N | satellites*. N has started a tradition: taking new acquaintances to take souvenir photos with the Hubble telescope.
October 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
*There should have been satellites, but it turned out to be only Tessa.
— ...And every new friend of mine should have a photo as a keepsake.
— Is it necessary to use a giant telescope for this? - Tessa looked at En in disbelief. - It could break, something might go wrong...
— It won’t come out and won’t break, - N reassured her.
— This is a manufacturing defect, nothing serious... - said N, when it turned out that the Hubble had insufficient sharpness. - Everything is fine, that’s how it should be... - he asserted, having learned about the irregular shape of the main mirror.
— Main null corrector, the field lens is shifted by one point three millimetres, - N muttered with concern. -Defect in the main mirror, spherical aberration!
— What is “spherical aberration”? - Tessa asked, watching N excited.
— This is an optical defect. The light reflected from the edges of the mirror is focused at a point that is different from it and... This is a disaster! We broke Hubble!
— Well, - Tessa chuckled, - I warned you.
