{"id":546462,"date":"2010-04-28T19:38:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/lucifer-nir-system-installed-on-lbt\/14926\/"},"modified":"2010-04-28T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T23:38:07","slug":"worlds-largest-optical-telescope-gains-a-powerful-tool-with-lucifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/546462","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s largest optical telescope gains a powerful tool, with LUCIFER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/lucifer.jpg\" alt=\"Installing LUCIFER 1 at the Large Binocular Telescope\"><\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s largest optical telescope is about to get a lot better, thanks to LUCIFER. No, no one&#8217;s made a deal with the Devil &#8211; LUCIFER is a new near-infrared camera\/spectrograph system being added to the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mt. Graham in south-eastern Arizona. 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