Hungarian astronomers to research dark matter, dark energy, stellar explosions with the world’s largest telescope
Hungarian astronomers will participate in research with the largest astronomical telescope in the world, at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which is set to open at the end of this year, the HUN-REN Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences said on Tuesday.
Hungarian astronomers to work with world’s largest telescope
The research project, planned for ten years, is aimed to monitor changes in the sky in the southern hemisphere through making ultra-high resolution images in colour, the research centre said.
The Rubin Observatory has been built at the edge of the Atacama Desert at an altitude of 2,680 metres, and it is home to the Charles Simonyi Survey Telescope, with a mirror diametre of 8.4 metres. The telescope is equipped with the world’s largest digital camera of 3,200 megapixels, which can capture the entire available sky in a single shot.
Hungarian scientists will be involved in the AI classification of variable stars
The observatory was designed to provide more detailed information than ever before concerning the objects of the universe and their changes, capturing any unusual changes such as in the movements and light intensity of objects, supernova explosions or any other cosmic events.
According to HUN-REN, the Hungarian scientists will be involved in the AI classification of variable stars, the monitoring of faint comets and small planets, while they will also contribute to the compilation of catalogues of galactic objects and data management software development.
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