queekusme/statuses/117468242819234898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/queekusme/statuses/117468242819234898Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:18:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:16:43 GMT]]>@Mexicals @jonty It doesn't look like there's any square mirrors, so I wonder if this was from pre-mirror testing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://morehammer.uk/users/bencc/statuses/117468233971280026https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://morehammer.uk/users/bencc/statuses/117468233971280026Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:15:46 GMT]]>@lpbkdotnet @jonty I was planning to make a slightly smaller and cost optimised version of this for EMF next time https://petrvacek.com/portfolio/fluidum/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468230227606084https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/boxly/statuses/117468230227606084Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:14:26 GMT]]>@Mexicals @jonty Indeed not. I feel like their paper model PDF needs a proper version too: https://www.ctao.org/wp-content/uploads/LST_Paper_Model_Sept2025.pdf

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://morehammer.uk/users/bencc/statuses/117468224965036343https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://morehammer.uk/users/bencc/statuses/117468224965036343Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Design brief for the new CTAO telescope array appears to be "make them look like implausible props from a sci-fi movie" and I am in love on Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:12:32 GMT]]>@bencc @jonty squares are not the bestagons

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mexicals/statuses/117468217524303135https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mexicals/statuses/117468217524303135Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:12:32 GMT