The Department of Astronomy and Space, in cooperation with the Continuing Education Unit at the College of Science held the training course entitled “The Next Generation of Fragmented Earth Optical Telescopes” in the presence of a number of students, researchers and those concerned with astronomy and space observation. The course aimed to identify designing the next generation of optical telescopes, which rely on collecting information from distant regions in space, and used to understand the composition of the universe, the birth and emergence of stars, and the continuation and evolution of the planetary system and galaxies.
The course was presented by Assist. Prof. Dr. Raed Nofi Hassan, Dr. Huda Shaker Ali and the lecturer Hassanein Hassan Ali, who tried to highlight the key to completing the construction of a space or optical reflecting telescopes, showing the difficulties associated with creating a large reflector, reviewing the difficulty of manufacturing a large single reflector and its cost when using a number of small mirrors deployed and aligned in orbit as required, adding that such optical telescopes placed on the surface of the Earth is easier to install and less expensive.
