Comments on: 2,000-Inch TELESCOPE May Reveal End of Universe (Apr, 1934)

By: John Savard

John Savard — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:28:47 +0000

I found in searching for more information that Henroteau had patents on a form of TV camera, and Zworykin and RCA lost a patent interference case – one of only a few that they did – involving it. But Philbrick ended up being the real TV inventor…

But, in any case, putting 25 megapixel detectors on telescopes ended up having to wait until the CCD era; TV cameras, although they were used, for example in OAO-2, weren’t really sensitive enough for astronomy.

By: KHarn

KHarn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:21:21 +0000

Did they see the Resturant At The End Of The Universe?

By: Stannous

Stannous — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:52:43 +0000

This is the guy who found Planet X (Pluto?)

Some of the more noteworthy events at the observatory were the apparent discovery of â€œPlanet Xâ€ in 1928 by FranÃ§ois Henroteau

I couldn’t open the link to the observatory’s 100th Anniversary:
http://www.casca.ca/ecass/issu.....mObsV4.htm

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:40:14 +0000

The excited astronomers were frustrated in their quest as they focused the massive reflector on the deepest recesses of the universe, confident they would soon uncover the answers to all of time and space, they saw a sign at the edge that read; “To Be Continued”