![]() ![]() Krupp believes people are drawn to the Zeiss because it looks like a classic telescope, unlike the new James Webb Space Telescope, which he says more closely resembles “an alien creature.” Looks aside, the James Webb has captured some incredible images. “You join that illustrious history tonight.” “More people have looked through it than any telescope in the world,” he boomed. A staff member grabbed a microphone to narrate the experience. I climbed a few steps to reach the telescope’s eyepiece, pointed at a star 25.3 light-years from Earth. The masked faces around me craned their necks to look at the metallic monstrosity. When I made it to the front of the line, I entered through a low doorway into the dome that houses the telescope. “We’ve been claiming that for a very long time, with the idea that if there were challengers wishing to take us down a notch or two, they’d do that,” Krupp said. He would be “surprised and disappointed” if someone proved him wrong, he said. Krupp, who has been director of the observatory since 1974, told me that he began advertising the Zeiss as the most looked-through telescope in the world about two decades ago. He shook his head when he found out that it was. ![]() “Is this the line?” asked a man wearing a Dodgers hat. Around me were sunglasses, cameras, backpacks and a mélange of languages and accents. “We really intend to put people’s eyeballs to the universe.”īy 7 p.m., dozens more people had lined up behind me, and the growing queue was cordoned off as if we were at an amusement park. “The real charm of the telescope is that people actually get to look through it, and that’s the fundamental principle of this place,” Krupp said. Medical Misinformation: A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new law allowing regulators to punish doctors for spreading false or misleading information about Covid-19.In the Wake of Tragedy: California is reeling after back-to-back mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.Covid State of Emergency: The state’s coronavirus emergency declaration, which gave Gov. Gavin Newsom broad powers to slow the spread of the virus, is set to expire on Feb.A Settlement: San Mateo County has agreed to pay $4.5 million to the family of a Black man who died in 2018 after a deputy used a Taser on him during a struggle that began when officers saw him jaywalking. ![]()
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